Te Pūnaha Matatini
@tepunahamatatini.bsky.social
The Aotearoa New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence for complex systems. From complexity to possibility.
✍️ by Kyle Higham
🖼️ by Jean Donaldson
🖼️ by Jean Donaldson
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
✍️ by Kyle Higham
🖼️ by Jean Donaldson
🖼️ by Jean Donaldson
Policy is the result of inherently messy social processes and networks built up over time. What are the long-term impacts of undervaluing these networks? We’ll just have to wait and see → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/posts/the-fl...
The flow of information between research and policy
Evidence-based policy is created through an ecosystem of interacting people with various different roles, knowledge bases, skills and priorities.
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Policy is the result of inherently messy social processes and networks built up over time. What are the long-term impacts of undervaluing these networks? We’ll just have to wait and see → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/posts/the-fl...
Modelling the social structure of the research-policy interface and how it changes over time can help us understand the potential impacts of this environment in which we find ourselves.
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Modelling the social structure of the research-policy interface and how it changes over time can help us understand the potential impacts of this environment in which we find ourselves.
Restructures, departures, and even institutional email address rules lead to further disruption of the social network. A vibrant ecosystem of ideas dies away while well-resourced vested interests are allowed to go over the heads of ministries to fill the now empty evidential niche.
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Restructures, departures, and even institutional email address rules lead to further disruption of the social network. A vibrant ecosystem of ideas dies away while well-resourced vested interests are allowed to go over the heads of ministries to fill the now empty evidential niche.
As the number of interactions between researchers and policymakers decreases, vital links wither away. Not only does the volume of evidence being brought into policy discussions drop, but so does the diversity of voices that are crucial for robust decision-making.
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
As the number of interactions between researchers and policymakers decreases, vital links wither away. Not only does the volume of evidence being brought into policy discussions drop, but so does the diversity of voices that are crucial for robust decision-making.
The current policy environment is shaping up to be a perfect case study on this topic; time and money are required to create and maintain links between policymakers and researchers, and policymakers have not had much of either in recent years.
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The current policy environment is shaping up to be a perfect case study on this topic; time and money are required to create and maintain links between policymakers and researchers, and policymakers have not had much of either in recent years.
In a world where who you know matters more than what you know, illuminating these structures and the institutional factors that support them helps us to understand how decisions are made.
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
In a world where who you know matters more than what you know, illuminating these structures and the institutional factors that support them helps us to understand how decisions are made.
These feedback loops of ideas and research priorities reinforce the relationships between researchers and policymakers.
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
These feedback loops of ideas and research priorities reinforce the relationships between researchers and policymakers.
This social structure also leads to emergent processes that reinforce this structure. Policymaker priorities are strongly influenced by the research sphere and these priorities also shape the research being done.
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This social structure also leads to emergent processes that reinforce this structure. Policymaker priorities are strongly influenced by the research sphere and these priorities also shape the research being done.
Evidence-based policy is created through an ecosystem of interacting people with various different roles, knowledge bases, skills and priorities. These characteristics lead to an emergent social structure where research and policy meet – a complex system.
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Evidence-based policy is created through an ecosystem of interacting people with various different roles, knowledge bases, skills and priorities. These characteristics lead to an emergent social structure where research and policy meet – a complex system.
Te Pūnaha Matatini’s mission — tackling complexity with collaboration and care — is embodied in this Marsden success, which shows how research partnerships can generate new insight into long-term human and ecological systems.
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Te Pūnaha Matatini’s mission — tackling complexity with collaboration and care — is embodied in this Marsden success, which shows how research partnerships can generate new insight into long-term human and ecological systems.
The project’s transdisciplinary design reflects the ethos of Te Pūnaha Matatini, the Aotearoa Centre of Research Excellence for complex systems, where researchers work across disciplines and put communities at the heart of discovery.
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The project’s transdisciplinary design reflects the ethos of Te Pūnaha Matatini, the Aotearoa Centre of Research Excellence for complex systems, where researchers work across disciplines and put communities at the heart of discovery.
A newly funded Marsden Fund project led by Te Pūnaha Matatini researchers will work with Ngāti Manu, a hapū of the Bay of Islands, to explore histories of disruption and renewal.
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
A newly funded Marsden Fund project led by Te Pūnaha Matatini researchers will work with Ngāti Manu, a hapū of the Bay of Islands, to explore histories of disruption and renewal.
museums are often the best spots for this!
October 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
museums are often the best spots for this!