26 Oct 2020

Research funding to help vulnerable Pacific communities

From , 5:00 am on 26 October 2020

A research agency that is part of Otago University is planning to use new research funding to study vulnerable marine communities around the Pacific.

Coastal People: Southern Skies, or CPSS, has been awarded over $NZ21 million dollars in the latest Centre of Research Excellence funding round.

It is to be spent over a seven year period. 

Associate Professor, Chris Hepburn, told Don Wiseman what they plan to do with the money.

Associate Professor, Chris Hepburn

Associate Professor, Chris Hepburn Photo: CARIM