Our people
Our interdisciplinary teams include researchers from a wide range of specialties within the University of Otago, as well as other universities and research agencies in New Zealand and Internationally.
The Centre also has a commitment to postgraduate teaching, and houses postgraduate students whose areas of study align with staff research interests.
We also have many Research Affiliates from both within New Zealand and around the world who we work with both directly and indirectly.
Please view our Alumni pages for former Staff and Students from the Centre.
Administration
- Associate Professor Janet Stephenson - Director
- Dr Caroline Orchiston - Deputy Director
- Gwenda Crawford - Research Administrator
- Nicki Topliss - Research Administrator
- Amber Bridgman - Kaiāwhina
- Fiona Gray - Project Administrator Kainga and climate change
Research staff
- Dr Karly Burch
- Professor Hugh Campbell
- Professor Merata Kawharu
- Dr Caroline Orchiston
- Associate Professor Janet Stephenson
PhD students
- Suus Agnes Claessen
- Katharine Cresswell Riol
- Lucia Danzi
- Jefferson Dew
- Carsten Dortans
- Kakau Foliaki
- Rajan Chandra Ghosh
- Rudi Kresna
- Jamie Metzger
- Sonja Mueller
- Angella Ndaka
- Shakti Raj Shrestha
- Will Stovall
- Raaniera Te Whata
- Benjamin Dudley Tombs
- Abbi Virens
- David Wither
Masters students
Visitors
- Emeritus Professor Tom Brooking
- Associate Prof James Beattie
- Dr Daniel Jaffee
- Dr Dawn Nafus
- Dr Ann Pomeroy
Advisory Board
- Professor Peter Crampton
- Rauru Kirikiri
- Geoff Mavromatis
- Dr Lynette Carter
- Matt Matahaere
- Jinty MacTavish
