Complexity is at our heart

We build community across disciplines to solve complex problems.

Haere mai ki Te Pūnaha Matatini

Toki nui te toki!
Toki roa te toki!
Toki tā wahie.
Ka whanatu au
Ka hahau i te takapū o Rangi e tū nei
Ka hinga, ka mate …
Ki a Papatūānuku e takoto nei –
Tihei mauri ora!

Welcome to Te Pūnaha Matatini

Together we have a powerful adze,
able to take down the greatest tree.
May your visit to us be welcoming and,
that we might aid you
in the task you face,
however great or small.

PhD scholarship on system change to reverse health inequality and environmental degradation – Ki te toi o te ora

Jul 23, 2021 | Te Pūnaha Matatini Scholarships

Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD scholarship to explore system change to reverse health inequality and environmental degradation.

Masters scholarship on fake news and real science

Jul 22, 2021 | Te Pūnaha Matatini Scholarships

Applications are invited for a fully funded masters scholarship to explore public mistrust in science in Aotearoa New Zealand.

PhD scholarship on mathematical modelling of te reo Māori

Jul 22, 2021 | Te Pūnaha Matatini Scholarships

Nau mai ngā hua o te wānanga! Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD scholarship to work on a project on mathematical modelling of te reo Māori (the Māori language).

Our Research

Complexity, Risk, and Uncertainty

Today, both society and the economy generate a complex torrent of data. If this unprecedented flow of information is to be made useful, we require new tools and methods for its analysis.

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Complex Economic and Social Systems

Understanding the complexity of economic networks and network effects is increasingly important in our interconnected, data-rich, global economic system, with significant importance to New Zealand – a small, distant country, with a highly specialised economy.

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Complexity and the Biosphere

We’re applying network analysis, complexity theory, and dynamical systems methodologies to understand the inter-relationships between species, and how biodiversity depends on the environment; developing models that couple the interactions between biodiversity, the economy, and human decision-making.

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