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Research Capability EOI
Research Capability EOI
We have launched an Expression of Interest (EOI) process to identify individuals who are well-positioned to contribute to the Resilience Platform’s mission of accelerating Aotearoa New Zealand’s resilience to natural hazards.
We are seeking Principal and Associate Investigators with diverse expertise, leadership potential, and a commitment to collaboration, working across boundaries, creating impact, and cultural integrity. Researchers and implementation partners (research users and collaborators) are welcome to submit.
Successful submitters will be invited to take part in research design workshops in the early part of 2026, and be considered for inclusion in interdisciplinary research teams.
Applications close at midday on Friday 12 December 2025.
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.
Upcoming events
Upcoming events
Research Capability EOI process: Webinar and Q&A session
Research Capability EOI process: Webinar and Q&A session
Monday 1 December, 11am–12pm
Monday 1 December, 11am–12pm
The Platform Leadership Team will give a short presentation on the EOI call, and answer your questions. Join us to find out more about the process, the Investment Framework that underpins it, and the next steps.
You’ll hear from:
• Richard Smith, Platform Director
• Julia Becker, Living with Risk theme leader
• Iain White, Better Resilience Decisions theme leader
• Liam Wotherspoon, Next Generation Risk Assessment theme leader
• Melanie Mark-Shadbolt, Pou Whakahaere – Vision Mātauranga programme
The session will be recorded and made available afterwards on our website, and via email to Platform newsletter subscribers and those who register for the webinar.
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