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Lisa Marriott for PhD
Victoria University of Wellington

Retirement savings and taxation policy: a trans-tasman comparison

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

 

Anna Matheson
Health Inequalities Conference

Health inequalities, ethnicity and intervention: current status, assessment and goals

Award: Research Methods Workshop
Date of Award: May 2004 Round 4

 Social and health inequities, context and complexity forum

Award: Building Capability 
Date of Award: May 2009 Round 19

 

Tania McGowan
Victoria University of Wellington

Discourse theory summer school

Award: Research Methods Workshop
Date of Award: August 2006 Round 11

Summer School for Contemporary Critical Theories (24 November - 13 December 2008)

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

 

Jessie McKenzie
Royal Society of New Zealand

Private Sector Social Forum (March 2009)

This forum brought together key personnel from private social science research organisations along with government and tertiary researchers and science policy advisers and universities.

Award: Social Science Capability Building
Date of Award: November 2008 Round 18

 

Ministry of Justice

Modelling and analysis in the UK home office

Award: Visiting Speaker
Visitor: Paul Henderson - Criminal Justice Performance Directorate, London
Date of Award: August 2003 Round 2

 

Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs

Exploring Housing Options for Pacific Families

Award: Social Science Capability Building
Date of Award: November 2008 Round 18

 

Ministry of Research, Science and Technology

Using the Performance Based Research fund to map the NZ social science research sector

Award: Visiting Research Fellowship
Visitor: Charles Crothers -  Auckland University of Technology
Date of Award: November 2003 Round 3

 

Ministry of Social Development

Tenth Australasian Conference of Child Abuse and Neglect

Award: Visiting Speaker
Visitor: Anna Pinto, Centre for Organisation Research and Education, Manipur, India
Date of Award: August 2005 Round 8

 

Philip Morrison
Victoria University of Wellington

Labour Employment and Work Conference (December 2008)

Award: Social Science Capability Building
Date of Award: November 2008 Round 18

LEW13 conference proceedings can be found at:

http://www.victoria.ac.nz/geo/about/news-and-events/lew13/index.html

 

Motu Economic and Public Policy Research

Transitions between low pay & unemployment and The gender gap in private pensions in Britain

Award:  Visiting Speaker
Visitor: Professor Stephen Jenkins - University of Essex
Date of Award: November 2003 Round 3

Motu Economic and Public Policy Research seminar series

Award: Research Methods Workshop
Date of Award: August 2004 Round 5

Award:  Visiting Speaker
Visitor: Professor Shelly Lundberg -  University of Washington
Date of Award: November 2004 Round 6

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

Award: Research Methods Workshop
Date of Award: May 2007 Round 13

Award: Social Science Capability Building
Date of Award: May 2009 Round 19

10th Annual Australasian Labour Econometrics Workshop

Award: Research Methods Workshop
Date of Award: May 2007 Round 13

 

Nathan McCluskey
Victoria University of Wellington

Exploring the relationship between family type and socio-cultural connectedness in Maori youth

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

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Patrick Nolan
Victoria University of Wellington

The optimal design of family and employment tax credits in New Zealand.

Award: Postgraduate Scholarship
Date of Award: November 2003 Round 3

 

Jack Noone for PhD
Massey University

The influence of psycho-social and economic factors on men and women's planning for retirement

Award: Postgraduate Scholarship
Date of Award: May 2007 Round 13

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David O'Sullivan
Auckland University

Spatial Microsimulation: Principles and Applications - 20 February 2008

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

 

Cynthia Orme
The Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand

2010 International Gambling Conference

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

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Helen Paki
University of Waikato

Evaluation of Rongo Atea alcohol and drug youth residential treatment service: Te Rununga O Kirikirioa Trust

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

 

Hongjae Park for PhD
University of Canterbury

Filial piety and elder mistreatment among Korean immigrants in New Zealand
Award: Postgraduate Scholarship

Date of Award: November 2006 Round 12

 

Daniel Patrick and Peter Davis
Auckland University

Mixed Methods: From analysis to publication  - 18 February 2008

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

 

Frank Pega for MA
Massey University

Health policies for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and transgender people

The study identified four central policy features. Namely whether an explicit LGBTI community voice had found entrance into the policy document; how LGBTI health was profiled; whether the policy included advocacy for other minority groups; and how transgender and intersex issues were addressed within the policy process and the end product.

Award: Postgraduate Scholarship
Date of Award: August 2006 Round 11

 

Fiona Pienaar for PhD
University of Auckland

Stressors and coping in the lives of Aotearoa/NZ children

Award: Postgraduate Scholarship
Date of Award: May 2007 Round 13

 

Phoebe Pollock
Victoria University of Wellington

Primal youth: realising the potential of young people through positive youth development

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

 

Professor Jacques Poot
Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato

Probabilistic and Micro-Simulation Population, Family and other  Demographic Projection Methodologies for Social and Economic Policy

Award: Research Methods Workshop
Date of Award: November 2003 Round 3

 

Laurie Porima and Melissa Weenik
ANZEA

Aotearoa NZ Evaluation Association (ANZEA) 2008 Conference (13-16 July 2008)

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

 

Population Association of New Zealand

Intergenerational earnings mobility among the children of Canadian immigrants

Award:  Visiting Speaker
Visitor: Professor Miles Corak School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa
Date of Award: May 2007 Round 13

 

Mary Ann Powell for PhD
University of Otago

Experiences of childhood and parenting in NZ rural families

Award: Postgraduate Scholarship
Date of Award: May 2007 Round 13

 

Dr Jan Pryor and Dr Gomes
Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families

Strengthening Family Relationships Conference

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