WSP and The Helen Clark Foundation Research

The Helen Clark Foundation is an independent, non-partisan, public policy think tank based in New Zealand. Building on the lifetime of public service by its patron Helen Clark, the Foundation aims to contribute to policy debates on how to achieve a more inclusive, sustainable, and peaceful society.

Under the partnership, WSP sponsors a fulltime researcher with the Foundation to produce evidence-based reports and insights to stimulate public debate and policy action. Previous research topics include:

Our previous reports include:

Te Ara Matatika - The Fair Path: Why transport matters for equity, and how Aotearoa New Zealand can fairly transition to the connected low-traffic cities we need for a decarbonised future.
Nau Mai: Welcome Home: How can Aotearoa New Zealand meet the needs of our diaspora, attract some of them home, and prepare for the trends of a post-pandemic future.
Alone Together: Loneliness in Aotearoa and what it means for public policy and the built environment.
The Shared Path: How low-traffic areas in cities can decarbonise transport, save lives, and create connected urban communities.

Our current WSP Fellow

Tom James
Before joining the Helen Clark Foundation, Tom worked as a press secretary and acting advisor to Transport Minister Michael Wood. Tom has also worked in the private sector for insights consulting firms doing both qualitative and quantitative research. He has a Masters degree with first class honours in political marketing from the University of Auckland. He lives in Wellington.

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Te Ara Matatika - The Fair Path

Why transport matters for equity, and how Aotearoa New Zealand can fairly transition to the connected low-traffic cities we need for a decarbonised future.

Te Ara Matatika - The Fair Path (Volume II)

A Fair Charge for Better Cities: The potential for congestion charging to help unlock our transport system.

Alone Together - Loneliness in The City

New Zealand should prioritise loneliness in social policy as it recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, recommends a new report.

Tapping into the diaspora of Aotearoa New Zealand

Recommendations on how we can understand and tap into the potential of our offshore diaspora, attract some of them home, and prepare our infrastructure for trends in the post-pandemic future.

New research into pandemic loneliness sheds light on the vulnerable

WSP and The Helen Clark Foundation have released an update to the ground-breaking 2020 report Alone Together that looked at the impact of loneliness on the people and communities of Aotearoa.

The Shared Path: people not cars at the heart of communities

How low-traffic areas in the cities of Aotearoa can decarbonise transport, save lives, and create the connected urban communities we need in a post-pandemic future.