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Holly Thorpe
Awards James Cook Research Fellowship , Fulbright Scholarship , Leverhulme Fellowship, Royal Society Te Apārangi Early Career Research Excellence Award for Social Sciences
Academic background
Alma mater University of Waikato
Thesis
Doctoral advisorDouglas Booth, Toni Bruce , Richard Pringle