Robin Peace

Robin Peace is a social scientist from New Zealand. In 2018 she was appointed a Companion of the Royal Society Te Apārangi for her contribution to the promotion and advancement of the social sciences in New Zealand.[1]

Life

In 2006 Peace joined Massey University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences. She is the director of eSocSci, Hui Rangahou Tahi, New Zealand’s national e-network of social scientists. She is a leader for the Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association, which educates evaluators.[2]

Peace has served on a number of committees concerned with the social sciences, including the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO, the Marsden Fund’s Social Sciences Panel, the Rutherford Discovery Fellowship panel, and has represented the Royal Society Te Apārangi on the International Social Science Council, and the working group that developed the International Science Council.[2]

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References
  1. "Six women recognised for leadership in science | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. "Leading social scientist made Companion of Royal Society". Massey University. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.


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