NZCGS - Key Persons
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- Policy Fellow at Motu Economic
Catherine Leining is a Policy Fellow at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research and a Commissioner at He Pou a Rangi New Zealand Climate Change Commission. She also serves on the Board of the New Zealand Centre for Global Studies.
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- Author
- Sustainability Advisor
Claire is a sustainability advisor in the aviation sector; and barrister & solicitor of the NZ High Court with a focus on international law. She has an MSc in International Relations (LSE, London); and an LLB and BA (Hons) in Diplomacy & International Relations (Canterbury University). Claire was Secretary for the Centre (2012-15) and was appointed to the Board in July '20.
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- Founding Director
- Member of the Board of Trustees
- Programme Coordinator
- Author
Dr Graham, a former diplomat, university lecturer, UN official and MP, is founding Director of the Centre.
Dr Kennedy Graham is the Founding Director of NZCGS (2013-20); a Board member; and the Programme Coordinator of its Global Security and Disarmament Programme. He has been a diplomat, UN official, university teacher and Member of Parliament. He has a B.Com. (accounting / economics) and MA & PhD in International Relations. He taught at College of Europe, Bruges, (2005-7); Canterbury University, Christchurch, NZ (2006-8); Victoria University, Wellington, NZ (1985-6; 2006-7), and has had fellowships at Cambridge University, UK; Rockefeller Centre (Bellagio, Italy) and Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (Dhaka).
Dr Graham's current affiliations outside NZCGS are: member, Global Studies Advisory Council (University of Auckland); and Senior Associate, Institute of Governance & Policy Studies (VUW). Read more
Shibata, Ria. (2021) Climate change in the Pacific: Land, identity, and security.
Dr Ria Shibata earned her Masters degree in global studies from Sophia University, and Ph.D. in peace and conflict studies from the University of Otago, New Zealand.
She is the Centre's first Senior Research Fellow, with the support of Toda Peace Institute (Tokyo). She is also a Visiting Scholar at the University of Auckland.
Her primary research interest is in conflict resolution and reconciliation in Northeast Asia with particular focus on the intricate aspects of national identity, historical memory, and competitive victimhood. One of her interests lies in understanding the way collective memories of historical traumas shape a group's identity, often acting as impediments in restoring damaged relationships between the aggrieved and the aggressor.
Dr Shibata also focuses on the risks and challenges of climate change in the Pacific region. She is currently the principal investigator for Toda Peace Institute's research project exploring the nexus of climate change, migration, the threat of land loss, and cultural identity for the Pacific Island communities.
Dr Shibata's recent publications include:
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- Author
- Senior Fellow at Australian National University
Dr Tanya Ogilvie-White is senior fellow at Australian National University, adjunct senior fellow at Griffith University, Board member of the NZ Centre for Global Studies, and founder of Scorching Skies Art.
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- Foreign Ministry Spokesman
Guy's principal areas of teaching and research are public international law, the law of international organisations, and international economic law. He was recipient in 2018 of the European Society of International Law Book Prize for "To Reform the World: International Organizations and the Making of Modern States" (OUP, 2017).
He currently has a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship of the NZ Royal Society - Te Aparāngi and was recently accorded a Student Choice Teaching Excellence Award by Auckland University. Guy is also the Programme Coordinator of the NZCGS Global Law and Governance Programme.
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- Editor - in - Chief of the Militantly Nationalistic Global Times
Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the militantly nationalistic Global Times, argues that "China needs to expand the number of its nuclear warheads to 1,000 in a relatively short time and procure at least 100 DF-41 strategic missiles." But Zhao responded: "If China were to significantly build up its nuclear arsenal, it would seriously damage its international image and potentially threaten the efficacy and stability of the international non-proliferation regime." This would undermine China's "own interest in maintaining regional and international stability." He notes that China successfully safeguarded its national security against far superior numbers of US and Soviet nuclear warheads during the Cold War.
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- Member of the Board
- Author
Jayden van Leeuwen is an NZCGS Board Member and Young Global Scholar. He is a solicitor in the public law team at Buddle Findlay and has research interests on international law, human rights and the UN system.
Jeremy Webb has over 20 years experience on issues of climate change, water, energy, minerals, environmental accounting and development, both in New Zealand and with the United Nations.
Jeremy also has a PhD in Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy from University College London where he was "Exploring Preconditions for Effective Global Responses to Climate Change" and recently established the Tiaki Institute including its flagship programme on green growth.
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- Secretary
- Author
- Secretary for the Centre
Joanna Tao is Secretary for the Centre. She has a Masters in Global Studies from Auckland University (in Environment & Sustainable Development), and has been granted a number of environmental awards, including ‘Keep New Zealand Beautiful', the Sir Peter Blake Award and the St Francis of Assisi Award.
In 2016 she participated in the NZCGS Global Citizenship conference in Wellington.
Professor Kevin P Clements, Foundation Chair and Emeritus Professor the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Current Director of the Toda Peace Institute, Tokyo Japan is a NZCGS Board Member. Kevin's academic interests lie in Peace and Conflict Research with a specific focus on Development and Peacebuilding and Building Stable Peace in North East Asia. His main affiliations include his role as Emeritus Professor, National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies; Director the Toda Peace Institute; Chair of the Peninsula Branch of the Labour Party and Former Secretary General of the International Peace Research Association.
