Distinguished Professor Paul Spoonley was, until 2019, Pro Vice-Chancellor at Massey University. He is the author or editor of 28 books, the most recent being The New New Zealand. Facing demographic disruption (2021). He was a Programme Leader of a research programme on the impacts of immigration and diversity on Aotearoa New Zealand (2014–2021). He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2011 and was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2010. He is on the Board of the Auckland Museum and is a Research Affiliate of Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures at the University of Auckland. He is Chair of Metropolis International.