ASHLI AKINS
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Co-authors: Ashli Akins & Mark Turin

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Timeline: 2015 - 2020

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Chapter in book to be published in 2021. More details to be released soon.

Role: I was responsible for designing a marine cultural health index (MCHI) to empower Indigenous coastal Māori communities of New Zealand to assess the health of their own harvest resources. A large multi-scale  collaborative project between community, government, and academia, this project was the first-ever open-water cultural health index (CHI) launched internationally. 

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Timeline: 2011 - 2013

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Funders: Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu; Tiaki Mahinga Kai Project; Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment; University of Otago's Center for Sustainability

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Outputs: 

Ashli Akins, Alaric McCarthy, Nigel Scott, Katja Schweikert, Chris Hepburn, Henrik Moller (2013). Ngāi Tahu Marine Cultural Health Index User Manual (He Kōhinga Rangahau No. 16). University of Otago. 

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Katja Schweikert, Alaric McCarthy, Ashli Akins, Nigel Scott, Henrik Moller, Chris Hepburn, Fransisca Landesberger (2012). A Marine Cultural Health Index for sustainable management of mahinga kai in Aotearoa - New Zealand. He Kohinga Rangahau No. 15. 88 pp. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Commissioned Report for External Body.

Role: As part of my research fellowship with Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research (Government of New Zealand), I led the final stage of this project, including writing, administration and editing. 

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Timeline: 2012 - 2015

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Outputs: 

Phil B. Lyver, Ashli Akins, Hilary Phipps, Viktoria Kahui, David R. Towns, Henrik Moller (2015). Key biocultural values to guide restoration action and planning in New Zealand. [Online: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rec.12318/abstract]

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Hilary Phipps, Ashli Akins, Henrik Moller, Phil Lyver, Viktoria Kahui, and David Towns (2011). Cross-cultural Values for Restoring Coastal Forest Ecosystems in New Zealand. Report to New Zealand Department of Conservation.

Co-authors: Ashli Akins, Phil O’B. Lyver, Hugo F. Alrøe, and Henrik Moller

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Role: Lead author. Part of my Research Fellowship with Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research (Government of New Zealand) and Te Tiaki Mahinga Kai Community Fellowship with the University of Otago.

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Timeline: 2013 - 2019

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Funders: University of Otago's Centre for Sustainability; the New Zealand Sustainability Dashboard Project; ​the Kia Mau Te Tītī Mo Ake Tōnu Atu Project; the Te Tiaki Mahinga Kai Project; the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE); New Zealand’s Biological Heritage (NSC, C09X1501); the Strategic Science Investment Funding (SSIF) for Crown Research Institutes (MBIE’s Science and Innovation Group); Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research; the New Zealand Biological Heritage National Science Challenge; the OECD Co-operative Research Programme; and the Danish Ministry of Food’s MultiTrust Project.

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Link to published article in Sustainability: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/8/2357

Role: Research Assistant, Peter A. Allard Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia. 

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Principal Investigators: Michelle LeBaron and Carrie MacLeod

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Timeline: 2013 - 2016

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Funder: Public Safety Canada

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Related Output: 

Carrie MacLeod, Ashli Akins, and Michelle LeBaron (2016). Enacting Resilience Toolkit: Arts-based activities. Report commissioned for Public Safety Canada, published by Peter A. Allard School of Law. [Online at: https://www.icasc.ca/resources/enacting-resilience-toolkit-arts-based-activities]

Principal Investigator: Ashli Akins

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Master’s thesis submitted for Master of Studies in international human rights law, University of Oxford.

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Advisors: Dr. Patrick Thornberry & Dr. Margaret Bedggood

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Timeline: 2011 - 2012

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Funders: Canadian Federation of University Women; Las Casas Human Rights Scholarship, University of Oxford