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Motu and University of Waikato collaborate in the establishment of new research institute
The University of Waikato launched the new National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA) on November 24th. The University’s former Population Studies Centre became the directorate for NIDEA, leading a virtual community of researchers from the University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Waikato Management School, and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust.
The new institute will see Motu researchers collaborating with Waikato Population Studies Centre demographers, and Waikato Management School economists. Among the NIDEA researchers are Motu Senior Fellows Steven Stillman, David C. Maré, Arthur Grimes, and Andrew Coleman who all have extensive academic and public policy experience in the research areas in which NIDEA specialises.
Motu director Howard Fancy says NIDEA will combine the strengths and networks of Motu and the University of Waikato to create an international centre of research excellence. “New Zealand is part way through a substantial demographic transition whose considerable social and economic consequences have yet to be properly appreciated, but which may require a significantly different policy approach,” he says. “NIDEA can contribute to addressing this challenge by recognising the important interdependence between demographic, economic and social processes, and by supporting strong research, teaching and policy communities which can utilise and apply the research”.
Find out more on the NIDEA website
Posted 25-Nov-2010 by Emma Jellicoe