Postdoctoral Fellow – Social Innovation Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand

Are you keen about analysis that creates significant change? This is your alternative to contribute to revolutionary, community-led analysis that strengthens the well-being of iwi, Māori, and Indigenous communities throughout Aotearoa and past.

Te Kotahi Research Institute on the University of Waikato is in search of a Postdoctoral Fellow – Social Innovation to hitch a dynamic, multidisciplinary analysis atmosphere the place scholarship, collaboration, and mātauranga Māori come collectively to affect coverage, apply, and social outcomes.

Why This Opportunity Matters

Make a Meaningful Impact
Your analysis will instantly contribute to bettering well being, social companies, and group growth outcomes. Working alongside iwi and Māori organisations, you’ll assist co-design options that replicate group aspirations and assist Indigenous self-determination.

Collaborate in a World-Class Research Environment
Te Kotahi Research Institute is a nationally and internationally linked hub, bringing collectively students from various disciplines. You’ll work with main researchers, coverage specialists, and group companions to drive innovation and information alternate.

Grow Your Academic Career
This position provides sturdy skilled growth alternatives, together with:

• Leading and contributing to funded analysis initiatives

• Publishing in high-quality tutorial shops

• Presenting at nationwide and worldwide conferences

• Participating in instructing and information alternate

• Receiving mentorship from senior teachers

About the Role

As a Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Innovation, you’ll play a key position in advancing analysis that enhances social affect and group well-being. You will:

• Conduct high-quality analysis throughout well being, social companies, and group growth

• Integrate mātauranga Māori into coverage, analysis, and innovation

• Collaborate with iwi and Māori organisations and facilitate co-design workshops

• Develop analysis proposals, publish findings, and share insights by means of conferences and instructing

• Contribute to multidisciplinary analysis initiatives that ship real-world outcomes

This is a full-time (37.5 hours per week), two-year fixed-term place, based mostly on the Hillcrest Campus in Hamilton.

Salary vary: $90,125 – $95,500 every year (pro-rata), relying on abilities and expertise.

Who We’re Looking For

You are a motivated researcher who’s dedicated to social innovation and Indigenous-led analysis. You will carry:

• A powerful analysis and publication observe document

• Excellent stakeholder and group engagement abilities

• A demonstrated dedication to Māori analysis aspirations and the rules of Te Tiriti o Waitangi

• A PhD accomplished or close to completion in a related discipline

Don’t meet each requirement?
We know expertise is available in many varieties. If this chance excites you however your expertise doesn’t completely align with each criterion, we nonetheless encourage you to apply.

About Te Kotahi Research Institute

Te Kotahi Research Institute is a cross-University analysis hub devoted to advancing information that improves the well-being of iwi, Māori, Indigenous communities, and society as an entire. Our work is grounded in analysis for, by, and with Māori, integrating mātauranga Māori into coverage growth, knowledge methods, and digital innovation. Through sturdy nationwide and worldwide networks, we foster collaboration, creativity, and options that contribute to a extra inclusive future.

Why Join the University of Waikato?

The University of Waikato is a globally recognised establishment, recognized for future-focused schooling and analysis with nationwide and worldwide affect. We are dedicated to fairness, variety, and inclusion, and our work is guided by the rules of the Treaty of Waitangi.

Ko te Tangata – For the People
Our individuals and communities are on the coronary heart of all the pieces we do.

Apply Now

• Applications shut: Tuesday, 31 March 2026 (until crammed earlier)

• Requisition quantity: 1003222

• Applications are reviewed as they’re obtained, so early functions are inspired.

• All functions have to be submitted by means of the web portal (emailed functions is not going to be accepted).

• Applicants should have the authorized proper to reside and work in New Zealand.

Take the following step in your analysis profession and assist form optimistic change for communities throughout Aotearoa.

Apply now and be part of one thing transformative.

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