Deputy Director, Senior Research Fellow
BSc(Hons) MEd(Endorsed in Counselling) PhD Otago
Dr Megan Gollop has worked as a researcher at the Children's Issues Centre since 1996. She has a background in psychology and counselling. Her work predominately focuses on the rights and well-being of children and families with relevance to policy and practice. Megan's research interests include socio-legal research with families and children on topics such as parental separation and divorce, relocation, and post-separation family issues; digital media; parenting; children's voice and participation; and children and young people's perspectives and participation in research.
Megan chairs the Humanities Division 'Children and Young People as Social Actors' Research Cluster.
Contact details
Room 7C21, Richardson Building
85 Albany Street
Dunedin
Tel +64 3 479 4918
Email megan.gollop@otago.ac.nz
Current postgraduate students
Nicola Liebergreen (PhD)
Young women and social media use within a Niuean context
Kelsey Brown LLM (Law)
Children and young people's participation in three legal settings in Aotearoa New Zealand