Kevin is currently working on "The Decline of the West and the Unravelling of the democratic Project"; Japan-Korea Relations; Building Trust in North Est Asia. Read more.
Kiraan Chetty is Deputy Director of the New Zealand Centre for Global Studies, and Senior Research Fellow in the Global Law and Governance Programme.
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- Chairman of the Board
- Member of the Board of Trustees
- Programme Coordinator
- Board Chair, Education Director for the Centres of Asia Pacific Excellence
Libby Giles is the current Board Chair, Education Director for the Centres of Asia Pacific Excellence, Programme Coordinator of the Global Citizenship and Education Programme for NZCGS, and a co-founder of Global Citizenship New Zealand.
She is a specialist global citizenship education practitioner and consultant, with considerable experience in the field of transformative education. Her approach to global citizenship education is centred in philosophical enquiry and responsibility.
Libby seeks to empower and equip young people with the knowledge and skills to think critically, act responsibly, and live well. Libby is committed to meeting local and international requirements and goals, and helping others do the same by sharing practical experience.
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- Director
- Member of the Board of Trustees
- Programme Coordinator
- Author
- Deputy
- Director, NZ Centre for Global Studies
- Vice - Chancellor of the College of Humanities
- Vice Chancellor at Massey University
Prof Chris Gallavin is Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor at Massey University, and a member of the Centre's Board. Tim Hatherley-Greene is Managing Director at 21st and Fourth, an education management consultancy in Christchurch. This column appeared in the NZ Herald on 4 May.
"Nuclear Deterrence and Disarmament: Conflicting perspectives in an age of tension"
Prof Chris Gallavin is the current Director of NZCGS. He is the Chief Executive of Sisters of Compassion Group Ltd and the former Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Massey University.
Prof Chris Gallavin is the former Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Massey University.
He is the current Director of New Zealand Centre for Global Studies, and Coordinator for the Global Law and Governance Programme.
Chris is recognised nationally and internationally as an expert in the area of criminal justice. He has presented at more than 35 conferences, and has in excess of 1000 media citations.
His contribution to Independent Research Solutions is highly valuable and ensures complex legal policy concerns are considered. Chris offers legal consultancy services of the highest standard.
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- Director
- Fellow
- Member of the Board
- Director of the Centre for Environmental Law
- Member of the NZCGS Board
Fellow Board member, Prof Klaus Bosselmann, regarded as a world authority on the subject, has observed that the concept of Earth trusteeship concerns "the legal obligation of States to act as trustees to manage ecological systems for the benefit of nature and humanity".
Prof Klaus Bosselmann is director of the Centre for Environmental Law (University of Auckland) and a member of the NZCGS Board. His two most recent books are: ‘The Principle of Sustainability: Transforming law and governance' (2017) and ‘Earth Governance: Trusteeship of the global commons' (2015).
Klaus' academic and policy expertise lies in the conceptual, international and comparative issues of environmental law and governance from an ecological (ecocentric) perspective (e.g. sustainability, Earth system approach, Earth trusteeship).
Outside the Centre, his affiliations include the roles of Director, New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law (NZCEL), Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, Chair, Ecological Law and Governance Association (ELGA), Chair, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law Ethics Specialist Group, Co-Chair, Global Ecological Integrity Group, Co-Chair, Scientific Committee, Common Home of Humanity (CHH), Chair, Earth Trusteeship Initiative (ETI), Knowledge Network Expert, UN General Assembly Dialogue "Harmony with Nature", Legal Expert, Global Pact for the Environment.
Ramesh Thakur, a former UN Assistant Secretary-General, is emeritus professor at ANU (Canberra), and a Board member of the Centre. This column is adapted from an article in Times of India (11 April).
Ramesh Thakur is on the NZCGS International Advisory Board. He is a former UN assistant secretary-general,n emeritus professor at the Australian National University, and a senior research fellow at the Toda Peace Institute.
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- Secretary for the NZ Centre for Global Studies
Renee Moorjani has just completed a law degree at University of Auckland. She is Secretary of the Centre.
Renee Moorjani is Secretary for the NZ Centre for Global Studies, maintaining administrative functions and helping to manage the Centre's projects.
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- Author
- Business Journalist and Columnist
- Columnist
- Environmental Journalist
Rod Oram is a nationally-known columnist, who gives weekly interviews on RNZ's Nine-to-Noon, and writes regularly for Newsroom. He is adjunct professor at AUT and a founding member of the Centre's Board. This column is adapted from a recent contribution to Newsroom.
NZCGS Board member and reputed business-environmental journalist, Rod Oram, has been attending COP26 in Glasgow these past few weeks, and regularly reporting back through Newsroom. Here are his reports. 14 November COP26's inadequate package could still lead to...
Rod Oram is a business journalist and columnist with 40 years' experience as an international business journalist. He has worked for various publications in Europe and North America, including the Financial Times of London. He contributes weekly to Nine to Noon, Newsroom.co.nz and Newstalk ZB.