Wendy Larner

Wendy Larner
Larner in 2016
Vice Chancellor of Cardiff University
Assumed office
September 2023
Preceded byColin Riordan
Provost of Victoria University of Wellington
In office
2015–2023
Preceded byNeil Quigley
Succeeded byBryony James
President of the Royal Society of New Zealand
In office
2018–2021
Preceded byRichard Bedford
Succeeded byBrent Clothier
Personal details
Born1963 (age 62–63)
AwardsVictoria Medal from the Royal Geographical Society (2018)
New Zealand Women of Influence Award (2018)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Waikato (BSocSci)
University of Canterbury (MA)
Carleton University (PhD)
ThesisThe 'New Zealand experiment': Towards a Poststructuralist Political Economy (1997)
Academic work
DisciplineHuman Geography, Sociology
InstitutionsCardiff University
Victoria University of Wellington
University of Bristol
University of Auckland
University of Waikato
Main interestsGlobalisation, Political economy, Feminism

Wendy Larner FAcSS FLSW FRSNZ FNZGS is a New Zealand social scientist who has focussed on the interdisciplinary areas of globalisation, governance and gender. She has been Vice-Chancellor and President of Cardiff University since September 2023.