Te Pūnaha Matatini Whānau
Pierre talks Soil
David Farrier talks with our Soil investigator Pierre Roudier on TV3’s Newsworthy.
You can watch it here
IP Statistics for Decision Makers
Our Director Shaun Hendy attended the 2015 IP Statistics for Decision Makers (IPSDM) Conference.
The conference took place in Vienna, Austria, to celebrate the beginning of the 10th year of PATSTAT, the EPO Worldwide Patent Statistical Database. PATSTAT was launched on 23 and 24 October 2006 in Vienna, at one of the first IPSDM conferences.
Shaun presented a paper on “The Regional Structure of Technological Innovation” co-authored with Dion O’Neale.
Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference
Adam Jaffe, Director at Motu and our Theme Leader in Complex Economic and Social Systems is presenting two papers at the 2015 Asia Pacific Innovation Conference in Hangzhou, P.R. China.
The School of Management, National Institute for Innovation Management and Institute for Intellectual Property Management at Zhejiang University is hosting the conference this month.
The papers Adam is delivering are:
- The effect of public funding on research output: the New Zealand Marsden Fund.
- The impact of R&D subsidy on innovation: a study of New Zealand firms.
We’re at SCANZ
In November, at the Science Communicators Association of New Zealand (SCANZ). Three of our people are presenting. They are:
Kate Hannah
(Te Pūnaha Matatini)
Presenting:
Using Emily Dickinson to upskill the new Michelle
Rhian Salmon – Plenary Speaker.
(Victoria University of Wellington)
Presenting:
Developing an engagement strategy for a National Science Challenge
Tulele Masoe along side Sarah Morgan
(COMET Auckland, Te Pūnaha Matatini Intern)
Presenting along side:
Setting up a participatory science platform pilot in South Auckland
Ten by Ten with Dr Siouxsie Wiles
Complexity and the Biosphere second Hui
Report By Hafiz Mohd
The second TPM Complexity and the Biosphere theme meeting, was held on Aug 27th 2015 at the University of Canterbury. This meeting brought together researchers in mathematics, science and other disciplines to discuss problems involving complex systems and networks. This year we had an exciting range of speakers ranging from talks on biological problems to discussion on economic welfare. Distinguished Professor and prominent theoretical ecologist from the University of California Davis, Alan Hastings, kicked off the meeting with exciting talk on modelling resource pulses. He discussed how theoretical results are used to provide important insight into the dynamics of resource pulses in the ecosystems. Another great talk was given by William Godsoe on predicting the distributions of species. As an ecologist at the Lincoln University, he specialises in employing mathematical models to understand different factors that can shape species’ distributions. We also enjoyed interesting talks from Stephen, Andrea, Simone, Mubashir, and Hafiz.
One of the talks during the meeting (Photo: Rachelle Binny)
Overall, meeting attendees enjoyed a productive day filled with great talks, delicious food and numerous opportunities to communicate and network in a collaborative environment. We would like to thank the organisers, attendees, presenters and sponsors for helping to make this second meeting a success. See you next time!
The National Digital Forum 2015
Tomorrow (Tuesday 13th October), Kate Hannah and Les Oxley will be presenting at The National Digital Forum 2015 conference:
Kate Hannah
(Te Pūnaha Matatini)
Kate is presenting:
#GLAM #SciComm #HistComm: Talking to each other and making sense.
Les Oxley
(The University of Waikato)
Les is presenting:
Measuring the ANZACs: Crowdsourcing a complete transcription of WWI soldiers through Zooniverse
History of New Zealand Science
In November, we have 3 of our people involved in the Finding New Zealand’s Scientific Heritage. They are:
Kate Hannah
(Te Pūnaha Matatini)
Kate is delivering this paper:
From Rutherford’s Sister (or ‘the two Lucies’) to Nanogirl – Deconstructing narratives of female invisibility and hypervisibility in 150 years of New Zealand science
Dan Hikuroa
(Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga)
Dan is delivering this paper.
Te Whakapapa o Putaiao Kei Aotearoa – The History of Science in New Zealand
Rebecca Priestley
(Victoria University of Wellington)
Rebecca is convening this conference and delivering this paper:
‘A Place Among Immortals’ – Ernest Marsden and His 20th Century Scientific Networks
Dan Hikuroa in the Dominion Post
“Geologist believes natural hazards hidden in Māori mythology” was the headline for a piece written by Olivia Wannan. It featured in the Dominion Post, Saturday September 12 about one of our Associate Investigators Dan Hikuroa.
You can find the piece here
Rebecca Ford
On Friday 28th August, our new Associate Investigator Rebecca Ford took part in the International Sustainability Transitions Conference 2015 (IST15)
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Research session:
Cultures of transitions:
Using the EC framework to examine socio- technical transitions [143]
Talk: The rise of PV: opportunities and barriers for socio-technical transition.
Rebecca Ford, Janet Stephenson, Michelle Scott, John Williams, Ben Wooliscroft, David Rees, Geoff King.
The talk was about PV uptake in NZ: Privately owned micro-generation is challenging the normal operation of electricity systems. This paper uses the Energy Cultures framework to explore PV uptake as an interplay between existing technologies, policies, markets, practices, norms, and socio-cultural meanings. System dynamics modelling is used to probe interactions between multiple levels within this complex socio-technical transition. We explore feedback loops that may act as change levers, as well as the potential impacts on electricity markets and new models that may be required for future operation.