SPEaR Linkages award winners
2004 awards to date (Round 4) for the SPEaR Linkages programme are:
Research Methods Workshops
"Longitudinal Data Analysis Workshop", 6 July, 2004. Organised by Richard Arnold, School of Mathematical & Computing Sciences, VictoriaUniversity of Wellington
"Asian Research Auckland and Wellington Workshop Series:Developing Evidence-based Research to Deliver Enhanced Social Wellbeing for the Asian Population Living in New Zealand - What Can We Learn from the UK Experience?" November, 2004. Dr Samson Tsefor the organising committee, University of Auckland.
"First National Refugee Research Symposium", September 30 -1 October, 2004. Bernard Guerin (University of Waikato), Stephen Dunstan (NZ Immigration Service, Department of Labour) and Ruth Desouza (UNITEC, Auckland).
"National Workshop on Transience and Residential Movement", 2-3 September, 2004. Kay Saville-Smith, Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment, Wellington.
"Health Inequalities, Ethnicity and Intervention: Current Assessment, Status and Goals", 27 August, 2004. Anna Matheson, Department of Public Health, WellingtonSchool of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wellington.
"The Inaugural International Asian Health Conference: Asian Health and Wellbeing: Now and in the Future", 4-5 November 2004. Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland.
Postgraduate Scholarships
"The Impact of ICT in Facilitating and Influencing the Democratic Processes in a Regional Community in Aotearoa/NZ (6-month trial)". Andrew Williamson, Waitakere, Auckland (enrolled at Central Queensland University, Australia).
"Quantitative Software Applications for Network Analysis: Training Course and Knowledge Transfer", June-August, 2004. Ann Walker, PhD scholarship grantee, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington.
Social Policy Research Award
"Improving Particular Communities Responsiveness to Family Violence: Combining Research, Programme Development and Evaluation", 2004-2005, Auckland. Dr Samson Tse and Safia Akhter, School of Population Health, University of Auckland.
For more information on the Linkages programme, go to www.spear.govt.nz
