 Presently, he leads the health-rights work stream of the University's Human Rights, "Big Data and Technology Project", funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council.In 1998, the New Zealand Government nominated Hunt to serve as an independent expert on the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Geneva, and he was duly elected by States.He served as the Committee's Rapporteur from 1999 to 2002.