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

• Adam Yung Lam ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies )
• Alex Tan ( Political Science and International Relations )
• Alison Loveridge ( Sociology and Anthropology )
• Amba J. Sepie ( Sociology and Anthropology )
• Amy Lynn Fletcher ( Political Science and International Relations )
• Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy ( Linguistics )
• Anne Lorraine Scott ( Sociology and Anthropology )
• Anne-Marie Brady ( Political Science and International Relations )
• Antonio Viselli
• Babak Bahador ( Media and Communications )
• Bronwyn Mary Hayward ( Political Science and International Relations )
• Camilla Obel ( Sociology )
• Cindy Lee Zeiher ( Sociology and Anthropology )
• Donald Matheson ( Media and Communications )
• Elizabeth Valerie Hume ( Linguistics )
• Evgeny Pavlov ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies ) , also  School of Humanities and Creative Arts , History
• Geoffrey Merrick Fougere
• 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 )
• Joanna Frances Goven ( Political Science and International Relations )
• John T Henderson ( Political Science and International Relations )
• Kate Kearns ( Linguistics )
• Kate van Heugten ( Human Services and Social Work )
• Kenneth George Henshall ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies )
• 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
• Natalia Chaban ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies ) , also  National Centre for Research on Europe
• Nikki Anne Evans ( Human Services and Social Work )
• Pascale Hatcher
• Patrick Alister McAllister ( Sociology and Anthropology )
• Peter Alan Low ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies )
• Piers Locke ( Sociology and Anthropology )
• Rachel Mary Payne ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies )
• Rosemary Du Plessis ( Sociology )
• Ruth McManus ( Sociology and Anthropology )
• Scott Walker ( Political Science and International Relations )
• 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 )
• Susanne Sybille Ledanff ( Global, Cultural and Language Studies )
• Tara Ross ( Media and Communications )
• Terry Austrin ( Sociology )
• 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 )
• William Cheng ( 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)
• Centre for Integrated Research in Biosafety (INBI)
• Gateway Antarctica
• National Centre for Research on Europe (NCRE)
• New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour (NZILBB)
• Biomolecular Interaction Centre (BIC)
• Biological Economies Working Group
• 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
• Bio-objects and their boundaries: governing matters at the intersection of society, politics, and science
• 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
• Seeing sanitation: a social scientific account of Christchurch’s post-quake sanitary infrastructure
• 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

• 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; Inclusive Education; Curriculum Development; Practice-based Research; Politics of Education
• Environmental Studies: Environmental Studies
• Health and Health Sciences: Other Health Studies; Critical Health Studies; Health Technology Assessment; Mental Health
• History, History of Art, Classics and Curatorial Studies: Classics; Modern History: World; Modern History: British & European; Modern History: Asian; Modern History: Australasia; New Zealand History; India; South Asia - Ancient to Modern 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
• 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; American Foreign Policy; Human Rights; International Political Economy; Latin American Politics; Comparative Politics; Political Theory; Philosophy
• Psychology: 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; Urban Studies
• Theatre and Dance, Film and Television and Multimedia: Theatre and Dance; Film; Television; Multimedia
• Visual Arts and Crafts: Visual Arts and Crafts
• Region: Asia; Australasia; East Asia; Europe; Middle East; Pacific; South Asia
• Family Studies: Resilience
• 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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