Dan Bidois
Motu Thesis Scholarship recipient 2011-12
Dan Bidois (Tainui, Ngati Maniapoto, Te Kauae) received the 2011-12 Motu Thesis Scholarship for students of Maori decent.
Dan is currently studying for a Master in Public Policy degree, specialising in social and economic policy, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a New Zealand Fulbright Scholar. For his second-year project he will research solutions to address the educational underachievement of indigenous groups.
Dan completed a BA/BCom in 2006 and a BCom(Hons) in economics in 2007 at the University of Auckland. He has worked as a strategy consultant at Deloitte, and more recently as a researcher at the New Zealand Institute.