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Child and Youth

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Associate Professor Claire Freeman (Geography)

Planning and children's use of and relationship to the environment; Planning for nature, especially urban nature; Planning for sustainable development and communities; Planning for sustainability
Work: 64 3 479 8785
Email: cf@geography.otago.ac.nz

Associate Professor Anita Gibbs (Sociology, Gender and Social Work)

Criminal justice; Home Detention; Research methods in social work; Inter-country adoption
Work: 64 3 479 5677
Email: anita.gibbs@otago.ac.nz

Professor Mark Henaghan (Faculty of Law)

Medico-legal disputes involving children; Children in the criminal courts; Family law - property, children, marriage; Same sex unions; Adoption; Violence in the home; Child abuse; Child support and maintenance; Relationship property; Children's rights; Human Genome law - genetic medicine and law; Artificial reproductive law
Work: 64 3 479 8856 | Home: 64 3 455 7847
Email: mark.henaghan@otago.ac.nz

Dr Bryndl Hohmann-Marriott (Sociology, Gender and Social Work)

Families; Parenting; Fathers; Demography; Fertility; Marriage; Divorce; Relationships
Work: 64 3 479 8753
Email: bryndl.hohmann-marriott@otago.ac.nz

Ms Emily Keddell (Sociology, Gender and Social Work)

Social policy, esp. as it affects children and families; Child welfare/child protection; Multiple ethnic identities
Work: 64 3 479 5867
Email: emily.keddell@otago.ac.nz

Dr Karen Nairn (College of Education)

Gender, sexuality, 'race' and cultures of schooling; Secondary and tertiary education practices; Qualitative and action research; Critical social theory; The politics of voice; Feminist issues in education; Youth issues
Work: 64 3 479 8619
Email: karen.nairn@otago.ac.nz

Associate Professor Philip Pattemore (Paediatrics, University of Otago, Christchurch)

Asthma; Cystic fibrosis; Paediatrics; Respiratory paediatrics; Passive smoking and child health
Work: 64 3 364 0734
Email: philip.pattemore@otago.ac.nz

Associate Professor Nicola Taylor (Centre for Research on Children and Families)

Child and family law; Children's issues
Work: 64 9 373 9717
Email: nicola.taylor@otago.ac.nz

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