Informed Leaders – full list of researchers, Academics & Science professionals

The original group of 11 researchers and academics who came together to form Informed Leaders, and write the open letter about the proposed airport at Tarras, consists of:

  • Professor Jonathon Boston ONZM, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington.
  • Distinguished Professor James Higham, Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Department of Tourism, University of Otago
  • Professor Bronwyn Hayward MNZM, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury, and Director of The Sustainable Citizenship and Civic Imagination Research Group, University of Canterbury.
  • Professor Shaun Hendy FRSNZ MNZM, Centre for Science and Society, Faculty of Science, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
  • Distinguished Professor Robert McLachlan FRSNZ, School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Massey University
  • Professor Ilan Noy, Chair in the Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, School of Economics and Finance, Victoria University of Wellington
  • Professor Steven Ratuva, Director of the MacMillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury
  • Professor James Renwick, Professor of Physical Geography, School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
  • Distinguished Professor Dame Anne Salmond, ONZ, DBE, Distinguished Professor of Maori Studies, University of Auckland
  • Professor Huhana Smith, Head of Whiti o Rehua School of Art – Fine Art, Māori Visual Arts and Photography, Massey University, and Co-Chair Climate Change Joint Action Committee – Horizons Regional Council, Palmerston North
  • Professor Anita Wreford, Agribusiness & Economics Research Unit, Lincoln University

Subsequently, the original group of 11 has been joined by over 65 researchers, academics and associated professionals who also support the call for a stay on the Central Otago Airport proposal, and for the very latest research insights to be factored in to any decision making.  See up-do-date count at the foot of this page. Those people are:

