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Press Release – New Zealand Government
Fellowships to attract and retain talented researchers in the early stages of their career, have been awarded to 30 New Zealanders, Associate Research, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall announced today.
Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall
Associate Minister of Research, Science and Innovation
Fellowships to attract and retain talented researchers in the early stages of their career, have been awarded to 30 New Zealanders, Associate Research, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall announced today.
“I am pleased to congratulate these researchers, who will be receiving funding through the MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship. They are some of our best and brightest early career researchers, and are invaluable to the science system. Throughout their careers, they will contribute to positive outcomes for New Zealand,” Ayesha Verrall said.
Press Release – New Zealand Government
Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall
Associate Minister of Research, Science and Innovation
Fellowships to attract and retain talented researchers in the early stages of their career, have been awarded to 30 New Zealanders, Associate Research, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall announced today.
“I am pleased to congratulate these researchers, who will be receiving funding through the MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship. They are some of our best and brightest early career researchers, and are invaluable to the science system. Throughout their careers, they will contribute to positive outcomes for New Zealand,” Ayesha Verrall said.
COVID-19 prompted the establishment of the Fellowship, as the pandemic has had widespread impacts across the science system; including on the research workforce. Travel restrictions have meant many researchers have been unable to gain overseas experience after completing their PhD.
How Māori scientists are pulling cultural double shifts
15 Apr, 2021 10:53 PM
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Māori scientists are pulling cultural double shifts in helping their colleagues and institutions navigate te Ao Māori. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Māori scientists are pulling cultural double shifts in helping their colleagues and institutions navigate te Ao Māori. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Māori scientists are pulling cultural double shifts in helping their colleagues and institutions navigate te Ao Māori - leaving many feeling burnt out, time-poor and discriminated against.
A new AUT study, drawing on the experiences of a group of fulltime Māori researchers, explores an often-overlooked downside of institutions trying to lift cultural capacity in a sector where Māori remain severely under-represented.
Press Release – Science Media Centre Researchers have interviewed Mori scientists, who described the extra workload of helping their non-indigenous colleagues navigate te Ao Mori. We spend more time being Mori for others than being Mori for ourselves, is how one scientist …
Researchers have interviewed Māori scientists, who described the extra workload of helping their non-indigenous colleagues navigate te Ao Māori.
“We spend more time being Māori for others than being Māori for ourselves,” is how one scientist talked about the often uncompensated work that leaves them feeling burnt out and with less time to focus on their own science.