Research at Waikato

One solution to the biodiversity crisis is bringing indigenous nature back into cities and urban communities. This is more important than ever, since the Covid-19 pandemic has seen people locked down and stuck at home, looking to nature in their local environment for mental health and wellbeing.

Construction industry waste is a big problem. How are our researchers collaborating to develop a more sustainable, circular economy for New Zealand?

Cybercrime is a growing underground industry. The returns are great, the risks are low. It’s costing companies and countries millions in ransoms each year.

A New Zealand researcher specialising in perinatal mental health has developed a new app to support psychological and emotional wellness during pregnancy.

The pressure on modern athletes is more intense than ever, with greater media and social media coverage and heightened public scrutiny.

New Zealand research paints a grim picture of the impact plastic is having on the global food chain.

Researchers from the University of Waikato’s School of Engineering and School of Computing and Mathematical Science are working with industry partners, growers and other institutions to develop high-tech solutions to challenges facing the horticultural industry.

Stories from Indigenous explorers in the Southern Ocean are being gathered by University of Waikato researchers to transform how our climate crisis is communicated.

The new qualification, unique to Waikato University, builds on its long-standing reputation in environmental science and decades of research across a range of disciplines, from exploring the impacts of sea level rise and extreme weather events to examining political, social and economic systems that have contributed to climate change.

Rising sea levels and flooding due to climate change has the potential to impact coastal Indigenous communities, according to a University of Waikato researcher.

How are our clinical psychology researchers, led by Dr Armon Tamatea, seeking to understand and prevent violence in New Zealand prisons with a holistic, kaupapa Māori approach?