Wendy Larner | |
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Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University | |
Assumed office September 2023 | |
Preceded by | Colin Riordan |
Personal details | |
Alma mater |
University of Waikato University of Canterbury Carleton University |
Academic work | |
Institutions |
University of Bristol Royal Society Te Apārangi |
Website |
www |
Wendy Larner FRSNZ is a New Zealand social scientist who has focussed on the interdisciplinary areas of globalisation, governance and gender. She has been Vice-Chancellor and President of Cardiff University since September 2023, [1] having previously been provost at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.
In July 2018 she became the President of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, taking over from Richard Bedford. [2]
Larner has a master's degree from the University of Canterbury, with a thesis titled Migration and female labour: Samoan women in New Zealand. [3]
Larner is a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, having transferred from an honorary fellowship in 2016, [4] [5] a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (United Kingdom) [6] and a Fellow of the New Zealand Geographical Society.
She has been a visiting fellow at universities in Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom. She was awarded the Victoria Medal in 2018 by the Royal Geographical Society. [7]
In 2018, Larner was awarded the Innovation and Science award of the Women of Influence awards. [8]
Larner was previously Professor of Human Geography and Sociology at the University of Bristol. [9]
In 2017, Larner was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's " 150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand. [10]
Wendy Larner | |
---|---|
Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University | |
Assumed office September 2023 | |
Preceded by | Colin Riordan |
Personal details | |
Alma mater |
University of Waikato University of Canterbury Carleton University |
Academic work | |
Institutions |
University of Bristol Royal Society Te Apārangi |
Website |
www |
Wendy Larner FRSNZ is a New Zealand social scientist who has focussed on the interdisciplinary areas of globalisation, governance and gender. She has been Vice-Chancellor and President of Cardiff University since September 2023, [1] having previously been provost at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.
In July 2018 she became the President of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, taking over from Richard Bedford. [2]
Larner has a master's degree from the University of Canterbury, with a thesis titled Migration and female labour: Samoan women in New Zealand. [3]
Larner is a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, having transferred from an honorary fellowship in 2016, [4] [5] a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (United Kingdom) [6] and a Fellow of the New Zealand Geographical Society.
She has been a visiting fellow at universities in Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom. She was awarded the Victoria Medal in 2018 by the Royal Geographical Society. [7]
In 2018, Larner was awarded the Innovation and Science award of the Women of Influence awards. [8]
Larner was previously Professor of Human Geography and Sociology at the University of Bristol. [9]
In 2017, Larner was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's " 150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand. [10]