School of Language, Social and Political Sciences

Summary

The School of Language, Social and Political Sciences encompasses the disciplines of of: Anthropology, Diplomacy and International Relations, Human Services, International Law and Politics, Journalism, Linguistics, Media and Communication, Political Science, Social Work and Sociology.

See the Department/Programme pages (listed below) for more details on their research strengths and profile.

• Global, Cultural and Language Studies
• Human Services and Social Work
• Linguistics
• Media and Communications
• Political Science and International Relations
• Sociology and Anthropology

Researchers

• Alex Tan ( Political Science and International Relations )
• Alison Loveridge ( Sociology and Anthropology )
• Amy Lynn Fletcher ( Political Science and International Relations )
• Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy ( Linguistics )
• Anne-Marie Brady ( Political Science and International Relations )
• Antonio Viselli ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies )
• Babak Bahador ( Media and Communications )
• Bronwyn Mary Hayward ( Political Science and International Relations )
• Chia-rong Wu ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies )
• Cindy Lee Zeiher ( Sociology and Anthropology )
• Donald Matheson ( Media and Communications )
• Evgeny Pavlov ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies ) , also  School of Humanities and Creative Arts , History
• Greg Newbold ( Sociology and Anthropology )
• Heidi Quinn ( Linguistics )
• Henrietta Mondry ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies ) , also  School of Humanities and Creative Arts , English
• James Ockey ( Political Science and International Relations )
• Jane Marie Maidment ( Human Services and Social Work )
• Jarrod David Gilbert ( Sociology and Anthropology )
• Jennifer Hay ( Linguistics ) , also  New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain & Behaviour
• Jeremy Martin Moses ( Political Science and International Relations )
• Kate Kearns ( Linguistics )
• Kate Prendergast
• Kate van Heugten ( Human Services and Social Work )
• Kevin David Watson ( Linguistics ) , also  New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain & Behaviour
• Koenraad Kuiper ( Linguistics )
• LindaJean Kenix ( Media and Communications )
• Lindsey Te Ata o Tu MacDonald ( Political Science and International Relations )
• Lyndon Andrew Fraser ( Sociology and Anthropology )
• Lynn Clark ( Linguistics )
• Maria-Victoria Perez-Y-Perez ( Human Services and Social Work )
• Mark Francis ( Political Science and International Relations )
• Martin Jeffrey Holland ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies ) , also  National Centre for Research on Europe
• Masayoshi Ogino ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies )
• Michael Patrick Grimshaw ( Sociology and Anthropology )
• Milenko Petrovic ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies ) , also  National Centre for Research on Europe
• Naimah Binte Said Talib
• Natalia Chaban ( Media and Communications )
• Nik Taylor
• Nikki Anne Evans ( Human Services and Social Work )
• Pascale Hatcher
• Peter Alan Low ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies )
• Piers Locke ( Sociology and Anthropology )
• Rachel Mary Payne ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies )
• Raewyn Maree Tudor
• Rosemary Du Plessis ( Sociology )
• Ruth McManus ( Sociology and Anthropology )
• Serena Lee Kelly ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies ) , also  National Centre for Research on Europe
• Susan Bouterey ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies )
• Susan Foster-Cohen ( Linguistics )
• Tara Ross ( Media and Communications )
• Tiina Marie Vares ( Sociology and Anthropology )
• Vera Monika Leier ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies )
• Victoria Marion Grace ( Sociology )
• Viktoria Papp ( Linguistics ) , also  New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain & Behaviour
• Wan Chi Leung ( Media and Communications )
• Wei Teng ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies )
• Xiaoming Wu ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies )
• Yvonne Isobel Crichton-Hill ( Human Services and Social Work )
• Zhifang Song ( Sociology and Anthropology )
• Zita Joyce ( Media and Communications )

• Origins of New Zealand English Project (ONZE)
• Social Science Research Centre (SSRC)
• Building Research Capability in the Social Sciences Network (BRCSS Network)
• Christchurch Discourse Research Group (CDRG)
• New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies (NZCHAS)
• New Zealand South Asia Centre (NZSAC)
• Gateway Antarctica
• National Centre for Research on Europe (NCRE)
• New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour (NZILBB)
• RESOLVE – the ESRC Research group on Lifestyles, Values and Environment
• Sustainable Lifestyles Research Group (SLRG)
• High Value Manufacturing
• Māori Research Advisory Group (MRAG)
• Resilience: Social Research
• Resilience: Organisational Research
• Child Language Centre
• Canterbury Earthquake Twitter Data Research Group

