People
NZPRI has a core team of 20 members who front our deliverables. NZPRI also has a strong membership of over 70 research experts across four research groups. Together we produce research which is relevant to policy makers in business, government and the community.
Meet the team
![Gail Pacheco Gail Pacheco](https://nzpri.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0006/273318/gail-pacheco.jpg)
Gail has considerable experience leading funded projects involving both academic and industry collaborations.
![Lisa Meehan Lisa Meehan](https://nzpri.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0010/305956/lisa-meehan.jpg)
Lisa’s experience spans international governmental organisations, the NZ public sector and economic consulting.
![Katherine Ravenswood Katherine Ravenswood](https://nzpri.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0011/298352/katherine-ravenswood.jpg)
Katherine’s expertise includes care/work regimes, gender and employee wellbeing, and inequality, power and voice at work.
![Alexander Plum Alexander Plum](https://nzpri.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0003/273315/alex-plum.jpg)
Alex's research interests comprise labour economics and social welfare.
![Thomas Schober Thomas Schober](https://nzpri.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0004/762817/thomas-schober_better_2.jpg)
Thomas' research interests comprise health, family, and labour economics.
![Leon Iusitini Leon Iusitini](https://nzpri.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0018/273321/leon-Iusitini.jpg)
Leon’s research interests include family economics, child development, and Pacific health and well-being.
![Liqun Liqun](https://nzpri.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0004/826564/Lee_website.png)
Lee's primary academic focus is labour economics, where he explores issues of inequality and discrimination driven by social norms, culture, and policies.
![Wei-Lin Chen Wei-Lin Chen](https://nzpri.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0019/832105/Wei-Lin_Chen-websitev2.png)
Wei-Lin's primary field of research is public and development economics, with specialisations in the economics of crime and anti-poverty programmes.
![Mary Hedges Mary Hedges](https://nzpri.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0011/514766/mary-hedges-2023.jpg)
Mary works in the areas of labour economics, behavioural economics and life-course econometric modelling.
Email: mary.hedges@aut.ac.nz
![Marcus Ho Marcus Ho](https://nzpri.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0003/298353/marcus-ho.jpg)
Marcus’ research and teaching themes lie at the nexus of wellbeing and performance, entrepreneurship and HRM.
![Marjolein Lips-Wiersma Marjolein Lips-Wiersma](https://nzpri.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0004/298372/marjo-lips_wiersma.jpg)
Marjo leads the Map of Meaningful Work project, which creates a holistic development survey to guide meaningful work, lives and societies.
![Tamara Tesolin Tamara Tesolin](https://nzpri.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0004/514768/tamara-tesolin-2023.jpg)
Tamara looks after the day-to-day running of NZPRI. Her work days are Mondays, and Wednesdays - Fridays.
Email: tamara.tesolin@aut.ac.nz
![Alexandra Turcu Alexandra Turcu](https://nzpri.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0004/273316/alex-turcu.jpg)
Alex contributes to a range of research projects.
![Livvy Mitchell Livvy Mitchell](https://nzpri.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0019/273322/livvy-mitchell.jpg)
Livvy contributes to a range of research projects. She works remotely from Wellington.
![Linda Kirkpatrick Linda Kirkpatrick](https://nzpri.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0009/514764/lind-tran.jpg)
Linda contributes to a range of research projects.
![Patricia Dela Cruz Patricia Dela Cruz](https://nzpri.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0006/780981/patricia_dela_cruz.jpg)
Patricia assists with the running of NZPRI and contributes to a range of research projects.
Email: patricia.dela.cruz@aut.ac.nz
Who we work with
Our team consists of a number of researchers, associates and project advisors.
Q+A with the team
We sat down with our members to ask questions about their career and what they enjoy doing to unwind in their spare time.