Current Teaching: 2025

ENVMGT 742 (S1): Social Dimensions of Global Environmental Change

ENVMGT 701 (S2): Research Practices in Environmental Management

GEOG 399 (S2): Research Methods and Practices in Human Geography

GEOG 205 (S2): Environment and Society

SUSTAIN 300 (S2): A Sustainable World

GEOG 352 (S2): Landscape, Environment and Heritage


Postgraduate Supervision:

Masters Thesis (Current):

TBA


PhD Thesis (current):

Allan Rarai, “Holistic and Strategic Management For Land and Sea Ecosystems in Vanuatu” (co-supervisor - based at the University of South Pacific)

Roa Petra Crease, "Intersectional perspectives on climate change adaptation in the San Fernando Philippines" 

Danian Singh, "iTaukei Perspectives on Climate Change: Focus on Local Traditional Adaptation Strategies for Disaster Management" 

Honours Dissertations (Completed):

Sammie Lee, (2020), "Explorations of how Auckland’s ethnically diverse communities used outdoor spaces: before, during and after COVID-19 lockdown"

Gustav Chu Ling, (2020), "Narratives of denial: examining how the Far-Right Conservative media in the USA represents the issue of climate change"

Briar Kench, (2018), "Identifying existing barriers and enablers which influence the successful implementation of managed retreat as an adaptation response to sea-level rise at the coast in a New Zealand context"

Kobanna Poopalasingham (2018), "Climate change adaptation policymaking in Bay of Plenty New Zealand"

Melanie Mayall-Nahi, (2017), "Indigenous knowledge, kauri-dieback, and the rahui of the Waitakere Ranges"

Brianna Milner, (2017) "Exploring how lived values are actualised through policy and management of the Rangitaiki River"

Charlotte Grimshaw, (2017) "Exploring the US Federal Government's attitudes towards climate change in the Trump era"

Heather Paterson-Shallard, (2017) "Repriortising River Restoration Works in the Waikato and Waipa Rivers"

Roa Crease (2015), "How Vulnerability Discourses Influence the Process of Climate Change Adaptation, in Vanuatu"

Elizabeth Driver (2014), "Rolling-out the blue green carpet?: neoliberalisation and environmental governance in NZ"

Jessica Kennair (2013), "What is social media’s role in communicating knowledge in the event of a disaster?"

Daylyn D'Mello (2013), "Environmental Soil Policy in New Zealand: Discourses, Science, and Politics"

Riki Taylor (2013), "The Origins of River Management in New Zealand: Environmental Attitudes at Uawa"



Masters Theses (Completed):

Richard Donovan (2024), “Farming media representations of regenerative farming”

Sandi Vandla (2024), “Zimbabwe climate change adaptation: is planning translating into action?”

Grace May (2023), “Intersectionality and climate resilience in Aoearoa New Zealand: understanding the gendered dimensions of climate adaptation"

Gustav Chu Ling, (2022), "Narratives of acceptance and denial: different ways the media reported on COVID-19 in USA and NZ"

Gautami Bhor, (2022), "Youth living in Auckland: Climate change mitigation efforts and the factors affecting their actions"

Han Htet Koi, (2021), "The role of social networks in shaping New Zealand farmers’ perceptions of and responses to climate variability and extremes"

Aaron Homewood, (2021), "How social values influence people’s perceptions of and levels of support for restoring the Peat Lakes of the Waikato River"


Ashley Bartlett (2019), "Exploring the role of corporate responsibility within Pacific climate change adaptation intiatives".

Jodie Hayes (2019), "How do different cultural groups in Aotearoa New Zealand perceive efforts to reduce meat consumption as a climate mitigation strategy?

Saiyami Mehta (2019), "The different roles of Indigneous Knowledge within global disaster risk reduction policy-making"

Melanie Mayall-Nahi (2019), "Emerging Māori sustainable enterprises for restoring rivers: iwi and hapū-led river restoration projects in the Waipa River"

Aimee Brown (2019), "Sustainability discourses and practices within the Queenstown Tourism Industry"

Kelly Bingham (2019), "Bringing climate change conversations to the table: attitudes towards reducing meat consumption"

Misha Parkinson (2019), "Changing social contracts for climate risks: a case study of climate change adaptation planning in the Bay of Plenty"

Allan Rarai (2018), "The use of Indigenous Knowledge for climate change adaptation in Penecost Island, Vanuatu"

Emma O'Neill, (2016) "The Politics and Processes of Memory: The New Zealand War Memorial"

Prudence Raine (2016), "Community perceptions of vulnerability to coastal hazards in Waihi Beach"

Cilla Brown (2015), "Climate change adaptation strategies amongst Samoan tourism operators"

Sally Jerome (2015), "Cultural constraints to climate change adaptation in Manus island, Papua New Guinea"



PhD Candidates (Completed):

Anthony Gampell (2020), "Stop Disasters 2.0: Exploring Video Games as a Tool to Foster Participation in Learning about Disaster"

Leane Makay (2020), "Thinking with the Kaipara" decolonsing narratives of ecosystem management in Kaipara Harbour"

Andrea Edwards (2021), "An environmental justice reading of the relationships between Waikato Tainui and the Huntly Power Plant"

Danielle Johnson (2023), "Exploring indigenous health, wellbeing and climate change adaptation in the Kaipara Catchment of Aotearoa New Zealand"

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