Jennifer Lees-Marshment

Jennifer Lees-Marshment is a research-led but practice-oriented cross-disciplinary academic working in the areas of Political Marketing, Political Management, Political Leadership and Public Participation. She is author/editor of 18 books, a world expert in political marketing, recipient of the International Association for Public Participation Research Award for Australasia and A-rated in the New Zealand external research assessment. Jennifer is an academic advisor to TVNZ’s Vote Compass (2014, 2017, 2020, 2023) which has engaged over a million members of the public in discussing politics and policy. She founded the Community of Interest in Employability. (https://canvas.auckland.ac.nz/courses/42445) and is co-convenor of the COI in Research Impact.