About NZPRI

NZPRI provides high-quality research across a broad multidisciplinary programme concerned with people and work. The director of NZPRI is Professor Gail Pacheco, who is supported by Lisa Meehan (Deputy Director), Katherine Ravenswood (Associate Director, Human Resource Management) and leaders of our specialist research groups. Links to the four groups are below and provide details of current key projects and members within each group. Our research groups enable research experts to provide research (at both the national and international level) that ticks the boxes for both academic rigour, as well as being relevant to policy makers in business, government, and the community in general - see our latest annual report.

Research themes

We place emphasis on a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach and rank engagement with external stakeholders as a high priority.

The research themes diagram illustrates the broad nature of research streams encompassed at NZPRI, and the overlapping nature of many topics across research groups.

External clients

The institute also provides commissioned work for a range of external clients, with recent examples including work for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Ministry of Health, Health Research Council, InternetNZ, United Nations Women, and the Ministry of Social Development.

NZPRI members

Meet our core team, research associates and advisors.

Our people