Wendy Larner is a New Zealand social scientist who has focussed on the interdisciplinary areas of globalisation,

governance Governance is the process of interactions through the laws, social norm, norms, power (social and political), power or language of an organized society over a social system (family, tribe, formal organization, formal or informal organization, a ...

and

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. She is currently Provost at Victoria University,

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, New Zealand. In July 2018 she became the President of the

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, taking over from

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Recognition

Larner is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, a Fellow of the

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(United Kingdom) and a Fellow of the

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. She has been a visiting fellow at universities in Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom. She was awarded the Victoria Medal in 2018 by the Royal Geographical Society. In 2018, Larner was awarded the Innovation and Science award of the Women of Influence awards. Larner was previously Professor of Human Geography and Sociology at the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

. In 2017, Larner was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's " 150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.

Selected publications

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References

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