Prue Williams
{{Short description|Soil scientist and science manager at MBIE in New Zealand}}
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Prudence Helen Williams {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CRSNZ}} is a New Zealand soil scientist, and public servant. She is a senior manager in the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, and serves on the board of the Global Research Council. She was awarded a Public Service Medal, and was elected a Companion of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2023.
Academic career
Williams completed a PhD titled The fate of potassium in grazed dairy pastures at Massey University.{{Cite thesis|title=The fate of potassium in grazed dairy pastures|last=Williams|first=Prudence Helen|type=PhD thesis|publisher=Massey Research Online|url=https://hdl.handle.net/10179/3341|date=1988|hdl=10179/3341 }} Williams then joined the staff of the New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research. Williams moved into science management in 2003, joining the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology in 2008.{{Cite web |title=Prue Williams, Global Research Council |url=https://globalresearchcouncil.org/about/governing-board/prue-williams/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=globalresearchcouncil.org}}
Williams is the General Manager Science System Investment and Performance at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).{{Cite web |date=4 April 2022 |title=Appointments to Science Board confirmed |url=https://www.mbie.govt.nz/about/news/appointments-to-science-board-confirmed |access-date=27 Oct 2024 |website=Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment}} Williams is the senior public servant in charge of Te Ara Paerangi Future Pathways, which will reform the New Zealand science system.{{Cite web |date=18 Aug 2023 |title=Panel appointed to recommend National Research Priorities |url=https://www.mbie.govt.nz/about/news/panel-appointed-to-recommend-national-research-priorities |access-date=24 Oct 2024 |website=Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment}}
Williams represented New Zealand on the Global Research Council, and then was elected to the Board in 2019. She serves on the advisory board of the Antarctic Research Centre.{{Cite web |last=Centre |first=Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Research |date=2021-12-14 |title=ARC Advisory Board {{!}} Te Puna Pātiotio / Antarctic Research Centre {{!}} Te Herenga Waka |url=https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/antarctic/about/advisory-board |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Victoria University of Wellington |language=en}}
Honours and awards
In 2021 Williams was awarded a Public Service Medal, an award conferred by the Public Service Commission to recognise "public servants who exemplify the spirit of service and are making a real difference through their everyday work for New Zealand or New Zealanders".{{Cite web |title=Public Service Day Awards 2021 |url=https://www.publicservice.govt.nz/role-and-purpose/spirit-of-service/public-service-day-awards/public-service-day-2021 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission |language=en-NZ}} The citation noted her advocacy for research, and care and empathy for colleagues.
In 2023 Williams was elected a Companion of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, for "her outstanding contribution to Aotearoa’s research, science, and innovation sector".{{Cite web |date=24 August 2023 |title=Three new Companions recognised for leadership and sustained contributions to science and the humanities in Aotearoa |url=https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/three-new-companions-recognised-for-leadership-and-sustained-contributions-to-science-and-the-humanities-in-aotearoa/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Royal Society Te Apārangi}}
Selected works
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- {{Cite Q|Q130753678}}
- {{Cite Q|Q130753671}}
- {{Cite Q|Q111085126}}
- {{Cite Q|Q111085124}}
- {{Cite Q|Q130753660}}
- {{Cite Q|Q130753640}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O0rGMeMnZc Williams presenting at the 2020 Endeavour Fund Roadshow], 18 Nov 2019, via YouTube
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Category:New Zealand scientists
Category:New Zealand women scientists
Category:Massey University alumni