Sharing better: Connecting policy makers in Wales and New Zealand
Around the world environmental policy makers and land management practitioners are facing similar challenges.
Cardiff University and the University of Waikato
Our shared vision is a sustained partnership, across multiple disciplines and themes, that increases our research performance and impact as well as enriching the staff and student experience at both institutions.
Our partnership
We launched our strategic partnership with Cardiff University in November 2021 to promote innovative collaboration and cooperation in the pursuit of academic and professional excellence. Our shared vision is a sustained partnership, across multiple disciplines and themes, that increases our research performance and impact as well as enriching the staff and student experience at both institutions.
Our partnership with Cardiff University spans collaboration across research, student mobility, teaching collaboration, and professional services. The partnership includes funds to support collaboration projects.
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Cardiff University - Anne Morgan, Head of International Partnerships - morgana11@cardiff.ac.uk
University of Waikato - David Aubergier-Rico, Senior Manager Global Engagement and Partnerships - david.aubergierrico@waikato.ac.nz
Seed funding for collaboration and mobility
The Cardiff-Waikato seed fund supports staff at Cardiff University and the University of Waikato in developing collaborative research, teaching, and/or professional services projects that have clear outcomes and a pathway to develop and sustain the collaboration.
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Call One (2025) |
Call Two (2024*) |
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Applications open |
17 February 2025 | 9 September 2024 |
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Applications close |
7 April 2025 | 21 October 2024 |
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Review/funding panel |
April/May | October/November |
| Applicants notified | 19 May 2025 | 2 December 2024 |
| Project time | June-December 2025 | January-June 2025 |
| Reports due | 23 February 2026 | 18 August 2025 |
*Round Two dates are yet to be decided. Dates from 2024 are indicative only and are subject to change.
Application process
If you are interested in being involved as a peer reviewer, please contact global@waikato.ac.nz.
Rolling fund / Small grants
Our collaboration seed fund is allocated over two calls annually, one in the Spring and one in the Autumn. However, we understand that on occasion, ad-hoc, short notice, specific, unique funding requests may also arise.
As such, and only if budget allows, we will consider rolling requests for funding up to the value of 2000 NZD / 1000 GBP.
Find out more about Rolling Fund / Small grants.
Additional sources of funding
- Waikato staff, please contact your Research Management Advisor
- Cardiff staff, please email RISResearchDevelopment@cardiff.ac.uk
Connecting Staff
Interested in collaborating with your counterpart at the Cardiff University/University of Waikato?
Latest collaborations
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Establishment of marine life going swimmingly
Professor Chris Battershill checks in on how the new marine life is developing at the seapods in Tauranga Harbour.
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Unambitious and undermined: why NZ’s latest climate pledge lacks the crucial ‘good faith’ factor
There is room for greater ambition in New Zealand's climate pledge, argues Associate Professor of Law Dr Nathan Cooper in this piece for The Conversation.
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NZ is encouraging the use of AI – but it’s largely outsourcing the risks and societal costs
As investment in generative AI continues to grow globally, New Zealand’s government has been implementing its use across the public sector and encouraging businesses to embrace the technology’s potential.
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Lessons from Cyclone Gabrielle: 5 key health priorities for future disaster response
Health and wellbeing are greatly affected by extreme weather events. New research into how people and systems responded after Cyclone Gabrielle shows how we can react better to future emergencies.
Student Mobility
Our student exchange agreement with the University of Newcastle allows Waikato students to spend a semester or year studying in Newcastle and Newcastle students to do the same in Hamilton. Tuition fees are paid to the home institution and successful completion of papers abroad allows for credit to apply to the student’s home university degree programme.
There are many benefits to trimester exchange, including:
- Exploring different cultures
- Developing core intercultural competency skills, and
- Finding new ways to approach learning.
To find out more, please visit the Waikato Global Experiences website.
Student exchange testimonials
Cardiff University is a strategic partner of the University of Waikato, which means there is subject overlap between the two institutions, making it ideal for students like me who only have compulsory papers left to complete.
Anneka Sprangers, Bachelor of Environmental Planning
Read more Cardiff University exchange stories on the Waikato Global Experiences blog.