The Centre’s Board is advised by two groups: the International Advisory Panel and the Young Global Scholars Group.
The International Advisory Panel
The International Advisory Panel is a grouping of eminent individuals from around the world, who have extensive experience, in the United Nations, national governments, universities or think-tanks.
Alex Kazaglis
Vivid Economics consultancy (London). Previously UK Committee on Climate Change, and Australian Climate Change Authority. Master of Science from LSE
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Dr Tapio Kanninen
Co-director, Project on Sustainable Global Governance, CUNY; Board Chairman, Global Crisis Information Network Inc., New York; Former Chief, Policy Planning
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Angela Kane
Angela was UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs from 2012 to ’15, following other UN positions in management, political affairs
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Prof Roger Clark
Roger is Board of Governors Professor of Law at Rutgers University, Camden. He is an internationally-recognised expert on a range
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Dr Lyndon Burford
Post-doctoral Research Associate, Centre for Science and Security Studies, King’s College London. Former research fellow, Centre for Strategic Studies, VUW,
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Dr Chris Williams
Chris has held academic posts at the Universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cairo and London, and at the UN University
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Prof Azza Karam
Azza is Professor of Religion & Development at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Previous positions have been with International Institute for Democracy
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Dr Deborah Ruiz Verduzco
Head, Civil Society Initiatives, International Commission on Missing Persons (The Hague); Former Special Assistant to President, International Criminal Court (New
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Prof Inge Kaul
Inge Kaul is an independent consultant on global policy studies, adjunct professor, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin and the former
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Young Global Scholars Group.
The Young Global Scholars Group is composed of young university graduates who are NZ citizens or have worked in New Zealand, have recorded outstanding academic achievement, and exhibited an evident interest in global studies.
Renee Moorjani
Renee is Secretary for the NZ Centre for Global Studies, maintaining administrative functions and helping to manage the Centre’s projects.
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Jayden van Leeuwen
Jayden has recently graduated with a conjoint LLB (Hons) / BA (History and Political Science) at Victoria University of Wellington.
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Isabella Lenihan-Ikin
Isabella is in her fifth year of study at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), where she is currently completing an
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Elise Antoine
Elise graduated with a double-bachelor in Economics and Political Science (2016), followed by an MA in Political Science, with merit
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Bokyong Mun
Bokyong has recently graduated with a Law and Science degree at Otago University in her hometown, Dunedin. Her interest in
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Annika Naumann
Annika is from Germany, where she has studied at universities in Frankfurt and Heidelberg. In 2016, she was interned with
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Abbas Nazari
Abbas is an Afghan Kiwi currently studying towards a Masters of International Relations at Columbia University, New York, on a
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