What prompts people to change their minds about conspiracy theories?
Conspiracies DO happen...
What prompts people to change their minds about conspiracy theories? Associate Professor Matt Williams and team from Te Kunenga ki Pลซrehuroa Massey University set out to answer this curious question! ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ
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Magnetic marvels: Meet the multi-polar magnets
Since the discovery of the compass, magnets are indispensable in our daily lives. Yet, their fundamental characteristics have never changed; dictated by the metals they are made from. Professor Singam...
Since the discovery of the compass, magnets are indispensable in our daily lives. Yet, their fundamental characteristics have never changed ๐ค. Professor Singamneni's Marsden funded research is about to revolutionise that.....๐ฅ๐๐งฒ๐ฎ
www.royalsociety.org.nz/research/mag...
14.11.2025 01:58 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Here are some highlights from the successful 2025 #MarsdenFund projects:
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05.11.2025 01:49 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Red Glaciers: the Answer to Whatโs Blowing in the Wind
A dramatic red dust blanket over Aotearoa New Zealandโs mountain glaciers could lead to increased melting. It was the outfall from raging wildfires in Australia - or was it?
A research team supported by the Marsden Fund examined why glaciers in Aotearoa were blanketed by red dust? Using time-lapse photography, an eye in the sky and chemistry to uncover a trail leading to a certain neighbours backyard (Australia's bushfires) ๐ท๐๏ธ๐ฐ๏ธโ๏ธ๐
www.royalsociety.org.nz/research/red...
04.07.2025 01:29 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Just a reminder that I am still taking applications for this PhD scholarship (until 1 May).
You don't need to be a NZ citizen or resident to apply (although you would need a student visa to take up the scholarship).
Happy to answer any questions by email
#18C #19C #Romanticism #Bigger6
22.03.2025 02:09 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
There is a vacancy on the Marsden Fund Council for a convenor for the EHB (Economics, Human & Behavioural Sciences) panel. Please see details below if you are keen to apply. Deadline 17 April....https://jobs.mbie.govt.nz/job/Wellington-Marsden-Fund-Council-EHB-Panel-Convenor-6011/1063401266/
03.04.2025 04:17 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A Difference, Not a Deficit โ Changing Attitudes to Autism in Aotearoa
To celebrate Autism Acceptance Month this April, I sat down with Dr Hannah Waddington (Te Herenga Waka โ Victoria University of Wellington) to talk about her neurodiversity-affirming research on suppo...
Did you know that Paenga-Whฤwhฤ April is #autismacceptance month in Aotearoa? To celebrate, we chatted to Dr Hannah Waddington (Te Herenga Waka โ VUW) about her efforts to develop neurodiversity-affirming support for #autistic tamariki and their whฤnau ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ.
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30.03.2025 21:03 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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Will upzoning deliver housing affordability for everyone? Dr Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy, Professor Peter Phillips, and their team at Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland are looking at the evidence in Auckland! ๐๏ธ๐ฒ
Read about their great work here:
www.royalsociety.org.nz/research/wil...
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Keeping WaRM at high altitudes โ the Marsden Flag heads into the mountains
The Marsden Fund flag recently joined Associate Professor Julie Deslippe of Te Herenga WakaโVictoria University of Wellington on a trip to China for some high-altitude field work
How will climate change impact vulnerable alpine ecosystems? Associate Professor Julie Deslippe of Te Herenga WakaโVictoria University of Wellington is keen to find out. Follow the #MarsdenFund flag into the maunga ๐ปof China to find out more: www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
11.02.2025 01:08 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Warming seas vs frozen continent: Interactions between ocean and Antarctic ice sheets during past climate changes
Ancient sediments reveal how ice sheets and the ocean โtalk to each otherโ as they respond to, and shape, climate change
How will Antarctic ice sheets react to rising temperatures and influence the oceans in the process? Professor Rob McKay of Te Herenga Waka VUW used geological samples to peer into the past for a look to the future. Check out what they found here: www.royalsociety.org.nz/research/war...
09.02.2025 20:54 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Changing realities: Editing 360ยฐ scenes to make immersive virtual worlds
Dr Fanglue Zhang and Professor Neil Dodgson of Te Herenga WakaโVictoria University of Wellington are developing methods to convincingly edit Mixed Reality environments
How can we make #MixedReality experiences feel more immersive? Dr Zhang and Prof Dodgson of Te Herenga WakaโVictoria University of Wellington are developing new tools to do just that.
Read more about this exciting mahi here ๐:
www.royalsociety.org.nz/research/cha...
15.01.2025 23:46 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Hunting Cosmic Cataclysms
In space no one can hear the explosion, but we can see it! Every second, countless cataclysms are playing out across the Universe with stars exploding, colliding, and doing other weird things.
