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Maria Bargh
Bargh in 2020
Born
Ema Maria Bargh
AwardsTe Puāwaitanga Research Excellence Award
Academic background
Alma materAustralian National University
Thesis
Doctoral advisor Barry Hindess
Academic work
Institutions Victoria University of Wellington

Ema Maria Bargh is a New Zealand academic, and is Professor of Politics and Māori Studies at Victoria University of Wellington.

Early life and education

Bargh is of Te Arawa and Ngāti Awa descent. [1]

Academic career

Bargh completed a PhD titled Re-colonisation and indigenous resistance: neoliberalism in the Pacific at the Australian National University, under the supervision of Barry Hindess. [2] Bargh joined the staff of Victoria University of Wellington, rising to full professor in 2022. [3]

Bargh's research covers Māori political representation and constitutional change, environmental politics and policy, and the political economy. [3] She was on the Matike Mai Aotearoa working group on constitutional reform. [4] Bargh has been appointed by Cabinet to the role of Deputy Chair of the Independent Review of Electoral Law, alongside Deborah Hart, Andrew Geddis, Alice Mander, Robert Pedden and Lara Greaves. [3] [5] She is co-editor of the MAI Journal: A New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship, and is on the editorial board for the New Zealand Political Science Journal. [6]

Honours and awards

Bargh received a Royal Society Te Apārangi Te Puāwaitanga Research Award in 2020. [1] [7]

She received a University Engagement Excellence Award in 2017 and a Research Excellence Award in 2021. [3]

Selected works

References

  1. ^ a b "Recipients". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  2. ^ Bargh, Ema Maria (2002). Re-colonisation and indigenous resistance: neoliberalism in the Pacific (PhD thesis). Australian National University. doi: 10.25911/5d7a2771358f7.
  3. ^ a b c d Wellington, Victoria University of (7 February 2023). "Promotion to Professor 2022 | News | Victoria University of Wellington". www.wgtn.ac.nz. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  4. ^ Moana Jackson; Margaret Mutu; Matike Mai Working Group (6 February 2016), The Report of Matike Mai Aotearoa an Independent Working Group on Constitutional Transformation in New Zealand (PDF), Wikidata  Q109967627
  5. ^ Stacey (28 June 2022). "Maria Bargh appointed to independent electoral law panel". Biological Heritage – National Science Challenge. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  6. ^ Kōmako. "Maria Bargh: Ngāti Awa, Te Arawa". www.komako.org.nz. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  7. ^ "2020 Te Puāwaitanga award: Self-determination for Māori through political economy and environmental research". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

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