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Unitec researchers investigate ways to share data without disclosing identities

Guest post by Professor Christian Probst and Gregor Steinhorn In 2012 Unitec founded the Cybersecurity Research Centre, which has investigated a multitude of cybersecurity challenges since then. The latest research hosted at the centre is developing techniques to keep people’s… Continue Reading →

Architecture lecturer Min Hall develops a prefab building product using straw

Min Hall, a Lecturer at Unitec’s School of Architecture, was awarded Early Career Researcher Fund (ECRF) grants for both 2019 and 2020. These awards have enabled her to focus on Project Pātūtū, in which she is the lead researcher investigating… Continue Reading →

Unitec researchers publish paper on bioremediation for asbestos

Following the launch of the Environmental Solutions Research Centre (ESRC) in September 2019 (covered in articles by Scoop and Voxy), the Director, Associate Professor Terri-Ann Berry, has co-authored a paper, Challenging Global Waste Management – Bioremediation to Detoxify Asbestos, with… Continue Reading →

New Kaupapa Māori research centre at Unitec

Artworks depicting tui in Unitec’s pā harakeke painted by artist and Maia Māori Centre lecturer Hohepa Renata, grace the walls of the newly-opened Ngā Wai a Te Tūī Māori Research Centre. The name was gifted to Research Centre head Jenny… Continue Reading →

New research into climate change’s effect on weeds

Unitec’s Dr Glenn Aguilar, Associate Professor Dan Blanchon and Lauren Hannah have co-authored a new research paper on the projected spread of the Mexican Daisy (Erigeron karvinskianus), a garden flower turned invasive weed that is spreading its way through the… Continue Reading →

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