Education
In 2011 Kirsty graduated with Merit from Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand with a Masters in Strategic Studies. This postgraduate qualification has given Kirsty an understanding of the the leading strategic issues within a global, regional and New Zealand context.
Topics of this qualification included:
Her research component was an assessment of the CSCAP (Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific) Study Group on Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, and to assess whether or not it had met the objectives it had set out to achieve. You can read her research paper here.
This qualification has also complimented Kirsty's ability to provide strategic oversight to an organisation through the provision of formal strategic frameworks and design thinking principles.
Topics of this qualification included:
- Strategy: Theory and Policy
- Strategic Analysis
- Terrorisim and Counter-terrorism
- Diplomacy and Religion
- New Zealand Defence and Security Policy
- Power, Politics and Influence
- Justice, Law and Strategic Ethics
Her research component was an assessment of the CSCAP (Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific) Study Group on Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, and to assess whether or not it had met the objectives it had set out to achieve. You can read her research paper here.
This qualification has also complimented Kirsty's ability to provide strategic oversight to an organisation through the provision of formal strategic frameworks and design thinking principles.
Kirsty graduated from Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand in 2007 with a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration, majoring in e-Commerce and International Business.
