Notable achievements, awards and rankings

• The University of Auckland is first among the eight New Zealand universities
• The University was placed 22nd in Psychology in the worldwide 2012/2013 QS World University Rankings® Life Sciences subject ranking, making the School of Psychology the top-ranked department in the university.

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• Professor Russell Gray: 2012 Mason Durie Medal, awarded by the Royal Society of New Zealand
• Professor Suzanne Purdy and Robin McDaniel: 2012 New Zealand Speech-language Therapists’ Association Marion Saunders Literary Award
• Bianca Gordon: 2012 New Zealand Speech-language Therapists’ Association Professor Sir Donald Beaven Memorial Award.
• Associate Professor Donna Rose Addis:
  
  • 2011 The University of Auckland Early Career Research Excellence Award
  • Named 2011 “Rising Star” by the Association for Psychological Science
  • Named one of New Zealand’s 2011 Influencers, Unlimited Magazine
  • 2010 Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize
  • 2010 Rutherford Discovery Fellowship
• Dr Quentin Atkinson: 2011 Rutherford Discovery Fellowship
• Associate Professor Niki Harré: 2010 University of Auckland Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award
• Dr Nickola Overall:
  
  • 2011 named “Rising Star”, Association for Psychological Science
  • 2010 University of Auckland Early Career Excellence in Teaching Award
• Dr Chris Sibley:
  
  • 2011 named “Rising Star”, Association for Psychological Science
  • 2010 University of Auckland Early Career Research Excellence Award
• Professor Michael Davison:
  • Lifetime contributions award from the NZ Association for Behaviour Analysis
  • Distinguished Contributions to Basic Behavior Analysis Award from Division 25 of the American Psychological Association
• Dr Chris Podlesnik: 2011 Early Career Research Award from Division 25 of the American Psychological Association
• Dr Ian Lambie: 2012 The William Friedrich Memorial Child Sexual Abuse Research and Treatment Award by the American Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma|
   

Marsden Grant Recipients

2012

• Dr Donna Rose Addis: The imaginative brain: Neural networks supporting flexible future thinking
• Professor Michael C Corballis: Brain asymmetries for gesture and speech
• Dr Gavin Hunt and Professor Russell Gray: The genetics of complex cognition

2011

• Associate Professor Nicola Gavey: Public engagement towards a more inclusive and equitable society
• Professor Russell Gray: The cultural evolution of religion
   

• Victoria Martin (PhD student with Dr Donna Rose Addis): 2012 Laird S. Cermak Award for the best research presented in the area of memory at the International Neuropsychological Society Mid-Year Meeting
• Valerie van Mulukom (PhD student with Dr Donna Rose Addis): 2012 ASSBI Travel Award for the best abstract submitted by a student at the International Neuropsychological Society Mid-Year Meeting
• Peter Bull (Postgraduate student with Dr Donna Rose Addis): 2012 Kevin Walsh award for the best abstract submitted by either an Honours of Masters student at the International Neuropsychological Society Mid-Year Meeting
• Sarah Cowie (PhD student with Professor Michael Davison and Associate Professor  Douglas Elliffe): Best Student Paper – Basic Research prize at the 2012 NZABA Conference
• Rebecca Sharp (PhD student with Dr Oliver Mudford and Associate Professor Douglas Elliffe): Best Student Paper – Applied Research prize at the 2012 NZABA Conference
• Ying Wang (PhD Student with Dr Annette Henderson): Merit award at the 2012 Faculty of Science Postgraduate Poster Competition and entry into the 2012 EXPOSURE Postgraduate Research Exposition
• Kelsey Deane (PhD student with Niki Harré): 1st prize in the poster section of the 2011 EXPOSURE Postgraduate Research Exposition and a special prize for "Contribution to the Advancement of Social Development"; 2nd prize in the 2011 Faculty of Science Postgraduate Poster Competition
• John Bai (PhD student with Dr Chris Podlesnik): Best Presentation for a basic researcher at the 2011 New Zealand Association for Behaviour Analysis (NZABA) Conference
• Nathan Ryckman (PhD student with Dr Tony Lambert): Recipient of the 2013 Commonwealth Scholarship for the University of Auckland.
   

• Book chapters: 4
• Journal articles: 77
• Conference papers: 7
• Oral presentations at conferences: 15
• Commissioned reports: 1