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SPEaR funding

Linkages programme succcessful applicants A - D

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D

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Auckland University of Technology

Globalisation and the knowledge society SAANZ conference

Award: Visiting Speaker
Visitor: Professor Gregor McLennan - Sociology Department, University of Bristol
Date of Award: August 2003 Round 2

 

Auckland University of Technology

Discourse Methods Workshop

Award: Research Methods Workshop
Date of Award: August 2007 Round 14

 

Peter Adds
Victoria University of Wellington

Building Critical MASS Conference - Build Maori capacity and capability within the social science (11-13 June 2008)

Award: Social Science Capability Building
Date of Award: May 2008 Round 16

 

Hazel Armstrong and Rob Laurs
School of Social and Cultural Studies, Massey University

When the going gets tough: What happens to worn-out workers

Award: Social Policy Research
Date of Award: May 2005 Round 7

 

Hazel Ashton for PhD
University of Canterbury

Developing policy for a creative and innovative New Zealand knowledge society

Award: Postgraduate Scholarship
Date of Awards: May 2003 Round 1 and November 2003 Round 3

B

Amanda Barusch
University of Otago

Sustainable Communities for an Ageing Population (2009)

Award: Social Science Capability Building Award
Date of Award: August 2008 Round 17

Two workshops were held with the 67 participants representing government agencies, city and regional councils, NGOs, Universities and provider organizations.

The 7 presentations can be found at: http://www.otago.ac.nz/socialwork/SPEaR/SPEaR.html

The presenters also presented at the New Zealand Association of Gerontology, held in October 2009.

Violence as a community issue workshop

Award: Social Science Capability Building
Date of Award: August 2009 Round 20

 

Ngaire Bennie
Association of Social Science Researchers

Research Methodology in the Pasifika Context

Award: Research Methods Workshop
Date of Award: August 2003 Round 2

 

Michael Blewden
Massey University 

Development of a local theory of evaluation process use for individual and organisational learning

Award: Social Science Research
Date of Award: May 2009 Round 19

 

Elizabeth Bohm
Health Research Council

9th Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (3-5th December 2008)

Award: Social Science Capability Building Award
Date of Award: August 2008 Round 17

 

Islay Brown
Auckland University of Technology

Promoting Restorative Justice and Restorative Practices in Today's World (13 and 18 September 2008)

Award: Social Science Capability Building
Date of Award: May 2008 Round 16

 

Kate Bukowski
University of Auckland

Forgotten Women

Award: Social Science Research
Date of Award: November 2008 Round 18

 

Rachael Butler
University of Auckland

The impact of illicit drug use on families

Award: Social Science Research
Date of Award: May 2009 Round 19

C

Paul Callister
Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington

Reconciling work and family: an international policy perspective

Award: Visiting Speaker
Visitor: Janet Gornick, City University of New York
Date of Award: August 2005 Round 8

 

Dr Kristie Carter
University of Otago

SoFIE and SoFIE-Health Workshop - 18 February 2008

Award: Social Science Capability Building
Date of Award: November 2007 Round 15

 

Christine Cheyne
Massey University - Palmerston North

Achieving social outcomes: design, delivery and impact of policy

Award:  Visiting Speaker
Visitor: Professor Marilyn Taylor - Cities Research Centre, University of the West of England, UK
Date of Award: May 2005 Round 7

 

Jo Cribb for PhD
Victoria University of Wellington

Voluntary organisation's perception of accountability

Award: Postgraduate Scholarship
Date of Award: August 2004 Round 5

 

Jackie Cumming
Health Services Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington

An assessment of the importance of population size for primary health care organisations

Visiting Research Fellowship
Visitor: Judith Smith, Health Services Management Centre - University of Birmingham
Date of Award: November 2004 Round 6

D

Deirdre Dale
Department of Labour

Evaluating the impact of workplace learning  - 5 March 2008

Award: Social Science Capability Building
Date of Award: November 2007 Round 15

 

Tina Darkin for PhD
Auckland University of Technology

An Evaluation of Four Community Service Organisations in Tai Tokerau(Northland), New Zealand

Award: Postgraduate Scholarship
Date of Award: May 2005 Round 7

 

Associate Professor Judith Davey
NZiRA

Ageing and the wellbeing of older people in New Zealand

Award: Research Methods Workshop
Date of Award: May 2003 Round 1

 

Professor Peter Davis
University of Auckland

Using Mixed Methods in Research and Programme Evaluation

Award: Research Methods Workshop
Date of Award: August 2005 Round 8

Using Mixed Methods in Research and Programme Evaluation

Award: Research Methods Workshop
Date of Award: May 2006 Round 10

Modelling Emergence; Social Simulation and Modelling Social Dynamics: System-level and Agent-based Simulation

Award: Visiting Speaker
Visitor: James, Kitts, Assistant Professor, Sociology - University of Washington
Date of Award: August 2006 Round 11

Research Synthesis for Policy and Practice

Award: Social Science Capability Building
Date of Award: August 2009 Round 20

 

Narelle Dawson for PhD
Massey University, Palmerston North

Longitudinal Evaluation - Independent Youth Benefit

Award: Postgraduate Scholarship
Date of Award: August 2003 Round 2

 

Department of Labour

Pathways, Circuits and Crossroads: New research on population, migration and community dynamic workshop

Award:  Visiting Speaker
Visitor: Professor William Clark
Date of Award: November 2006 Round 12

 

Irene de Haan for PhD
Social Policy & Social Work -  Massey University, Auckland

A Good Start: Promoting resilience in families with infants

Award: Postgraduate Scholarship
Date of Award: August 2003 Round 2

 

Sophie Debski
Victoria University of Wellington

Assessing the cultural and identity issues of refugees in furthering their integration into NZ society

Concepts of identity are described in terms of being an adult women, being a refugee, their cultural knowledge and social relations with their own communities, and reconciling their traditional identities with their new Kiwi identity.

Award: Postgraduate Scholarship
Date of Award: November 2005 Round 9

 

Rosemary Du Plesssis & Professor David Thorns
Royal Society of NZ Social Sciences Committee

Strategies for Social Science Research: Building Capacity

Award: Research Methods Workshop
Date of Award: August 2003 Round 2