Dr. Andy Martin, PhD, MSc, PGCE, BSc (Hons) – Professor – Massey University

In 2022, WILNZ recognised Andy’s outstanding academic contribution to the WIL community by a Fellow Award. In 2021, he also received a Principal Fellow Award from the Higher Education Academy, UK. Andy was the former Vice-Chair of WILNZ from 2010-2016. He was the organiser of WILNZ conferences held at Massey University in Wellington, 2015, 2019 and Palmerston North, 2010. He has worked on a national team of researchers undertaking a Teaching Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) funded project and has published several articles and resources on WIL funded by Ako Aotearoa.

At Massey University, Andy chairs their WIL working group and coordinates the Sport & Exercise WIL programme. He has been recognised with university awards for distinction in both research and teaching. Andy is co-author of Legends in Black (2014), a best-selling text on why the All Blacks win, and Will to Win (2020) about the Silver Ferns team culture and leadership. He has a PhD in management, which focused on the experiential process of Outward Bound. His undergraduate and master’s degrees were earned in England at Loughborough University (MSc. in Recreation Management) and Bristol University (BSc. Hons. in Mathematics and Computer Science).