Trisia Farrelly

New Zealand social anthropologist

Trisia Farrelly

Academic background
Alma mater| Massey University
Thesis|

* Business va'avanua: cultural hybridisation and indigenous entrepreneurship in the Bouma National Heritage Park, Fiji (2009)

Doctoral advisor| Sita Venkateswar, Regina Scheyvens
Academic work
Institutions| Massey University, Massey University - Manawatū Campus

Trisia Angela Farrelly (née Prince) is a New Zealand social anthropologist, and is a full professor at Massey University, specialising in plastic reduction and pollution, and campaigning against excessive and hazardous plastics production.

## Early life and family

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Farrelly is the daughter of Gabrielle and Richard Prince.[1] In 1998, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Massey University.[2] She is married to Matt Farrelly.[1]

## Academic career

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Farrelly completed a PhD on community-based ecotourism at Massey University in 2009. Her thesis was titled Business va'avanua: cultural hybridisation and indigenous entrepreneurship in the Bouma National Heritage Park, Fiji and was supervised by Sita Venkateswar and Regina Scheyvens.[1] Farrelly then joined the faculty at Massey, rising to associate professor in 2022 and full professor in 2024.[3][4] She is co-director of Massey's Political Ecology Research Centre.[4] Farrelly's research focuses on excessive and hazardous plastics production, and how to reduce plastic use and pollution in New Zealand and internationally.[5][6][7]

Farrelly is a member of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Expert Group on Marine Litter and Microplastics, and a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee.[4] Farrelly co-founded the Steering Committee of the Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty, which has more than 300 members from 50 countries.[4] She also co-founded the Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance and the New Zealand Product Stewardship Council, of which she is a trustee.[4][8] Farrelly is a Technical Advisor to the Secretariat for the Pacific Regional Environment Programme.[4]

Farrelly is a senior editor on the editorial board of the journal Cambridge Prisms: Plastics.[4][9]

## Awards and honours

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Farrelly was awarded a Massey University medal for Exceptional Research Citizenship, and another for Excellence in Teaching.[4] She was a finalist in the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards in 2021, and in 2023 won a WasteMINZ Award for Excellence for Product Stewardship, for "her longstanding and ongoing work to end plastic pollution".[4][10][8]

## Selected works

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Scholia has a profile for Trisia Farrelly (Q109756666).

### Books

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* Trisia Farrelly; Sy Taffel; Ian Shaw, eds. (30 June 2021). Plastic Legacies: Pollution, Persistence, and Politics. doi:10.15215/AUPRESS/9781771993272.01. ISBN 978-1-77199-328-9. OL 34227117M. Wikidata Q124288042.

### Journal articles

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* Trisia Farrelly; Unaisi Nabobo‐Baba (December 2014). "Talanoa as empathic apprenticeship". Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 55 (3): 319–330. doi:10.1111/APV.12060. ISSN 1360-7456. Wikidata Q124287748.
* Trisia Angela Farrelly (September 2011). "Indigenous and democratic decision-making: issues from community-based ecotourism in the Boumā National Heritage Park, Fiji". Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 19 (7): 817–835. doi:10.1080/09669582.2011.553390. ISSN 0966-9582. Wikidata Q124287750.
* C.A. Tucker; T. Farrelly (10 March 2015). "Household food waste: the implications of consumer choice in food from purchase to disposal". Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability. 21 (6): 682–706. doi:10.1080/13549839.2015.1015972. ISSN 1354-9839. Wikidata Q124287745.
* Nils Simon; Karen Raubenheimer; Niko Urho; et al. (2 July 2021). "A binding global agreement to address the life cycle of plastics". Science. 373 (6550): 43–47. doi:10.1126/SCIENCE.ABI9010. ISSN 0036-8075. Wikidata Q124287731.
* Jim Sinner; Mark Newton; Jaye Barclay; James Baines; Trisia Farrelly; Peter Edwards; Gail Tipa (May 2020). "Measuring social licence: What and who determines public acceptability of aquaculture in New Zealand?". Aquaculture. 521: 734973. doi:10.1016/J.AQUACULTURE.2020.734973. ISSN 0044-8486. Wikidata Q124287739.
* Mark J. Newton; Trisia A. Farrelly; Jim Sinner (2020). "Discourse, agency, and social license to operate in New Zealand's marine economy". Ecology and Society. 25 (1). doi:10.5751/ES-11304-250102. ISSN 1708-3087. Wikidata Q124287738.

## References

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1. ^ a b c Farrelly, Trisia Angela (2009). Business va'avanua: cultural hybridisation and indigenous entrepreneurship in the Bouma National Heritage Park, Fiji (PhD thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/1166.
2. ^ Graduation programme 1998. Massey University. p. 47. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
3. ^ "2021 Professorial promotions announced". www.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "2023 Professorial promotions announced". www.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
5. ^ "Plastic pollution expert to speak in Whanganui". NZ Herald. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
6. ^ "Trisia Farrelly, Author at Pacific Security College". Pacific Security College. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
7. ^ "Trisia Farrelly | fellows | Sylff Official Website | Cultivating Leaders of Tomorrow". www.sylff.org. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
8. ^ a b "Awards for Excellence 2023". www.wasteminz.org.nz. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
9. ^ "Editorial board". Cambridge Core. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
10. ^ "2021 Women Of Influence -Trisia Farrelly - Massey University". alumnionline.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 14 January 2024.

## External links

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* Plastic Pollution Prevention in Pacific Island Countries, presentation by Farrelly at Our Zero Waste World Digital Summit, November 2020

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