  • Professor Quentin Atkinson, Professor in School of Psychology, University of Auckland
  • Professor Markus J. Milne, Professor of Accounting, School of Business, University of Canterbury.
  • Emeritus Professor Sir Alan Mark, FRSNZ, University of Otago. Expert in sustainable management of South Island High Country and Fiordland Lakes Manapouri and Te Anau
  • Professor Kevin Anderson, Professor of Energy and Climate Change; joint appointment at the Universities of Manchester (UK), Uppsala (Sweden) and Bergen (Norway) 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 🇳🇴
  • Professor Emeritus David V Williams, Treaty of Waitangi related research; indigenous peoples rights, University of Auckland
  • Professor Lynda Johnston, Professor of Geography, University of Waikato and Assistant Vice-Chancellor Sustainability, University of Waikato
  • Dr Sal Lampkin, Founder/Chair, Australasian Universities Air Travel Consortium (auatc.org), Senior Sustainability Advisor, Massey University
  • Professor Mary Morgan-Richards, Professor of Wildlife Evolution, Massey University
  • Dr Allanah Ryan, Director, Sustainability, Policy and Communication, Massey University
  • Associate Professor Warwick Stent, School of Accountancy, Massey University.
  • Professor Regina Scheyvens, Professor of Development Studies, Massey University
  • Professor Martin Bryant, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Technology Sydney 🇦🇺
  • Dr Paul Callister, Senior Associate, Institute of Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University
  • Professor Iain White, Professor of Environmental Planning, University of Waikato
  • Dr Amanda Thomas, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies, Victoria University.
  • Professor Stefan Gössling, Professor of Tourism, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden 🇸🇪
  • Dr Debbie Hopkins, Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Oxford, UK. 🇬🇧
  • Professor Paul Peeters, Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Transport and Tourism, Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands 🇳🇱
  • Assistant Professor Dr Bas Amelung, Assistant Professor of Environmental Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, Netherlands 🇳🇱
  • Professor James Maclaurin, Professor of Philosophy, University of Otago
  • Associate Professor Caroline Orchiston, Director, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago
  • Emeritus Professor Grant Cushman, Emeritus Professor of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, Lincoln University
  • Professor Sara Kindon, Professor of Human Geography and Development Studies, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, Coordinator, National Tertiary Network to Support Refugee Background Students
  • Dr. Peter Kalmus, Associate Project Scientist, University of California, Los Angeles, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering 
  • Dr Kevin Trenberth, Distinguished Scholar, National Center for Atmospheric Research and Honorary Faculty University Auckland
  • Associate Professor Anna Carr, Associate Professor of Tourism, University of Otago
  • Professor Julia Steinberger, Professor in Ecological Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland 🇨🇭
  • Dr Ross Sinclair, Consultant, conservation and nature-based solutions
  • Professor Janet Stephenson, Research Professor, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago
  • Professor James Crampton, Professor of Geology, Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka
  • Dr. David T. Brown, Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography and Tourism Studies, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
  • Professor David Fennell, Professor Geography and Tourism Studies, Brock University, Canada 🇨🇦
  • Dr Noel Cass, Research Fellow in Energy Demand Behaviour, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, UK 🇬🇧
  • Dr Jefim Vogel, MSc PhD researcher in climate mitigation, sustainability and human well-being, University of Leeds, UK. 🇬🇧
  • Dr. Shelley Langton-Myers, Lecturer in Ecology, The EcoQuest Education Foundation.
  • Dr Jim Salinger, Adjunct Research Fellow & Climate Scientist, School of Geography, Victoria University of Wellington
  • Jonathan Kay Lecturer, Whiti o Rehua School of Art, Massey University
  • Professor Glenn Banks Professor, Geography, NZ Geographical Society Distinguished Geographer (2020), Co-Lead Master of Sustainable Development Goals (MSDG), Massey
  • Dr Tom Logan, Senior Lecturer of Civil Systems Engineering and Risk, Univeristy of Canterbury
  • Professor Jim Cotter, Professor of Environmental and Exercise Physiology, University of Otago, Steering Panel Member, Climate Health Aotearoa
  • Professor Lennard Norman, Gillman Professor of Conservation Biogeography and Evolutionary Ecology, Cabrini University. 🇺🇸
  • Dr Michel Herde, Laboratory Manager, Centre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Otago
  • Dr Daniel Kingston, Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Otago
  • Professor Christina Hulbe, Professor in the National School of Surveying, University of Otago.
  • Associate Professor Marcus Williams, Director Research and Enterprise; Unitec and Manukau Institutes of Technology
  • Professor Richard Jackson, Leading Thinker Chair in Peace Studies, The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago
  • Professor Rachel Fewster, Professor of Statistics, University of Auckland
  • Antony Nevin Senior, Lecturer, Programme Lead Communication Design, Massey University.
  • Bryce Galloway, Senior Lecturer, BFA Kaiārahi/Mentor, Massey University
  • Dr Carla Pascoe Leahy, Lecturer in Family History, University of Tasmania 🇦🇺
  • Dr. Maria Minor, Senior Lecturer in Ecology/Zoology, Massey University
  • Dr Mike Joy, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University Wellington
  • Professor Richard Edwards, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington
  • Associate Professor Alex Macmillan, Public Health Physician, Associate Professor Environmental Health, University of Otago
  • Dr Alexandra Gavryushkina, Postdoctoral fellow in computational biology, University of Canterbury
  • Dr Stephen Knight-Lenihan, environmental scientist and independent researcher
  • Assoc. Professor Linn Hoffmann, Associate Professor of Marine Botany, University of Otago
  • Associate Professor Marwan Katurji, Atmospheric Science, University of Canterbury
  • Louise McMillan, Lecturer in Computational Statistics, Victoria University of Wellington
  • Professor Margaret Stanley, Professor of Ecology, University of Auckland
  • Dr Judith Galtry, Independent researcher, Australian National University 🇦🇺
  • Professor Stephen Marsland, Professor of Mathematics and Data Science, Victoria University of Wellington
  • Dr Carly Green, Principal Consultant – Environmental Accounting Services, IPCC Lead Author – Taskforce on National Greenhouse Gas inventories, Method and Guidance Manager of the Global Forest Observations Initiative.
  • Cordelia Lockett, climate educator, ex-University of Auckland.
  • Dr Dushko Bogunovich, Professor of Planning (retired) Immediate past Chair of the Scientific Committee of International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP)
  • Kim Baronian, Contract researcher, Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury.
  • Professor Stephen Goldson, Adjunct Professor (Entomology) Lincoln University, and Emeritus Principal Scientist (Forage Science) AgResearch.  

Please note that all of the researchers, academics and professionals above speak to these issues on their own behalf, with their particular professional focus.

 

This list was last updated on 6th June 2023, and the total number of people on this list is now 79.

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