Huri te Ao translates to ‘change the world’. The researchers in the School of Future Environments (SoFE) hold a shared vision to embrace Ki Parakore – translated here as moving towards an unpolluted state. This speaks to our research direction and overview, which embodies the regenerative spirit, transformation, mauri ora (wellbeing), interdisciplinarity and sustainability.
The Systems and Communities Research Centre (SCRC) explores examples of living and social systems where communities grow and thrive. Our aim is to investigate solutions and share knowledge and experiences. We work across socio-spatial systems, including food, endangered species, sustainability, waste reduction and reuse, flood response, community wellbeing, urban resilience and regeneration.
The work is developing complex, emergent, and responsive networks that respond to our environmental, social, cultural, technological and economic issues as we live together in this land.
Meet the team
We are ready to explore solutions, share knowledge and create the foundation for new experiences – together.
