ProfessorBronwyn Hayward

The annual awards, jointly presented by Stuff and Westpac NZ, recognises wāhine whose work makes a difference to the lives of New Zealanders. There are 10 categories, including arts and culture, public policy and young leader. The Supreme Winner is chosen from the winners of those categories. Hayward’s “relentless focus” helping New Zealand become a leader in tackling climate change stood out to the judges in what was ultimately a unanimous decision.

NZ Honour New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to political science, particularly sustainability, climate change and youth

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NZ of the year Local Hero award for my work on climate and sustainability in the community

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University of Canterbury College of Arts Critic and Conscience of Society Research Award , reflects: external recognition of acting as a critic and conscience of society through the development of the recipient’s specific area of expertise; Evidence of, their research making a difference to society; Evaluation of publications in media and/or refereed journals and monographs; Submissions to local and/or national Government; Liaison and advocacy with community groups. An award will be recommended only if the nominee is regarded by the College of Arts Research Awards and Grants Committee to be clearly meritorious. The award can only be made once every five years to any individual staff member

Visiting Fellow at University of Surrey’s Sustainable Lifestyles Reserch Group (funded by the UK, ESRC and Scottish Government). http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ces/research/social/projects/current/sustainable_lifestyles_research_group_slrg.htm

2010 to present: Visiting Fellow at University of Surrey’s Sustainable Lifestyles Reserch Group (funded by the UK, ESRC and Scottish Government). http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ces/research/social/projects/current/sustainable_lifestyles_research_group_slrg.htm

I intiated and organised the first "Children's Resilience to Environmental Change" panel for the international Resilience 2011 Conference Arizona USA, opened by the Noble prize winner Elinor Ostrom, the conference is the premier resilience event. This panel was supported by UNICEF international, and included speakers from 6 nations. My you tube paper recording (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ateZ2_z0Ekw) was viewed 1300 times and all papers competitively peer reviewed.

Organised and chaired the New Zealand Political Studies Conference, held in August 2007 at the University of Canterbury. This was the first time this national conference had been held at UC for many years and its return to UC had been at my instigation. The conference was very well attended with over 60 papers. I organised panel themes and chairs for streams, abstract review and pre and post conference events as the chief administrator of the conference on a 3 person organising committee (with my colleague Dr Therese Arseneau and an event manager).

Member of the American Political Science Association (2004-2006) and working groups within that organisation.

Member of the American Political Science Association and working groups within that organisation- especially the Science, Technology and Environment Policy group through which, as an active member, I have introduced other UC staff to book reviewing, conference presentation and international research opportunities in 2005.

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Two year working group to revise the curriculum for years 9 and 10 and year 13 in politics and citizenship, advised by the ministry of Education and Electoral Commission.

I represented the New Zealand Broadcasting Standards Authority and New Zealand's statutory position at the Regulatory Round-Table for Asian and Pacific Broadcast Regulators: Governments and Regulators discussion covered regulation of new technologies, social concerns and digital convergence issues - and presented a paper on BSA research (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 2001).

Invited key note speaker at Land Transport New Zealand's National Symposium: 'Promoting Participation', August 2005. This national conference focused on a substantive area of applied knowledge and was attended by policy analysts, planners and public servants in transport/environmental plannning. I was invited to lead the training workshops at the symposium for all Land Transport staff (from Board members to local government staff) on methods and techniques of public particaption based on my PhD research.

Funded invitations as keynote/plenary speaker at international conferences 1st of 2 lists: Hayward, B.(2010) The social handprint: Decentred environmental citizenship: Politics, Poetics and Ethics Conference December 3–5, University College London. Hayward B. (2010) Public address The Social Handprint Towards a new Politics of Sustainability. University of Oslo, Oslo, June 6. Hayward B. (2010) Public address Growing Greens: Understanding Children’s citizenship and Environmental Agency 11 March Centre for Environmental Education and Research University of Bath, UK. Hayward B. (2010) Invited Plenary Speaker: Shades for green: research methods about citizenship and children UK Teachers’ training conference in social science research methods University of East Anglia Education 12 March. Hayward, B. (2008) invited Keynote address: Rediscovering the Lost Forests of Winnie the Pooh: Climate Change and Sustainability Education. Scottish FEI Forestry and Education, 13-14 Nov 2008. Dunkeld, Scotland.

Funded invitations as keynote/plenary speaker at international conferences 2nd of 2 lists: Hayward, B. (2009) Global Sustainable Lifestyle Survey: Research Workshop, United Nations Environment Programme Global Survey International Research Workshop 21 October Paris. Hayward, B. (2009) Invited Plenary Speaker “Children of the market? New Zealand children's attitudes to citizenship, and their ability to change their environment. Exploring Subjectivity, Politics and the Natural Environment”, Cardiff University 6 May. Hayward, B. (2009) ‘Children's changing attitudes to their citizenship, environment and political agency: Bowling with a sponsor?’ Keele University 14th October. Hayward, B. and O'Brien, K. (2009) Security of What, for Whom? Rethinking Social Contracts in a Changing Climate. University of Oslo, Norway: GECHS Synthesis Conference: Human Security in an Era of Global Change, 22-24 Jun 2009.

Invited as one of twelve expert participants at the European Commission and IHDP Joint Expert Humanities & Social Sciences Roundtable Workshop called 'Visioning A Capacity Revolution in Education: Advising on New Directions in Education' on 28th May 2010 in Bonn, Germany.

Hayward, B. (2009) Invited panel chair at Human Security in a Changing Climate, University of Oslo, Norway: GECHS Synthesis Conference: Human Security in an Era of Global Change, 22-24 Jun 2009. Hayward, B (2011) Invited panel chair Youth and politics Youth 2010 EU conference, 23-25 June, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. Hayward, B. (2011) Peer reviewed and Invited international panel convenor, Child centred resilience in a changing climate, Resilience 2011, 11-16 March, Arizona USA.