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5.04/23/2026

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Ben Levy serves as the Adviser - International Programmes Development - External Engagement in the International Office at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, a role he has held from July 2022 to December 2025. A scholar-practitioner with over 25 years of experience in higher education leadership, research, strategy, policy, and planning across six continents, Levy focuses on indigeneity, Moana Oceania, and decoloniality. Prior to his current position, he was Senior International Officer at Ramapo College's Roukema Center for International Education in Mahwah, United States, from April 2009 to August 2022. He is currently completing his PhD at the University of Waikato's Faculty of Education, with a dissertation on national universities of Moana Oceania, investigating how they balance global agendas with Indigenous priorities. Levy holds a B.S. in Environmental Sciences and an M.A. from SIT Graduate Institute. He also serves as Fellow in Leadership and Research at the University of the South Pacific's Institute of Education.