Research Centres
Sub-communities within this community
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EPECentre [33]
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Gateway Antarctica [610]
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Quake CoRE [300]
Recent submissions
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The consequences of competition: simulating the effects of research grant allocation strategies
(SPRINGER, 2016)© 2016, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary. Researchers have to operate in an increasingly competitive environment in which funding is becoming a scarce resource. Funding agencies are unable to experiment with their ... -
Reciprocity in Human-Robot Interaction: A Quantitative Approach Through the Prisoner’s Dilemma and the Ultimatum Game
(SPRINGER, 2016)Reciprocity is an important factor in human–human interaction, so it can be expected that it should also play a major role in human–robot interaction (HRI). Participants in our study played the Repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma ... -
Systems to Implement Demand Response in New Zealand
(2014)According to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Demand Response (DR) is defined as: “Changes in electric usage by end-use customers from their normal consumption patterns in response to changes in the price of ... -
Proposal to amend the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010– Criteria for connection of distributed generation under the Part 1A application process
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Artificial Artificial Intelligence [Podcast]
(2020)Alan Turing devised the Imitation Game as a test the intelligence of machines. This test is also used in human-robot interaction. But what happens if not a computer is trying to convince you that it is a human, but a human ... -
The Ōtūkaikino River : factors contributing to apparent macroinvertebrate loss.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)In recent years the Ōtūkaikino River catchment has had some of best water quality and stream health of all Christchurch rivers. However, the absence of stoneflies from macroinvertebrate surveys in 2017 indicates that all ... -
Resilient shorelines : earthquake effects on sea levels and their implications for conservation and climate change.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Coastal margins are exposed to rising sea levels that present challenging circumstances for natural resource management. This study investigates a rare example of tectonic displacement caused by earthquakes that generated ... -
RECOVER Issue 4
(2019)Welcome to the Recover newsletter Issue 4 from the Marine Ecology Research Group (MERG) of the University of Canterbury. Recover is designed to keep you updated on our MBIE-funded earthquake recovery project called ... -
RECOVER Issue 3
(2019)Welcome to the Recover issue 3 newsletter from the Marine Ecology Research Group (MERG) at the University of Canterbury. Recover is designed to keep you updated on our MBIE funded earthquake recovery project called ... -
The Good Robot [Podcast]
(2020)Humans have asked themselves since the beginning of time “What is good”? While we have some consensus and even laws, teaching a robot to act ethically remains a delicate problem. It certainly requires more than three laws. ... -
The Rise And Fall of ATR [Podcast]
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Experiences of the Built Environment, Falls and Fear of Falling Outdoors among Older Adults: An Exploratory Study and Future Directions
(MDPI AG, 2020)Falls can have serious impacts on the health, wellbeing and daily mobilities of older adults. Falls are a leading cause of injury and death amongst older adults and outdoor falls comprise a substantial proportion of ... -
Google trends: a case of Antarctica
(2019)Public perceptions enforce great influence on economical, political and environmental cooperation, whether that is positive or negative. Attitudes and values that people hold change over time and progress with their internal ... -
Addressing priorities within the Antarctic Gateway Strategy: communication and outreach through social media
(2019)Science communication and outreach is a crucial component in conducting successful research. This outreach project seeks to create a social media platform surrounding Christchurch, Antarctica and the Southern Ocean on ... -
Pop culture and communicating Antarctica : an experiment in educational engagement
(2019)Research suggests that modern science appears to be failing in its mission to inform and educate the public. More facts and communication alone are not the answer. There is a need for more engagement and the use of ... -
Fussy feeders or fallacy? Investigating the prevalence of prey preference in killer whales, globally and in the Southern Ocean.
(2019)Killer whales (Orcinus orca, Linnaeus 1758) are a cosmopolitan species, being found in all the world’s oceans and most of its seas. There are currently ten ecotypes recognised globally and these distinct groups can be ... -
Antarctic education resource project
(2019)This report looks at identifying, mapping and communicating Antarctic education resources to the school community. The target audience are students and teachers and the objective is to make the content easier to access by ...
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