Anne Bardsley

Anne Bardsley is a New Zealand–American academic, and is a senior research fellow at the Centre for Informed Futures at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. In 2020 Bardsley was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to science and the state.

Academic career

Bardsley completed a PhD in molecular biology and developmental genetics at the University of Colorado Boulder.

From 2012 until 2018, Bardsley was a senior analyst in the Office of the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor. During her period in that office, she was a researcher on the methamphetamine report and primary author on reports on the safety of water fluoridation and asbestos contamination following the Christchurch earthquake. She also researched and wrote the Conservation and Environmental Science Roadmap.

From 2016 to 2018, Bardsley served on the OECD Committee for science advice in emergencies.

Honours and awards In the 2020 New Year's Honours Bardsley was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to science and the state.

Selected works