Building Research Capability in the Social Sciences (BRCSS) Network TRANSMISSION OF WEALTH AND KNOWLEDGE IN A CONTEXT OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE.

Building Research Capability in the Social Sciences (BRCSS) Network

TRANSMISSION OF WEALTH AND KNOWLEDGE IN A CONTEXT OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE

What is BRCSS?• A research platform of 36 multi-year externally-funded

research programmes, charged with building capability in the social sciences, resourced for five years by the TEC

• A network spanning six universities and one private sector research provider that will work collaboratively to build research capability

• A “knowledge space” that is seeking to create discourse about research across disciplines in the social sciences from an established research platform

BRCSS Organisational StructureBRCSS

Research College• Principal Applicants in the 36 externally funded research

programmes

• Meets twice a year, face to face or via BRCSS Grid, the first access grid to be established in the university system

• Provides the research base on which the capability-building activities are built

• Is open to new members that have substantive, funded research programmes or are linked to these programmes

Research priority areas – building on 36 funded projects

Overall theme: “Social futures for Aotearoa/New Zealand in a Global Era”

Four key theme areas:• New wealth creation and distribution systems in a

globalised context• Social justice and development• Transmission of wealth and knowledge in a context of

demographic change • Sustainability of diverse households and settlements

Transmission of wealth and knowledge in a context of demographic change

Key themes:• Changing demographic structure as a result of ageing,

differential fertility and migration• Intergenerational transfers of knowledge wealth and

services• Human resources and their impact on the demand and

supply sides of the economy• Responses by individuals and families to demographic and

economic change, with special reference to transitions to work, family formation and retirement

• Circulation and migration between New Zealand and Australia and New Zealand

Transmission of wealth and knowledge in a context of demographic change

• Bringing Together Museum and Indigenous Knowledge and Practices: Joint Management of Cultural Treasures. Marsden, 2001-4, Professor Karen Nero, University of Canterbury

• Genetic Histories and Gamete Donation: Forming Families and Informing Children/Offspring. HRC, 2004-5, Associate Professor Victoria Grace and Associate Professor Ken Daniels, University of Canterbury.

• NZ Values Study 2004. FRST, 2004-6, Professor Sally Casswell, Massey University.• Measuring the Stock of Human Capital. Marsden, 2002-2005, Professor Les Oxley, University of Canterbury.• Connectedness in Young New Zealanders: Social Connectedness, Transitions, and Well-being. FRST, 2004-9,

Associate Professor Jan Pryor, Victoria University of Wellington. • “In Transition”: How Children of the Economic Reforms Articulate Identities at the Child/Adult Border. Marsden,

2004-6, Dr.Jane Higgins University of Canterbury, Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith University of Auckland and Dr K.aren Nairn, Otago University.

• Whaia te Hauora o Nga Rangatahi: Pursue the Health and Wellbeing of Our Rangatahi. HRC/FRST, 2003-6, Professor Robyn Munford, Massey University and W. Walsh Tapiata, Te Runanga o Raukawa.

• Te Hoe Nuku Roa. FRST, 1993-2009, Professor Chris Cunningham, Massey University. • Older People and Transport, MSD/ LTSA/MoT, 2003-4, Associate Professor Judith Davey, Victoria University of

Wellington.• Enhancing Wellbeing in an Ageing Society. FRST, 2004-9, Professor Jacques Poot, Waikato University/Charles

Waldegrave, Family Centre SPRU.• Anzac Neighbours: 100 Years of Multiple Ties Between New Zealand and Australia. Marsden, 2003-5, Dr Philippa

Mein-Smith, University of Canterbury.

Transmission of wealth/knowledge in a context of demographic change

• Circulation and Settlement of New Zealanders Living in Australia. Marsden, 2005-2007, Dr Elsie Ho and Professor Jacques Poot, University of Waikato.

• Realistic Conflict and Chinese Identity Politics, Chiang Ching Kou Foundation (CCKF), 2005-2007, Dr James Liu, Victoria University of Wellington.

• Wealth and Health Effects of Migration, Marsden, 2005-2008, Professor John Gibson, University of Waikato, and Dr David McKenzie, World Bank.

• Can we Trust Retrospective Recall to Replace Panel Data? Marsden, 2006-2008, Bongguen Kim and John Gibson.

• Integration of Immigrants, FRST, 2007-2012, Professor Paul Spoonley, Massey University

• Education, Employment and Missing Men, FRST, 2007-2010, Dr Paul Callister, Victoria University of Wellington.

• The New Zealand Longitudinal Study of Work, Social, and Psychological participation in an Ageing Population: Enhancing Community Participation, Independence and Wellbeing, FRST, 2007-2012, Dr Fiona Alpass, Massey University and Charles Waldegrave Family Centre Social Policy Research Unit.

Transmission of wealth and knowledge in a context of demographic change

Clusters:• 5 programmes anchored in longitudinal surveys• 5 migration-related programmes• 3 programmes addressing issues of ageing• 4 programmes addressing aspects of Maori demographic

change• 4 programmes addressing aspects of Pacific demographic

change • 3 programmes addressing aspects of New Settler

demographic change

Transmission of wealth and knowledge in a context of demographic change

Awards for research specifying theme:• 14 Masters theses• 15 PhD theses• 10 research grants• 2 Postdoctoral Fellowships• 7 in Anthropology• 6 in Psychology• 4 each in Geography and Public Health• 3 each in History and Sociology• 2 each in Education, Political Studies, Economics, Social

Science Research

Building collaboration, 2005-06• The Government’s Centres of Research Excellence (CoRE)

programme

• The challenge for BRCSS – there is no social science CoRE

• A response: three major CoRE bids: two relating to demographic change theme; one relating to sustainability theme

• Leveraging longitudinal surveys and existing collaboration on the interface of demography and economics

Two CORE Bids 2006: NIDEA and NCLR

• National Institute for Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA). Partners: Universities of Waikato, Canterbury, Massey, Victoria; Motu; staff from four Australian universities (Adelaide, ANU, Monash, Tasmania)

• National Centre for Lifecourse Research (NCLR). Partners: Universities of Otago, Victoria, AUT; ESR (CRI); staff from the University of London and the University of New South Wales

Broad themes: NIDEA and NCLR

NIDEA (12 programmes under 4 themes)• NZ 2050• NZ in Oceania• NZ’s regions and communities• NZ’s families and households

NCLR:• Ageing studies• Multiple generation studies• Pacific studies• Asian New Zealanders

Capability building: CoRE

“One of the objectives of the BRCSS Network, which links all of New Zealand’s universities, is to develop new research teams to address themes that have relevance for New Zealand’s future social wellbeing (BRCSS 2006a, 2006b). Many of the PIs in NIDEA are active participants in the BRCSS Research College, and this CoRE bid develops significantly the research agenda for Network’s research themes. In so doing NIDEA advances the goal of building research capability in the social sciences that underpins the innovative BRCSS Network.”

NIDEA in process of establishment

• A strategic priority

• A strategic investment in staff capability

• A University/private sector partnership

• A commitment to building research capability

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NATIONAL CENTRE FOR LIFE COURSE RESEARCH

Cognition impacts on lifestyle and health

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Mild Cognitive Impairment has aPrevalence rate of 13.7% in the age

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The value of a research platform: some reflections

• A strategic decision• An opportunity to leverage existing peer-

reviewed research• Supporting early career and postgraduate

researchers• Privileging team research• Privileging established research leaders• Challenges of inclusion/exclusion