Our Aotearoa in Asia-Pacific cluster highlights research groups working in and beyond New Zealand to explore, engage and co-design research approaches addressing matters affecting communities in our region.
Visit the listings of our research groups or our featured projects:
Asia-Pacific Biocultural Health: Past and present
A University of Otago Research Theme
Investigating our human past for our health today
We are investigating fundamental questions of the human past that have pressing implications for human health today in Aotearoa, the Pacific and Southeast Asia. The University of Otago is the only institution internationally to house leaders in health research in these regions.
Through the melding of prehistoric health and current biomedical research (evolutionary medicine) our understanding of health issues, including non-communicable and infectious disease, social disparity and dietary and cultural change, can be assessed.
Drawing on multi-disciplinary approaches we will build new, and strengthen existing, research relationships. This will increase our research capacity and allow us to showcase our international leadership.
Email: biocultural.theme@otago.ac.nz
Website: otago.ac.nz/biocultural-health
Centre for Research on Colonial Culture
A University of Otago Research Centre
Rethinking colonialism and its legacies
Our Centre has a particularly productive network of researchers of international standing seeking to produce new historical understandings of colonialism, the development of colonial cultures, and the role of empires in shaping the modern world, with particular relevance to New Zealand and the Pacific region.
Email: crocc@otago.ac.nz
Website: otago.ac.nz/crocc
Centre for Global Migrations
A University of Otago Research Theme
Investigating and responding to the impacts of migrations
The Centre for Global Migrations co-ordinates research, teaching, and activities relating to historical and contemporary global migration.
Our aims are to:
- Advance and communicate knowledge and understanding of the causes, consequences, and legacies of migration
- Facilitate national and international interdisciplinary research collaborations to develop new methodologies and frameworks for migration and inform public debate and policy development
- Develop a vibrant research community encompassing the academy, policy makers, heritage professionals, and the general public
Email: global.migrations@otago.ac.nz
Website: otago.ac.nz/global-migrations
Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI) | Te Pūtahi Hauora-ā-Ao ki Ōtākau
A University of Otago Research Centre
Effective health solutions for low- and middle-income countries
We aim to improve global health and save lives, by identifying and evaluating solutions to important health problems in low-resource settings.
We work to address the world's most pressing health problems through research collaborations with low- and middle-income countries, and with disadvantaged groups in New Zealand.
We draw upon New Zealand's unique connections with Asia and the Pacific. Our extensive international partnerships and cross-disciplinary collaborations enable us to carry out innovative and rigorous research to advance global health.
Email: globalhealth@otago.ac.nz
Website: otago.ac.nz/global-health
Pacific Health Research at Otago
A University of Otago Research Strength
Nurturing Pacific health research
Talofa lava, kia orana, malo e lelei, fakaalofa lahi atu, bula vinaka, malo ni, halo ola keta, mauri, fakatalofa atu, and warm Pacific greetings!
We're celebrating our Pacific health research in the Division of Health Sciences.
Learn about what's going on in Pacific health research, how we can support researchers, and where to start if you're excited about research.
Email: pirssu@otago.ac.nz
Website: otago.ac.nz/pacific-health-research
Southern Pacific Archaeological Research
Exploring our past to guide our future
We're using archaeology's emerging technologies to provide extraordinary insight into human interactions with fauna and environments in New Zealand and the Pacific. Our research is producing answers to questions that traditional methods have not solved.
We are a research unit and consultancy in the Archaeology Programme, School of Social Sciences, at the University of Otago. SPAR is one of the leading archaeological and heritage consultancies in New Zealand, and promotes best practice in archaeological, historic and cultural heritage management.
Email: spar@otago.ac.nz
Website: otago.ac.nz/spar/index.html
Aotearoa in Asia–Pacific featured projects | Rangahau mō Aotearoa ki Āhia, ki Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
A passion for plants
Understanding how plants evolve and why they exist where they do is becoming increasingly important as climate change alters environments. It's a strong motivation for Dr Matt Larcombe (Botany), whose recent Marsden Fast-Start grant is to investigate the processes that control plant diversification.
Diabetes disparity
Dr Isaiah Immanuel, a medical graduate and father-of-five is shining a light on the inequities of care that Pasifika youth in Aotearoa New Zealand are struggling to overcome in the management of their type 1 diabetes.
Focusing on LGBTIQ+ homelessness
As a young campaigner on social justice and LGBTIQ+ rights, Dr Brodie Fraser has found working as a researcher in the Department of Public Health a perfect mix of their academic and activist interests. A Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago, Wellington, Fraser works in the He Kāinga Oranga Housing and Health Research Programme.
Research in our four academic divisions | Te rangahau ki ō mātou whare mātauranga e whā
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