NZAID

Postgraduate Field Research Awards

also see | Postgraduate Field Research Awards 2009/2010

 

Each year NZAID offers Post Graduate Field Research Awards to students from New Zealand universities undertaking field research in developing countries.

The awards are only available to New Zealand citizens or permanent residents that are undertaking research as part of the requirements of a New Zealand-based Masters Degree or Doctorate in a field related to international development.

The 2009/10 round of the awards is now open. To find out more about this round and to download an application form click here.

 

Postgraduate Field Research Awards | Recent Recipients

Name Topic University Degree
Shane Prosser Yaqona (kava): A study of its impact upon education and development in Fiji Massey University Doctor of Philosophy
Heather Dixon Children in disasters: Children's experiences of natural disasters in Central Java, Indonesia Massey University Doctor of Philosophy
Heather Beeston Recurring fires in Phnom Penh; Disaster relief and prevention through long-term development University of Auckland Masters of Arts | Development Studies
Andrea Egan Analysing the impact of global, regional and local responses to climage change in Pacific SIDS Massey University Masters of Philosophy | Development Studies
Monica Evans "Making a man of them": an enthnography of young 'absent' fathers in Valparaiso, Chile Victoria University
(Sascha) Alexander Feary Soil regeneration, climate modification, and cadmium remediation Victoria University
Rebecca Jane Fitchett Urban agriculture and planning for poverty reduction in Lusaka, Zambia University of Otago Masters of Arts | Planning
Mathilde Hegarty From women in development to gender and development? Victoria University Masters of Arts | Development Studies
Lucy Marigold Gillies Petheram Hydropolitics of Nepal: the contestation of the development of freshwater resources University of Otago Masters of Arts | Geography
Natalie Kristin Redstone In the midst of crisis: Poverty reduction strategy papers and the 'global' food crisis - responding to rising food insecurity in Cambodia University of Auckland Masters of Arts | Development Studies
Olivia Smith New femininities and childcare choices in Koh Samui, Thailand University of Otago Masters of Arts | Human Geography