DoctorJohn Reid

Keynote Address – Insights from leading sustainability, interdisciplinary, and cross-cultural research.

I explore the world of animism and explain that it is not about belief but experience. I explore the way in which indigenous and western cultures shape their identity and the identity of the world around them.

Advisory Panel 2014 – Biological Industries Fund, MBIE - an assessment panel appointment made by the New Zealand government. The panel is responsible for assessing and recommending public funding for proposals from research institutions and businesses in the biological industries.

Advisory Panel 2014 – Environment Fund, MBIE - an assessment panel appointment made by the New Zealand government. The panel is responsible for assessing and recommending public funding for proposals from research institutions and businesses concerning environmental themes.

This appointment involves providing strategic guidance, planning, and dissemination support to the OMED project. The research project is being led from Waikato University, New Zealand, and is developing new models and approaches for optimising Maori tribal economic development.Steering Committee Member - Optimising Māori Economic Development Research Project - providing strategic guidance, planning, and dissemination support . The research project is being led from Waikato University and is developing new models and approaches for optimizing Maori economic development.

This is an assessment panel appointment made by the New Zealand government. The panel is responsible for assessing and recommending public funding for research and development proposals from private Maori development organizations. Advisory Panel 2014 – Vision Matauranga Capability Fund - MBIE - an assessment panel appointment made by the New Zealand government. The panel is responsible for assessing and recommending public funding for research and development proposals from private Maori development organizations.

This role involves working in collaboration with the Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, Lincoln University, to undertake research to support indigenous food product development and marketing.

Leading indigenous scholarship and development within the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre.