Chair: Sebastian Lowe PhD

Sebastian J. Lowe (Tangata Tiriti) is a researcher, interdisciplinary artist, educator, and human research ethics consultant from Aotearoa New Zealand. Working at the intersection of creative practice, critical scholarship, and community collaboration, he explores how collaborative, participatory approaches can support meaningful social change. 

Manager of Committee (and Trust): Kennedy Templer BA, DPH

Kennedy Templer is an Application Support Specialist for the New Zealand Council for Educational Research. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health from Otago University. Her research interests are centred around the digital space, health and education.

Geraldine Corkery MEdAdmin Hons, BSc Hons, DipTchg

Geraldine is a former deputy principal of a Dunedin girl’s high school. Now retired, she is following up interests in the natural world by volunteering at the local eco-sanctuary as well as working on the archives of her most recent school.   She has 40 years experience teaching young people and enjoyed the challenge of fostering both junior and senior science education. She is keenly interested in youth engagement and leadership and has worked to support Maori and Pasifika pupils and their communities throughout her career. Geraldine retains an interest in education and voluntary service. Her interests include youth engagement and leadership, Maori and Pasifika engagement, arts and creativity, and youth wellbeing.

Hamish Duncan

Hamish Duncan is a new graduate Bachelor of Nursing student who also holds positions on the Interim Learners Advisory Committee (ILAC) at Te Pukenga, is a student representative on the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) Research and Ethics committee, a member of the SANITI executive committee, and the Nelson/Marlborough regional student representative for the New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation (NZNO). Hamish is new to the field of ethics but passionate and eager to learn. He has an interest in research within the fields of nursing, medicine and human/animal ethics. Outside of academia, Hamish loves anything outdoors, especially hiking in Nelson Lakes National Park, and spending time with his dog George.

Annemarie Gillies PhD

Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Awa, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Te Arawa

Annemarie is Professor Rangahau Māori at Te Aho a Maui EIT, Taradale Hawkes Bay.  She also has a role with Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga as a Māori Heritage Listing Advisor. Her research interests are broad and varied but always involve whānau, hapū and iwi. 

Mike Grimshaw PhD

Mike Grimshaw is an Associate Professor of  Sociology at the University of Canterbury. He is past chair of the University of Canterbury Human Ethics Committee including during the time of the Canterbury quakes and their aftermath when a great deal of research was undertaken on a community suffering ongoing trauma. He also worked with the Ilam School of Fine Arts to develop and introduce an appropriate Human Ethics process for their work. With degrees in History and Theology (PhD) he taught Religious Studies before relocating into Sociology. His interest in  Human Ethics began with a summer research studentship under Professor Alastair Campbell in Bioethics at Otago University in the early 1990s. He has also served on the Marsden Fund Social Sciences panel and the Marsden Fund Social Sciences Fast Start panel. He is the founding editor of the  Palgrave Macmillan Book series Radical Theologies and Philosophies. His research occurs at the intersection of continental philosophy, critical theory and intellectual and social history, with a particular focus on questions of the social, cultural and intellectual history of Aotearoa.

Penelope Kinney PhD (Otago)

Penelope is a Principal Lecturer and the Head of Programmes at the School of Occupational Therapy at Otago Polytechnic. Penelope joined the school in 2008 after working clinically within forensic psychiatric services. Penelope completed her PhD exploring how clients psychologically adapt to living in the community after spending significant time within forensic psychiatric hospitals. Her research interest in this transition process has arisen from her time as the occupational therapist within a regional forensic psychiatric service. Penelope’s research interests include the use of walking interviews, transition experiences, forensic psychiatric populations and ethical research.

Linda Mussell PhD

Linda Mussell is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Canterbury. Originally from Canada, she now calls Ōtautahi/Christchurch home. Lin’s teaching and research interests are centred broadly in the political science subdiscipline of public policy, specifically, social policy focused on human needs, and feature the use of qualitative methods.

Michelle O’Toole

Originally from Tauranga and now living on Bunurong Country in the southeast of Naarm (Melbourne), Michelle is a sociocultural anthropologist with over 10 years of qualitative and applied research experience across academic and health regulation settings. Her work includes ethnographic fieldwork in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and online environments. She focuses on community engagement, cross-cultural relationships, and integrating co-design approaches into research.

Michelle is particularly interested in how people from diverse backgrounds and cultures build understanding and collaborate effectively. Her Honours research explored the experiences of Christian pilgrims participating in the Hindu religious festival, the Kumbh Mela. For her PhD, she returned to the Bay of Plenty to examine the motivations and challenges of non-Māori adults learning te reo Māori at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa ki Whakatāne.

She has an abiding interest in ethics as a dynamic cultural force that shapes how people connect and relate across difference.

Member, Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa/New Zealand (ASAA/NZ)
Fellow, Australian Anthropological Society (AAS)

EeMun Chen MSc (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

EeMun Chen is second generation New Zealand Chinese. She holds a Master of Science from the University of Canterbury. EeMun has over 20 years’ experience in the development and implementation of quantitative and qualitative research methods. EeMun has diverse research interests including programme evaluation, equity, migrant worker exploitation, economic development, social development, labour markets, and health and wellbeing.

EeMun is a member of the Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association (ANZEA), Australian Evaluation Society (AES), Multicultural Evaluation special interest group of the AES, and the Data Visualization Society (DVS).

EeMun is a Principal Consultant at MartinJenkins, and is also Managing Director of Ethnic Research Aotearoa. She seeks to ensure research is undertaken with, by, and for ethnic communities.