06 December 2024 Impact of Government's Decision on Humanities and Social Sciences Research

Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki Lincoln University is deeply concerned with the Government's decision to disband the humanities and social sciences panels from the Marsden Fund and the implications for the direction of research in New Zealand. While a specialist land-based University, we consider that the humanities and social sciences, including mātauranga, are core to the future of land-based economies' ability to embrace sustainability as a core principle.

"Lincoln University publicly supports the contributions of humanities and social science researchers to land-based sectors and fundamentally sees the great value and enormous increased benefit of transdisciplinary engagement between the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities."

Our mission to be leaders in research for the land and people and provide exemplars of sustainable economic, environmental, cultural and social practices critically drives our commitment to the contribution of the humanities and social sciences to understanding our world. A commitment that honours our core values of rakatirataka and kaitiakitaka.

We fully endorse the UNZ statement and will continue to acknowledge and promote the value of the diverse range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Read UNZ's statement here>>>