Research at Unitec is applied, practical, collaborative and often industry-partnered. It gives staff and students the opportunity to be creative and innovative while making positive and powerful changes in our industries, our communities and our whānau/iwi/hāpu. We give priority to research that makes a difference. We are also part of the wider research community across the Te Pūkenga network of ITPs (Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics), working together to support our stakeholders .

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Learn more about research at Unitec. Unitec Research Centres include:

Environmental Solutions Research Centre

The Environmental Solutions Research Centre was designed to foster transdisciplinary industry engaged research to tackle waste and pollution challenges to improve environmental outcomes in New Zealand

Terri-Ann Berry tberry@unitec.ac.nz – Director Environmental Solutions Research Centre –https://www.unitec.ac.nz/research-and-enterprise/environmental-solutions-research-centre

Ngā Wai a te Tūi, Māori and Indigenous Research Centre

Providing kaupapa Māori research to support Indigenous innovation and Māori development.

Jenny Lee-Morgan jleemorgan@unitec.ac.nz – Director Ngā Wai a te Tūi –https://www.ngawaiatetui.org.nz/about-us/

Applied Molecular Solutions

By using existing and emerging technologies, and working to develop and validate new ones, we can address problems raised by the industries and communities that we work with.

Dan Blanchon DBlanchon@unitec.ac.nz – Director Applied Molecular Solutions Research Centre – https://www.unitec.ac.nz/research-and-enterprise/applied-molecular-solutions

Cybersecurity Research

We are leading the change in the cutting edge of cybersecurity research and development, working to support New Zealand businesses in the fight against cybercrime

Denis Lavrov (Team Leader) and advised by Adjunct Professor Christian Probst. https://www.unitec.ac.nz/research-and-enterprise/cybersecurity-research