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.

Life

Peace completed a PhD at the

University of Waikato The University of Waikato ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato), is a Public university, public research university in Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand established in 1964. An additional campus is located in Tauranga. The university perfo ...

in 1999, titled ''Surface tension: Place/poverty/policy: From "poverty" to "social exclusion": Implications of discursive shifts in European Union poverty policy, 1975-1999''. In 2006 Peace joined

Massey University Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with significant campuses in Albany and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or ...

'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. Notable students include

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. Peace has served on a number of committees concerned with the social sciences, including the New Zealand National Commission for

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, the Marsden Fund's Social Sciences Panel, the

Rutherford Discovery Fellowship The Rutherford Discovery Fellowships are an annual science fellowship in New Zealand. The fellowships, established in 2010, are administered by the Royal Society Te Apārangi through a competitive process. Ten fellowships are awarded nationally. T ...

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.

References

Living people Academic staff of Massey University Year of birth missing (living people) Companions of the Royal Society of New Zealand New Zealand social scientists Women social scientists University of Waikato alumni {{NewZealand-scientist-stub