Big Data explained
The Big Data team is forming collaborative research partnerships with experts from across our challenge and other challenges and institutions to build a collaborative framework to articulate and answer research questions of significant importance to New Zealand and to the wider academic and policy communities.
What we are doing
- The team has a wide range of expertise in the use of the Integrated Data Infrastructure.
- Consulting with Māori and Pacific stakeholders to develop guidelines for using big data in a way that is appropriate for these communities.
- A paper has been published in an international journal showing a decline in obesity in NZ 4-year-olds.
Team Snapshot
Dr Rick Audas
Theme leader
Dr Rick Audas is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Otago, and the Big Data theme leader for A Better Start.
Dr Nichola Shackleton
Dr Nichola Shackleton is a Research Fellow for the Centre for Methods and Policy Application in the Social Sciences (COMPASS) at the University of Auckland. She is a quantitative social scientist working on multidisciplinary research projects. She uses advanced quantitative methods to analyse survey data, and works with population level data in the Integrated Data Infrastructure. Her research focuses on the interplay between child health and the school environment, inequalities in child health, and measuring and evaluating aspects of the school environment.
Justine Camp
Research Fellow, Big Data
I kā tini waka o te motu, ka mihi mai I tēnei uri nō Te Waka o Aoraki
Ki kā kairakahau e whakanui ana e whakapiki ake te hauora o kā tamariki, mokopuna o Aotearoa nei, tēnei te mihi maioha ki a tātou
He waka eke noa
Justine works with Māori communities to ensure their views around the use of Māori data are part of the theme’s everyday thinking.
News
Personal touch to researcher’s work
As an immigrant to New Zealand, A Better Start (ABS) E Tipu e Rea National Science Challenge PhD candidate Alice Kim says her research has personal relevance to her.
Navigating new models of indigenous health and wellbeing
Research Fellow for A Better Start E Tipu e Rea’s Big Data theme Justine Camp’s hard mahi has come to fruition, with an opportunity to speak at an indigenous research conference in Hawaii.
New Zealand 4-year-olds buck obesity trend
New Zealand’s four-year-olds are resisting the tide towards rising obesity, according to research funded by A Better Start, one of the country’s national science challenges.
Partners and Collaborators
