Te Auaha Pitomata Community Research Award Winner 2019 – Dr Sneha Lakhotia

On October 31st Dr Sneha Lakhotia, SROI and Policy Analyst lead for Wai Research, was awarded Te Auaha Pitomata Community Research, New and Emerging Researcher Award for 2019. Sneha was the Winner of the Ethnic and Migrant Community Researcher Award for her social impact analysis on the Incredible Years programme for Māori, utilising SROI methodology. As a first of its kind piece of research in Aotearoa, this report was significant for exemplifying both the implementation and evaluation of evidence-based research within the community.