Massey University

Russel Wilson

Commercialisation & IP Advisor

Business Development & Commercialisation (Research)
Massey University
Private Bag 11 222
Palmerston North 4442

 +64 6 356 9099 – ext 81219       [email protected]

  • Beef New ZealandResearch and technical articles covering many aspects of beef cattle production in New Zealand.READ MORE
  • CRAVECRAVE is involved in the design and implementation of Analogue, Digital, RF and Mixed-signal VLSI circuits & systems. Applications in wireless and wire-line communication as well as signal processing are being developed.READ MORE
  • Mechatronics & Robitics Research GroupWe undertake research in a number of mechatronic areas and collaborate with local and international academic institutions incorporating New Zealand industry partnerships. Please use the links above to explore just a small selection of what we do.READ MORE
  • Riddet InstituteThe Riddet Institute is a national Centre of Research Excellence.The institute has world-class competency in the areas of biomaterials science and digestive physiology relating to nutrient absorption and metabolism.READ MORE
  • Sleep Wake ResearchThe Centre conducts multi-disciplinary research to increase scientific knowledge to improve health, performance, safety and well-being through a programme of basic and applied research with an integrated approach to sleep and waking function.READ MORE
  • Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship Research CentreThe New Zealand Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Centre (SIERC) is dedicated to providing a hub for interdisciplinary, academic research in social innovation and entrepreneurship.READ MORE
  • Vitamin D Research CentreResearchers at Massey have expertise in a number of physiological conditions and lifecycle stages where vitamin D deficiency is potentially damaging to health in both the short and long term. These include bone health, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity and muscle strength, and during pregnancy, infancy and childhood, as well as older age.READ MORE

Latest Resources

Thriving in Manufacturing Feedback to Participants

Aug 26, 2024 |

The goal of the Thriving in Manufacturing project was to support manufacturing businesses to build capability to use the Mental Wellbeing by Design process. The process enables businesses to engage with workers to identify psychosocial risks, and to redesign work to prevent harm to people. The project was run in 2023 and 2024 and was supported by ACC, the Mental Health Foundation an the Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum. From a pool of 38 organisations that attended initial workshops about the project, 9 went on to run it within their businesses. Champions for this work came from both HR and HSE roles.

Thriving in Manufacturing: CHEP NZ’s Experience

Aug 23, 2024 |

The Thriving in Manufacturing project is an ACC-supported pilot helping manufacturing businesses to identify work-related risks to their employees’ mental health, and to work with employees to redesign work to eliminate or minimise those risks. It also helps businesses identify factors at work that support employees’ mental health so these factors can be maintained and enhanced.

Stopping the Rot| July 2024

Aug 16, 2024 |

Activity in New Zealand’s manufacturing sector showed some small signs of improvement, although still in contraction, according to the latest BNZ – BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI).

Freefall | June 2024

Jul 12, 2024 |

Activity in New Zealand’s manufacturing sector dropped to its third lowest value for a non-COVID lockdown month, according to the latest BNZ – BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI).

Mental Wellbeing by Design Project

Jul 5, 2024 |

• The Mental Wellbeing by Design project helps businesses identify, and mitigate, work-related risks to their workers’ mental health. It also helps them identify and promote aspects of work that protect workers’ mental health.