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Research Fund Chairs Appointed

12 April 2005

Source:	TEC Media Release

Leading academics have been appointed to chair 12 Peer Review Panels as part of the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF).

They will oversee next year's quality evaluation, which will help set PBRF funding to reward and encourage research in tertiary education organisations.

"We are delighted at the calibre of the researchers who have agreed to serve as Panel Chairs," said Tertiary Education Commission Deputy Chair Kaye Turner.

"They join the three Moderators – Professor John Hattie, Professor Carolyn Burns, and Professor Mason Durie – who were announced last month.

"The Moderators and Panel Chairs are among New Zealand's pre-eminent academics. Their commitment to these roles shows a high level of support for the TEC's PBRF process," Kaye Turner said.

"We have a solid base of experience represented on the panels. All of the Moderators and ten of the Panel Chairs were involved in the first PBRF round."

The Panel Chairs will now work with the Tertiary Education Commission to select peer review panel members. Together they will contribute to the design of the guidelines and procedures for the 2006 quality evaluation.

In the 2006 quality evaluation, academics at participating tertiary education organisations will be assessed on the basis of their research outputs, peer esteem, and contribution to the research environment over the past six years.

The overall aim of the PBRF is to promote the development of innovative and productive research cultures that produce high quality research, as well as dynamic and effective learning environments for students.

The panels, chairs and their institutional affiliations are:

• Principal Moderator, Professor John Hattie, (Auckland University)
• Moderator, Professor Carolyn Burns FRSNZ (Otago University)
• Moderator, Professor Mason Durie FRSNZ (Massey University)

• Biological Sciences, Professor Bruce Baguley FRSNZ (Auckland University)
• Business and Economics, Professor Kerr Inkson (Otago, Massey and Victoria Universities)
• Creative and Performing Arts, Professor Peter Walls (Victoria University of Wellington)
• Education, Professor Noelene Alcorn (Waikato University)
• Engineering, Technology and Architecture, Professor John Raine (Massey University)
• Health, Professor Peter Joyce FRSNZ (Otago University)
• Humanities and Law, Professor Raewyn Dalziel (Auckland University)
• Maori Knowledge and Development, Dr Ailsa Smith (Lincoln University)
• Mathematical and Information Sciences and Technology, Professor Vernon Squire FRSNZ (Otago University)
• Medicine and Public Health, Professor Pat Sullivan FRSNZ (Massey University)
• Physical Sciences, Professor Joe Trodahl FRSNZ (Victoria University of Wellington)
• Social Sciences and Other Cultural/Social Sciences, Professor Michael Corballis FRSNZ (Auckland University)