• Care in New Zealand
• New Disarmament Momentum
• Preparing for Nuclear Expansion in Southeast Asia
• Moving away from violence: women who have ignited change
• Voices of the Future: Values and Visions of Norwegian Youth on Responses to Climate Change
• Measuring the Effectiveness of Family Group Conference Practice: An Evaluation
• UCQuakebox: Digital Translation and Transcription of Earthquake Stories
• How do earthquakes affect academic performance?
• Stories of Movement: Experiences of disruption and adjustment in post quake city
• City of Flows: Household Water Practices in Christchurch, New Zealand
• Challenges in the human services in the aftermath of a natural disaster
• Experience of relationship challenges (conflict) following natural disaster: an analysis of Relationship Services clinical data following two earthquakes in Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand
• Women’s Voices: Recording women’s experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes
• Building Resilient Infrastructure through Effective Leadership and Management of Infrastructure Organisations
• Evaluation of the Family Group Conference
• Sustainable Citizenship and Civic Imagination: Hei Puāwaitanga
• Understanding Place
• Autonomous Vehicles and future Urban Environments: Implications for wellbeing in an ageing society
• Youth Opinion and Opportunities for EU Public Diplomacy: Youth Narratives and Perceptions of the EU and EU-Ukraine Relations in Ukraine and the three Baltic States (E-YOUTH)
• Work Group 2 “Perceptions and Communication”, EU COST Action 'EU Foreign Policy Facing New Directions' (ENTER)
• REACTIK (cReative Economy And Culture inTernatIonal link)
• EU Foreign Policy from the ‘Outside In’ Perspective: EU external reception, perceptions and communication
• Climate Change Narratives of Entanglement: Images, Algorithms and Audiences on Social Media
• EU changing global perceptions post-Brexit referendum
• NZ Digital Diplomacy towards the EU
• Crisis, conflict and critical diplomacy: EU perceptions in Ukraine and Israel/Palestine (C3EU)
• Civil Society of the Eastern Partnership in Dialogue: Mutual Perceptions of the Eastern Partnership Countries, Russia and the EU
• Analysis of EU Perception of the EU and EU’s Policy of the EU
• External Images of the EU: International perceptions of EU energy security, sustainability and competitiveness in the times of crises (BRICS vs. EU ‘Big 3’)
• Normative Power Europe: EU External Outreach and International Identity
• COVID-19 and European Solidarity: Comparative Analysis of Narratives and Perceptions of the EU in EU Member States

• Macmillan Brown Library - Te Puna Rakahau o Macmillan Brown

• Anthropology and Archaeology: Anthropology
• Communication, Journalism and Media Studies: Communication; Journalism; Media Studies
• Cultural Studies: Cultural Studies; Popular Culture
• Development Studies: Development Studies
• Education: Adult Education; Educational Innovation; Pedagogy; Assessment and Evaluation; Curriculum Development; Practice-based Research
• Environmental Studies: Environmental Studies
• Health and Health Sciences: Other Health Studies; Public Health; Health Behaviour Change; Mental Health; Wellbeing
• History, History of Art, Classics and Curatorial Studies: Classics; Modern History: World; Modern History: British & European; Modern History: Australasia; New Zealand History
• Human Geography: Human Geography
• Human-Animal Studies: Human-Animal Studies
• Indigenous Studies: Indigenous Studies
• Languages & Linguistics: Chinese; English Language; French; German; Italian; Japanese; Linguistics; Russian; Spanish
• Literature: Literature; Post-Colonial
• Management, Human Resources, Industrial Relations, International Business and Other Business: Organisational Behaviour and Theory
• Music, Literary Arts and Other Arts: Creative Writing
• Pasifika: Pasifika
• Philosophy: Philosophy; Continental Philosophy; Ethics
• Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy: Conflict Resolution; International Relations; Political Science; Public Policy; International Political Economy; Comparative Politics; Political Theory; Philosophy
• Psychology: Behavioural Science; Psychotherapy
• Religious Studies and Theology: Religious Studies; Theology; Hinduism
• Science & Technology: Science & Technology
• Sociology, Social Policy, Social Work, Criminology and Gender Studies: Criminology; Gender & Sexuality; Sociology; Social Policy; Social Work; Feminist Studies; Methodology; Social Science; Sport; Urban Studies
• Theatre and Dance, Film and Television and Multimedia: Theatre and Dance; Film
• Visual Arts and Crafts: Visual Arts and Crafts
• Region: Asia; East Asia; Europe; Middle East; South Asia
• Family Studies: Resilience
• Cinema Studies: Cinema Studies
• Resilience: Social: People and Community; Health and Wellbeing; Psychology and Relationships; Animals and People; Media and Communication; Emergency Management Planning
• Resilience: Commercial: Tourism

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