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Capability EOI and research design workshops
Capability EOI and research design workshops
In late 2025 we ran an EOI process to identify individuals who were well-positioned to contribute to the Platform’s mission. Successful applicants were invited to take part in research design workshops held in March 2026. Project proposals and integrations between them are being considered by our Platform Leadership Team and relevant advisory groups, and we expect to announce our portfolio of confirmed projects in July 2026.
Platform leadership team
Platform leadership team
We’re excited to be introducing the people who will be providing strategic leadership for our science themes and cross-cutting programmes for the next three years:
Living with Risk theme: Julia Becker
Better Resilience Decisions theme: Iain White
Next Generation Risk Assessment theme: Liam Wotherspoon
Pou Whakahaere - Vision Mātauranga programme: Melanie Mark-Shadbolt
Data and Enabling Technologies programme: Bill Fry
Congratulations to our new leaders! You can read more about them here.
Capability Retention Grants
Capability Retention Grants
We're pleased to announce the successful Capability Retention Grant projects. These grants were designed to retain essential capability in the natural hazards and resilience research system, and make progress on priority work during the Platform's establishment phase. The projects all support students, post-doctoral positions and other early career researchers..
Read about the projects here
The Platform establishment team synthesised the ideas we received at our engagement events in early 2025, and brought that direction together in a draft Platform Plan which was delivered to MBIE at the end of March. This is a significant milestone, and we thank you all for being part of the process.
Read more about the research structure contained in the draft Plan, the thinking behind it, and next steps.
Newsletter
Newsletter
In our most recent newsletter we launched an EOI process for rapid research into the October 2025 Severe Wind Event, and signaled next steps for Platform research design.
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