Penny Hagen(Pākehā)

Penny is Co-Director at the Auckland Co-Design Lab, a public sector learning and innovation unit focused on equity and intergenerational wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand. Working across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, Penny has supported cross-sector teams and communities to respond to complex social issues by connecting policy and evidence to the lived realities and aspirations of communities in place. Penny has a PhD in participatory design and her work takes a systems approach to wellbeing integrating approaches from health, design, youth wellbeing, systems, adult learning and evaluation. Penny is the design representative on the New Zealand Ministry for Social Development Ethics committee, a States of Change Fellow, Ngā Aho Kaupapa Whānau and former member of the Understanding Police Delivery Independent Panel. She is a strong advocate of social design, innovation and ethics practices that are of Aotearoa and the Pacific, supporting events and forums that recognise and strengthen local practice and networks.