About Us

The National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA) links together a virtual and evolving community of leading national and international researchers whose research focus is the interaction of demographic, social and economic processes.

Initially founded through collaboration between researchers at the University of Waikato’s Population Studies Centre (now the NIDEA Directorate), Waikato Management School and Wellington-based Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, the Institute’s primary goal is to help inform choices and responses to the demographic, social and economic interactions that are shaping New Zealand’s future.

Reflecting this objective, NIDEA’s research programme comprises five interconnected themes, and is supported and sustained by a strong capacity-building programme - the NIDEA Demographic Laboratory.