Te Pūnaha Matatini’s link to exciting new start-up

Te Pūnaha Matatini’s link to exciting new start-up

1 Nov 2019 | Our stories

Te Pūnaha Matatini provided much of the impetus for Nebula Data, an innovative new data visualisation company set up by physicists with the help of the University of Auckland Business School’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Nebula Data, which aims to...
Why high achieving women aren’t continuing in physics

Why high achieving women aren’t continuing in physics

16 Sep 2019 | Our stories

Most high achieving female students studying physics at university choose to discontinue physics as a core subject, not because they aren’t good at physics, but because they pursue further study in the life sciences. This is one of the key findings of a paper...
Science is sexist, Te Pūnaha Matatini research shows

Science is sexist, Te Pūnaha Matatini research shows

10 Sep 2019 | Our stories

Te Pūnaha Matatini researchers Alex James (pictured) and Michael Plank co-authored a recently published paper revealing the extent to which women are under-represented in the science field. The data is in and the science gender gap is real, according to Te Pūnaha...
NZ universities not meeting diversity, equity goals

NZ universities not meeting diversity, equity goals

5 Sep 2019 | Our stories

New research led by Te Pūnaha Matatini Associate Investigator Dr Tara McAllister (shown above fronting for the media) indicates our universities are not meeting their own diversity and equity values. Published in the MAI Journal , the two studies have revealed that...
Improving the tools we use to analyse citizen science data

Improving the tools we use to analyse citizen science data

15 Jul 2019 | Our stories

Julie Mugford (pictured), a PhD student at the University of Canterbury and Chair of Te Pūnaha Matatini Whānau, is researching and developing statistical tools to improve the accuracy of classification-based crowdsourcing, aka citizen science. Citizen science is the...