Nationality New Zealander Field Sociology | Fields Sociology | |
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Born 8 June 1957
New Zealand ( 1957-06-08 ) Alma maters University of Auckland, University of California, Davis | ||
Martin tolich
Martin Tolich MA PhD (born 8 June 1957) is a sociologist and ethicist who is currently Associate Professor of sociology at the University of Otago.
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Career
Martin Tolich specialises in qualitative research methods and research ethics committees. He earned a master's degree in sociology from the University of Auckland and completed his PhD at the University of California, Davis in 1991. He was a lecturer in sociology at Massey University from 1992 to 2004. As of 2005 he has been lecturer in sociology at the University of Otago where he was appointed Associate Professor in 2009.
Research ethics
Martin Tolich served as the deputy chair of the Massey University human ethics committee from 1997. In 2002 he joined the Manawatu-Whanganui Health and Disability ethics committee. In 2004 the Minister of Health appointed Martin Tolich ethicist and chair person of the newly established Multi-region health and disability ethics committee where he served until 2009. In 2011 Martin Tolich and his colleague Dr Barry Poata Smith were awarded a three year Marsden Grant to study the "Tensions around ethics review and Māori consultation". Martin Tolich is the convener of the New Zealand Ethics Committee, a not-for-profit independent ethics committee, serving any researcher not eligible for health or institutional ethics review.
Personal life
Born in Auckland, Martin Tolich now lives in Dunedin with his wife and their two children.