News
COMPASS 2025 Community Session
We ran our second annual Community Session on Friday 9 May 2025, hosted by Langimalie Research Centre in Manukau. Many thanks to all of our academic colleagues and the community groups that attended! Megan Fowlie wrote us an article to cover the events of the day:...
New Publication: Māori Health, Wellbeing and Disability
Barry Milne worked with a team of researchers led by Tristram Ingham at University of Otago Wellington to publish a paper describing the health, wellbeing, and cultural identity of a representative sample of Māori. Ingham TR, Jones BH, Perry MA, Sporle A, Elliott...
Event: Inaugural Lecture
Inaugural Lecture of Professor Barry Milne Wednesday, August 6 6 - 8pm NZST Register here COMPASS Director, Barry Milne, will give his professorial lecture on August 6. Registration details are below for those who want to attend. About the lecture My research...
Marsden Fund update
The Royal Society Marsden Fund project application, “Developing methods for economic mobility research using New Zealand's administrative data”, involving COMPASS’s Barry Milne (PI) and Natalia Boven, with Andrew Sporle and Nicole Satherley, has made it through to...
Dr Eileen Li
COMPASS PhD student, Eileen Li, has been awarded her PhD!! Eileen's thesis, “Investigating Linkage Bias in the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) Using Census and Education Data”, received positive reviews from her examiners, who recommended minor revisions,...
HRC Funding Update
The HRC programme bid, “Reducing burden of traumatic brain injury in children, adolescents, and families”, led by Kelly Jones at AUT, is through to the interview stage! The interview will take place 6 May...
Funding: Families Package
Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Sophie Moullin, has received funding from MSD to continue evaluations of the Families Package on child outcomes. Project: Families Package
Events: Rare Disorders Project
28 Feb to 8 March 2025 Senior Research Fellow Lisa Underwood had a busy week representing COMPASS and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex NZ at various Rare Disorders NZ events in Wellington to mark Rare Disease day and the start of Rare Disorders month. On 28th February,...
Publication: Organisations that promote eco-human flourishing
Research fellow Komathi Kolandai published a review on organisations that use various engagement with nature to promote wellbeing. Kolandai, K., & Harré, N. (2025). Organisations that promote eco-human flourishing. Current Opinion in Psychology, 62, 101998....
Unseen Heroes – The Challenges and Impact of Young Carers webinar
Unseen Heroes - The Challenges and Impact of Young Carers webinar Wed, 26 Feb 2025 Details Lisa Underwood presented at the Unseen Heroes - The Challenges and Impact of Young Carers webinar, along with Dr Lauren Donnan and David Jones (Commonwealth Organisation for...