Dr. David Lillis is a statistician and data scientist who has worked for the Royal Society of New Zealand, the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, and the New Zealand Institute for Sport. We talked to him about some recent studies of the representation of Māori and women in NZ academia. We also talked about reforms to the school curriculum and about the response to Listener letter on science.

McAllister 2022, 50 Reasons Why There Are No Māori in Your Science Department: .
https://www.journalofglobalindigeneity.com/article/55788-50-reasons-why-there-are-no-maori-in-your-science-department

McAllister et al. 2019, Why Isn't My Professor Māori: https://www.journal.mai.ac.nz/content/why-isn%E2%80%99t-my-professor-m%C4%81ori-snapshot-academic-workforce-new-zealand-universities

McAllister et al 2020, Glass Ceilings in NZ Universities: https://www.journal.mai.ac.nz/content/glass-ceilings-new-zealand-universities-inequities-m%C4%81ori-and-pacific-promotions-and-earnings

Lillis 2023, Allegations of Racism in NZ Universities: https://breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/03/dr-david-lillis-allegations-of-racism.html

Brower and James 2020, Research Performance and Age Explain Less than Half of the Gender Pay Gap in NZ Universities: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0226392

Pluckrose, Lindsay, and Boghossian, Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship: https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/

Kierstead and Johnston 2022, Rift Exposes Why NZ Science Body Needs Serious Reform: https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-media/opinion/rift-exposes-why-nz-science-body-needs-serious-reform/