Ocean Mercier
New Zealand academic
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Ocean Ripeka Mercier is a New Zealand academic specialising in physics and Māori science.
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Ocean Ripeka Mercier | |
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At 2019 Research Honours Aotearoa | |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
| Awards | Māori Academic Achievement Award in Physics, Inaugural Recipient, 2002; Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award, 2012; New Zealand Association of Scientists Cranwell Medal 2017 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics, Māori Science |
| Thesis | Optical Conductivity of Colossal Magnetoresistance Manganites (2002) |
| Doctoral students | Elizabeth Kerekere[1] |
Career
After a B.Sc. (Hons) Mercier did a PhD at Victoria University of Wellington, in association with Industrial Research Ltd.[2][3]
Mercier is involved in the field of Māori science, the application of scientific principles and mātauranga Māori to real-world problems.[4] As well as teaching,[5] she presented a television programme on the topic called Project Mātauranga.[6][7][8] Mercier is on the editorial board of the MAI Journal.[2]
In 2017 she was awarded the New Zealand Association of Scientists Cranwell Medal for science communication efforts.[9][10] In 2019 Mercier was awarded the Royal Society Te Apārangi's Callaghan Medal.[11] She was a part of the Imagining Decolonised Cities Team, which won the 2021 Te Rangaunua Hiranga Māori Award, conferred by the Royal Society Te Apārangi.[12]
Selected publications
- Harris, Pauline and Ocean Mercier. Te ara pūtaiao o ngā tūpuna, mō ngā mokopuna: science education and research In Mulholland, M. (2006). State of the Māori nation: Twenty-first-century issues in Aotearoa. Auckland [N.Z.]: Reed.
- Mercier, O. R., Asmar, C. and Page, S. (January 1, 2011). An academic occupation: mobilisation, sit-in, speaking out and confrontation in the experiences of Maori academics. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 40, 81-91.
- Mercier, Ocean Ripeka. 'Glocalising' Indigenous Knowledges for the Classroom. In Dei, G. J. S. (2017). Indigenous philosophies and critical education: A reader. New York: Peter Lang.
- Mercier, Ocean Ripeka. What is decolonisation? In Elkington, B. (2020). Imagining decolonisation. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books.
- Mercier, Ocean Ripeka and Beth Ginondidoy Leonard "Our Indigenous brothers and sisters are available for us and we are available for them": non-local relationships nurturing research through an Alaska-Aotearoa online student exchange. In Sumida, H. E. and Martin, N. D. (2020). Indigenous knowledge systems and research methodologies: Local solutions and global opportunities. Toronto: Canadian Knowledge.
- Palmer, S. and Mercier, O. R. (April 3, 2021). Biotechnologies in pest wasp control: taking the sting out of pest management for Māori businesses?. New Genetics and Society, 40, 2, 155-177.
Personal life
Mercier is of Ngāti Porou descent.