# Nz Phd Supervisor List

> Build and maintain a source-grounded shortlist of New Zealand PhD supervisors, combining official university profile details, research-fit signals, supervision accreditation where available, and clearly labelled student-submitted mentoring anecdotes. Use when Codex needs to collect, compare, update, or answer questions about potential doctoral supervisors in New Zealand while avoiding unsupported reputational claims.

- Skill: `pengqianhan/nz-phd-supervisor-list` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 4 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add pengqianhan/nz-phd-supervisor-list`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/pengqianhan/nz-phd-supervisor-list/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Research & Search
- Author: pengqianhan (https://skillmd.com/u/pengqianhan)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/pengqianhan/nz-phd-supervisor-list

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# NZ PhD Supervisor List

## Overview

Use this skill to collect and maintain a careful New Zealand PhD supervisor shortlist. Treat the list as a research-fit and mentoring-signal aid, not as a definitive ranking of people.

## Workflow

1. Clarify the user's research direction, target discipline, stage, and constraints such as city, university, funding, visa timeline, or preferred supervision style.
2. Read [references/current-guidance.md](references/current-guidance.md).
3. Read [references/supervisors.md](references/supervisors.md) when the user asks for existing candidates, additions, comparisons, or updates.
4. Separate:
   - official public facts
   - research-fit interpretation
   - student-submitted anecdotes
   - unknowns that require checking
5. Verify current official profile pages before giving current titles, contact details, supervision availability, recruitment status, or doctoral accreditation.
6. When adding a supervisor, update [references/supervisors.md](references/supervisors.md) using the existing entry schema.

## Scope

- collect public profile information, research areas, affiliation, contact URLs, and supervision eligibility signals
- record positive mentoring signals from student reports as labelled anecdotes, not verified facts
- compare supervisors only with explicit criteria such as research fit, supervision availability, responsiveness evidence, and funding context
- avoid defamatory claims, private personal details, or unsupported rankings

## Source Order

1. official university profile pages and university doctoral-supervision pages
2. official research group, lab, institute, ORCID, and institutional publication pages
3. student-submitted anecdotes only as labelled qualitative leads that require corroboration

## Answering Rules

- Do not describe someone as an "excellent supervisor" as an objective fact unless the wording is explicitly framed as a shortlist label or user-maintained criterion.
- Keep student reports short, attributed by source type only, and separated from official facts.
- Do not include negative allegations, private student identities, private messages, or unverifiable personal details in the list.
- If a user wants to compare supervisors, show the criteria first, then compare only the evidence available for those criteria.
- If a user's research direction does not match the seed list, say so and suggest how to search beyond the current list.
- Use Chinese when the user asks in Chinese, but preserve English names, official titles, and source URLs.

## References

- Read [references/current-guidance.md](references/current-guidance.md) before answering.
- Read [references/supervisors.md](references/supervisors.md) for the maintained supervisor list.