Index+of+researchers

=**Please use this index to find out who is conducting refugee research in Aotearoa New Zealand. **=

====The table below provides a directory of independent researchers and research groups within government agencies, organisations and community groups, and academic institutions in Aotearoa New Zealand. You will also find links to other Aotearoa NZ research directories that include refugee-related research. ====

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Refugee and Migrant Needs: an annotated bibliography of research and consultations, Refugee Resettlement in New Zealand and Canada, The Inter-generational settlement of refugee children in New Zealand, Does a Rising Tide Lift All Boats? Refugee Resettlement, Integration and New Zealand's Settlement Strategy, Immigration chronology: selected events 1840-2008 ||
 * ==**Name**== || ==**Organisation/Academic Institution**== || ==**Area of focus**== ||
 * Perumal, Lavinia || Auckland District Health Board ||  ||
 * Auckland Regional Public Health Service's Refugee Health Website || Auckland Regional Public Health Service || The refugee health website provides up-to-date information on health and wellbeing for refugees in New Zealand and internationally. ||
 * Bloom, Alia || ChangeMakers Refugee Forum || ChangeMakers research is guided by the priorities of refugee-background communities. ChangeMakers conducts, coordinates, and supports research that informs refugee resettlement policy and practice in Aotearoa New Zealand. Research activities and findings are publicly available in this directory and on the ChangeMakers website. ||
 * The Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research - CACR || School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington || The CACR network includes more than 50 researchers across many disciplines. Research questions are developed from community concerns. Refugee-related research focuses on issues such as acculturation, intercultural relations, highlighting best practice, resettlement. ||
 * The Centre for Asian Health Research and Evaluation (CAHRE) || School of Population Health, The University of Auckland || Focus on current Asian Health issues. Research goals include providing research-based information to enhance the capacity of health services in delivering effective and culturally appropriate interventions. ||
 * Centre for Asian and Migrant Health Research || Auckland University of Technology || Public health issues that can improve access to healthcare and promote good health among the Asian and migrant populations in New Zealand. ||
 * Centre for Refugee Education || Auckland University of Technology || Topics include community refugee resettlement, approaches to refugee-centred education, adaptation to New Zealand, cultural identity, community development, Special Needs and challenging behaviour, cultural and linguistic challenges, ongoing support for refugee children, Schools welcoming policies and practices for refugee students. ||
 * Centre for Social Research and Evaluation || Ministry for Social Development || Focus of research is strong families, healthy confident kids, safe communities and positive aging. Research is used to advise government on social policy and services to New Zealanders. ||
 * Chile, Love || Institute of Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology || Community development as community investment, cross cultural exchange and public policy, the Africa in New Zealand, refugee and migrant resettlement and refugee developments. ||
 * DeSouza, Ruth || [|Centre for Asian and Migrant Health Research] [|, Auckland University of Technology] || Migrants and refugees and their incorporation and engagement in a bicultural society, mental health, migration and health, maternal mental health, culture and health, access to health, critical inquiry in nursing and health care. ||
 * Development and Globalisation Research Group || School of Geography, Environment, and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington || Areas include refugees and identity in Aotearoa, New Zealand ||
 * Devere, Heather || [|School of Languages and Social Sciences, Auckland University of Technology] || Peace and Conflict Studies, Ethics, Refugee resettlement, Women, politics, and the Media. ||
 * Education Counts || The Ministry of Education || A website dedicated to increasing the availability and accessibility of education information and statistics in New Zealand. Includes publications on educational issues among refugee and migrant communities. ||
 * Elliott, Sue || Independent || Community development, refugees, migrants, human rights ||
 * Gray, Alison || Gray Matter Research || Specialises in research, review, planning, and project management in social and community services. Alison Gray has conducted research on refugee resettlement in New Zealand. ||
 * Guerin, Bernard || School of Psychology, University of South Australia, Adelaide || Current research interests focus on the social effects of migration with particular interest in refugee communities, Māori migration, and diverse communities. Specific projects involve veiled Muslim women, bullying at schools, discrimination, a social model of mental health that can be used for indigenous and diverse communities, and effects of westernization. ||
 * [|Guerin, Pauline] || The Migration Research Group, Population Studies Centre in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Waikato || Somali refugee-background communities ||
 * Hagos, Rahwa || ChangeMakers Refugee Forum || ChangeMakers research is guided by the priorities of refugee-background communities. ChangeMakers conducts, coordinates, and supports research that informs refugee resettlement policy and practice in Aotearoa New Zealand. Research activities and findings are publicly available in this directory and on the ChangeMakers website. ||
 * Hayward, Maria || Centre for refugee education, Auckland University of Technology || The provision of refugee on-arrival education worldwide, refugee resettlement issues, and refugee education. ||
 * Integration of Immigrants Programme || Massey University and the University of Waikato || Conceptual and methodological approaches, both quantitative and qualitative, to better understand the economic integration of immigrants into New Zealand society. ||
 * International Migration, Settlement, and Employment Dynamics - IMSED || Department of Labour || IMSED Research is responsible for the Department of Labour’s research on, and evaluation of, immigration and settlement issues facing New Zealand. It aims to better understand the resettlement and integration of people who arrive in New Zealand as refugees. This includes understanding of international resettlement policies, early resettlement experiences, and insight into long-term integration. ||
 * [|Kindon, Sara] || School of Geography, Environment, and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington || Young people, identity and place – especially within former refugee communities; development, feminist and Māori geographies; qualitative, participatory, feminist and Kaupapa Māori research methodologies. ||
 * Janson, Annick || Ecosynergy Group and Fast Track Inclusion Trust || Focus of research is resilient families, integration and access to Health and Disability services for disabled and older refugees. Narrative research using storytelling and Knowledge Translation methodologies to advise policy makers and professionals working in the field. Fellow of SPARKNZ, UNESCO Knowledge society and Associate, Centre for Applied Crosscultural Research. For more information, click here. ||
 * The Migration Research Group || Population Studies Centre in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Waikato || Focuses on population movement in research programmes. Current projects include "Strangers in Town" and a range of Ministry and community-sponsored research programmes in Hamilton and the Bay of Plenty, as well as providing advice to the New Zealand Immigration Service on the development of the longitudinal survey of immigrants (LisNZ). ||
 * Mortensen, Annette || Northern DHB Support Agency (NDSA), The Auckland Regional Settlement Strategy, Migrant and Refugee Health Action Plan Project || Refugee health ||
 * Refugees as Survivors NZ Research Team || Refugees as Survivors New Zealand || Refugees as Survivors research team carries out ongoing evaluation of the clinical and community services of RAS. It also engages in original research, publication of books and resources, and contributions to the international literature in the refugee health field. ||
 * Sobrun-Maharaj, Amritha || The Centre for Asian Health Research and Evaluation || Social acceptance of migrants and refugees, acculturation, wellbeing and identity issues. ||
 * Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui || National Centre of Mental Health Research, Information and Workforce Development. || Te Pou is Aotearoa New Zealand's National Centre of Mental Health Research, Information and Workforce Development. Mental health research conducted by Te Pou includes a focus on refugee-background communities. ||
 * Tse, Samson || Mental Health Development programme in the School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland || Asian mental health, services accessibility issues and culturally appropriate interventions. ||
 * Refugee Services || Resources and links || Research papers includes S.K.I.P - Strategies with Kids - Information for Parents, Wellington Regional Action Plan for Refugee Health and Well-Being,