Dr Ryan Ridden at the University of Canterbury is launching #CosmicCataclysms at #Zooniverse where YOU can help with #MarsdenFund Fast-Start #research finding fast ๐ฅexplosion๐ฅ events across the #universe ๐
www.royalsociety.org.nz/research/hun...
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#CitizenScience
09.01.2025 19:40 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ข Now that itโs official, @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social would love to tell you about our ๐ project funded by @royalsocietynz.bsky.social that offers an Indigenous lens to understanding what leads to hara (crime) ๐งต
07.11.2024 21:13 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Marsden Fund Council - MIS Convenor
Marsden Fund Council - MIS Convenor
There are 2 vacancies in the #MarsdenFund Council for the 2025 round - for the Physics, Chem and Biochem (PCB) and Maths and Information Sciences (MIS) panels- please spread the word!
jobs.mbie.govt.nz/job/Wellingt...
jobs.mbie.govt.nz/job/Wellingt...
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Cognitive psych interested in distributed cognition, memory, weird and non-weird beliefs, cognitive biases, conspiracy belief, misinformation, scientific vs lay cognition, climate change, open science, metascience, 4eCognition.
From Aotearoa/New Zealand
Scientist/Researcher based in Tฤmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa. Mad about plant microbes ๐ฑ๐ฆ , mฤtauranga Mฤori, and Indigenous data sovereignty
Whakapapa to Ngฤti Porou, Ngฤti Uepลhatu, Te ฤtiawa, & Te Whฤnau-ฤ-Apanui ๐ค๐คโค๏ธ
Te Puna Haumaru Centre for Security and Crime Science aims to reduce crime and increase security through multi-disciplinary research at the University of Waikato ๐ณ๐ฟ
Crime Scientist ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ -> ๐ณ๐ฟ Interested in generating and synthesising evidence for better crime prevention and policing policy. Methodologically promiscuous.
Lecturer at the University of Auckland in the School of Chemical Sciences. Research in Surface Organometallic Chemistry, Inorganic Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis for earth abundant metals.
Department of Biochemistry at the University of Otago
Te Tari Matลซ Koiora, ลtฤkou Whakaihu Waka
Evolutionary genomics and microbiology in Aotearoa. ๐บ๐ธin ๐ณ๐ฟ. Personal account
https://ecoevo.social/@elizostrow
Activist scholar at large.
Director/ founder Heather Came & Associates.
Advocate Tiriti and racial justice.
Passionate about public health, community and craft.
Science writer & professor in Aotearoa New Zealand: Antarctica, climate, nukes. Tangata tiriti. Latest book, End Times, by @thwupbooks.bsky.social โ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ง ๐.
Now writing book about the (melting) Antarctic Ice Sheet
She/her or they/them/ia
Biostatistician. Baritone. He/Him.
Product of more than one country.
May contain nuts.
Molecular Plant Pathologist and Associate Professor at Massey University, New Zealand | Effector Biology | Apple Scab | Tomato Leaf Mould | Kauri Dieback |
Scientist, dreamer, kelp-lover. Evolution, biogeography, ecology; marine, Antarctic... sometimes even terrestrial and freshwater. Professor in marine science at the University of Otago, in beautiful Aotearoa.
Manaaki Whenua โ Landcare Research is a Group of the Bioeconomy Science Institute.
Science for our land and our future โ Ko te pลซtaiao mล tล tฤtou whenua, mล ฤpลpล.
Kelp forests, coral reefs, climate change, coralline algae, ecologist, physiologist, geochemist. Senior Lecturer of Marine Biology. Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. Group leader of coastal eco physiology group (CEG)
Antarctic climate scientist, IPCC author, FRSNZ, musician, & artist. #julialang. Vegan, yoga, runner.
Author of FEEDBACK, a book about complexity and connection - published by Rowman & Littlefield.
๐ www.nicholasgolledge.github.io
Kia ora! Lecturer at the University of Otago, Rutherford Fellow. Interested in ๐๐ฆ๐ชฑ๐ฆ๐งฝ & ๐งฌ. More: http://idealabotago.com
Exploring whether to transfer official PMCSA account from Twitter. Meanwhile for information on our work programme see: pmcsa.ac.nz
Scientist Interested in all things oceans and climate (esp. carbon cycle). Bike rider, hiker and nature lover. Privileged white feminist. Advocate for diversity.
she/her pฤkehฤ writer
in Aotearoa NZ; of Australia
novels THE HOPE FAULT (family/anxiety/geology), THE LIFE+LOVES OF LENA GAUNT (love/loss/theremin)
May 2025: 3rd novel, WONDERLAND
Bad Diaries Salon + Podcast
tracyfarrauthor.com
baddiariessalon.com
Rhetoric, communication, podcasting, writing, teaching. From Texas to Aotearoa New Zealand.
