Research Clusters, Networks & Centres

• Research Clusters
• Research Networks
• Research Centres

Research Clusters

The Division of Humanities Research Clusters provide a supportive and stimulating collegial context for researchers, postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows working on topics of common or related interest.

• Asia-New Zealand Research
• Children and Young People as Social Actors
• Classical Culture and Society
• Early Modern Thought
• Glaciers and Climate Change
• History, Health and Hybridity: New Zealand and the Pacific
• Natural Resources Law
• New Developments in Analytic Philosophy
• Otago Archaeological Research
• Pacific Studies
• Political Communication, Policy and Participation
• Poverty, Inequality, and Development
• Russian Studies
• Sustainable Agriculture

Research Networks

The purpose of the Research Networks established in the Division of Humanities is to foster academic interchange with international institutions, as well as research collaboration between researchers.

• Cultural Transformations
• Cultures, Histories and Identities in Film, Media, and Literature
• Music and Image
• Postcolonial Studies

Research Centres

• Centre for Research on Children and Families
• Educational Assessment Research Unit
• Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies - soon to be established
• Legal Issues Centre - soon to be established
• Centre for Research on National Identity
• Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food & the Environment (CSAFE)
• Centre for Theology and Public Issues
• National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
• Project: Legal Implications and Policy Options relevant to Human Genome-Based Technologies (LIPOHUGT)