Free, online event
Research Support Community Day 2026 will be held 16 -18 June 2026 and proudly hosted by Monash University.
📽️Recordings from our 2025 event are available on our YouTube Channel 📽️
Adrian is a Professor of statistics who has worked for over 30 years in health and medical research. He works in the emerging field of “research on research” or meta-research. He has researched how research is funded and has worked with funding agencies to improve their processes. He also investigates bad practices in published papers, including identifying unreliable and fraudulent papers.
Kim Tairi (Waikato Tainui) is University Librarian and Kaihautū Tiriti (Treaty Strategist) at AUT. A career librarian with a rich and varied working life in academic libraries and leadership. She holds key governance roles on both sides of the Tasman, including as Chair of CONZUL (the Council of New Zealand University Libraries). A staunch wāhine Māori, kuia and artist, Kim is known for her warmth, bold style and unapologetic joy — she loves to dance and hardly ever misses a fit-check selfie.