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New Year’s honours for UC academics and alumni who make a difference

Years of internationally-recognised work in politics, climate change and youth engagement have been honoured in Aotearoa New Zealand’s 2021 New Year’s Honours list for University of Canterbury (UC) Professor of Political Science Bronwyn Hayward.

Professor Hayward is director of UC’s Hei Puāwaitanga: Sustainable Development and Civic Imagination Research Group and a Professor of Political Science. She has served as a Coordinating Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) AR6 report (cities & infrastructure) and was a lead author for the 2018 Special Report on 1.5 (Sustainable development & Poverty eradication). She is co-primary investigator for the Centre for Understanding Sustainable Prosperity (led by the University of Surrey), leads the CYCLES Children and Youth in Cities Lifestyle Evaluation study in seven world cities, and is a well-respected and active researcher, author and media commentator.

The New Zealand Royal Honours recognised 15 of UC’s current and former academics, and graduates for their community service and achievements across a range of sectors.

International music scholar and composer Dr Glenda Keam received an MNZM for services to music and music education. Dr Keam revitalised UC’s School of Music during her seven years at the helm, while also serving on the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM), most recently as President, and organising conferences, publishing research and supervising doctoral students. Dr Keam recently retired as UC’s Head of Music, but will maintain a close relationship with the School of Music in an adjunct capacity, working with postgraduate students. 

Pioneering Transition Engineering Professor Susan Krumdieck received an MNZM for services to sustainability research and engineering. Professor Krumdieck is co-leader and trustee of the Global Association for Transition Engineering. She recently accepted a prestigious position as Professor of Energy Transition Engineering at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland, where she will work with the people of Orkney to achieve a transition to zero carbon within five years, however she will maintain close links with UC’s College of Engineering and Advanced Energy and Material Systems Lab.

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