Marilyn Waring gets policy role at university

Former outspoken politician-turned-academic Marilyn Waring has been appointed to a senior role at Auckland's AUT University.

She will hold a post in AUT's Institute for Public Policy (IPP).

The former Raglan and Waipa National MP is a world-renowned political economist, feminist, development consultant and author. She has a PhD in political science from Waikato University.

Professor Waring sits on The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's board of directors. She joins AUT from Massey University (Albany) where she was Professor of Public Policy and directed the Master of Public Policy degree programme.

In 1975, at 22 years old, Professor Waring became New Zealand's youngest Member of Parliament. She remained in office until 1984.

At AUT Professor Waring will supervise a growing number of doctoral and masters thesis students and pursue major international opportunities across a broad range of public policy issues.

This month, Professor Waring is presenting to the Pan American Health Organization in Santiago, Chile on 'Measuring women's unpaid work contribution to economic development and welfare'.

In July she is plenary speaker at the 15th Annual Conference of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) in Sydney debating 'Feminist economics between globalisation and local experience'.

During her nine-year political career, Professor Waring was Chair of the Public Expenditures Committee, Senior Government Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and served on the Disarmament and Arms Control Committee.

She has held Fellowships at Harvard and Rutgers Universities.

The Institute of Public Policy (IPP) is a research and development centre of AUT University. It provides independent research and advice on economic and social development in New Zealand and comparative countries.