Emeritus Professor Karen Nairn

2026

Chapter in Book - Research

Nairn, K., Sligo, J., Showden, C. R., Kidman, J., & Matthews, K. R. (2026). Being there: Relationships and reciprocity in research with activist groups. In D. Hammett & N. Holmes (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of field research. (pp. 365-372). London, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003404903-50

Journal - Research Article

Matthews, K. R., Kidman, J., Bond, S., & Nairn, K. (2026). How does the settler-colonialism problematise the concepts of infrastructure and sabotage? Insights from debates about the Treaty of Waitangi in Aotearoa. Human Geography. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/19427786261420800

Matthews, K. R., Nairn, K., & Bond, S. (2026). “Getting in trouble” as a scholar-activist: Crossing the line in police-activist negotiations. Contention, 14(2), 49-61. doi: 10.3167/cont.2026.140205

McNatty, S., Nairn, K., Campbell-Price, M., & Boyes, M. (2026). Learning that lingers: A retrospective study of an Aotearoa, New Zealand high-school's compulsory outdoor programme. Journal of Outdoor & Environmental Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s42322-026-00264-5

2025

Chapter in Book - Research

Showden, C. R., & Nairn, K. (2025). Ambivalent emotions empowering activism: Learning from youth activists in Aotearoa. In A. Emejulu, M. Kustatscher & C. McGregor (Eds.), Ambivalent activism: Working with contradiction, hesitation and doubt for social change. (pp. 143-156). Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press. doi: 10.2307/jj.25941120.15

Journal - Research Article

Matthews, K. R., Bond, S., & Nairn, K. (2025). Diffusion as a colonizing process and the challenges of decolonizing Extinction Rebellion Aotearoa New Zealand. Social Movement Studies. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/14742837.2025.2512714

McNatty, S., Nairn, K., Campbell-Price, M., & Boyes, M. (2025). Looking back: The lasting impact of outdoor education for adolescent girls. Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning, 5(1), 66-83. doi: 10.1080/14729679.2024.2399254

Nairn, K., Showden, C. R., Matthews, K. R., Kidman, J., & Sligo, J. (2025). Scaffolding collective hope and agency in youth activist groups: ‘I get hope through action’. Sociological Review, 73(2), 431-448. doi: 10.1177/00380261241245546

Showden, C. R., Barker-Clarke, E., Sligo, J., & Nairn, K. (2025). The connective is communal: Hybrid activism in online and offline spaces. Social Movement Studies, 24(2), 139-158. doi: 10.1080/14742837.2023.2171387

2024

Journal - Research Other

Nairn, K. (2024). Disrupting the chrononormativity of geographies of youth and youth studies: Learning from infractions at the border. Geography Compass, 18, e70010. doi: 10.1111/gec3.70010

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Nairn, K., & Showden, C. (2024). Doing gender in activist spaces: Intersectionality and the limits of change. Proceedings of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Conference: The Sociology to Come. Retrieved from https://www.saanz.net/saanz2024/

2023

Journal - Research Article

Sligo, J., Besley, T., Ker, A., & Nairn, K. (2023). Creating a culture of care to support rainbow activists’ well-being: An exemplar from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Journal of LGBT Youth, 20(3), 502-523. doi: 10.1080/19361653.2022.2077274

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Showden, C. R., & Nairn, K. (2023). Family, friends, and climate change: What drives young New Zealanders into activism. Proceedings of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Conference: Global Challenges, Local Responses. Retrieved from https://www.saanz.net/saanz2023

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Blake, V., O'Brien, R., McLaren, L., & Nairn, K. (2023, June). Opportunities. Panel discussion at the Science-based Policy School for Climate Change, [Hybrid].

Other Research Output

Matata-Sipu, Q. & Nairn, K. (2023, October). Fierce hope: The Ihumātao Chapter. Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Public Discussion].

2022

Authored Book - Research

Nairn, K., Sligo, J., Showden, C. R., Matthews, K. R., & Kidman, J. (2022). Fierce hope: Youth activism in Aotearoa. Wellington, New Zealand: Bridget Williams Books, 300p. doi: 10.7810/9781990046681

Journal - Research Article

Graham, K., Nairn, K., & Treharne, G. J. (2022). Teaching gender and sexual diversity in Aotearoa New Zealand: How hierarchies and surveillance shape what is possible. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 57(2), 351-365. doi: 10.1007/s40841-022-00259-y

Showden, C. R., Nairn, K., & Matthews, K. R. (2022). ‘So people wake up, what are we gonna do?': From paralysis to action in decolonizing activism. Ethnicities, 22(5), 663-684. doi: 10.1177/14687968211062916

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Showden, C., & Nairn, K. (2022). Activist hope: Rejecting naivete, refusing despair. Proceedings of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Conference: Now what? Reimagining hope, 'truth' and equality. Retrieved from https://www.saanz.net/saanz2022

Other Research Output

Nairn, K. (2022, September). Fierce hope and research with young people. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Inaugural Professorial Lecture].

2021

Journal - Research Article

Nairn, K., Kidman, J., Matthews, K. R., Showden, C. R., & Parker, A. (2021). Living in and out of time: Youth-led activism in Aotearoa New Zealand. Time & Society, 30(2), 247-269. doi: 10.1177/0961463X21989858

Rogers, T. L., & Nairn, K. (2021). Cambodian schoolgirls’ negotiation of discursive constraints within and beyond the school context. Gender & Education, 33(6), 737-756. doi: 10.1080/09540253.2020.1849571

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Nairn, K., & Kidman, J. (2021). Living in and out of time: Youth-led activism in Aotearoa New Zealand. Proceedings of The Material Life of Time: The Second International Temporal Belongings Conference. Retrieved from https://www.temporalbelongings.org/programme1.html

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Nairn, K. (2021, November). The emotional work of youth-led activism in Aotearoa. Verbal presentation at the Performing Childhoods Conference, [Online].

2020

Journal - Research Article

Nairn, K., Showden, C. R., Sligo, J., Matthews, K. R., & Kidman, J. (2020). Consent requires a relationship: Rethinking group consent and its timing in ethnographic research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 23(6), 719-731. doi: 10.1080/13645579.2020.1760562

Nairn, K. (2020). Learning through doing: The potential of a collective editing pedagogy. Teaching in Higher Education, 25(7), 888-901. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2019.1632827

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Nairn, K. (2020, November). Living in and out of time: Youth-led activism in Aotearoa New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Social Movements, Resistance, and Social Change (SMRSC) Conference: Activating Collectivity: Aroha and Power, Wellington, New Zealand.

2019

Journal - Research Article

Nairn, K. (2019). Learning from young people engaged in climate activism: The potential of collectivizing despair and hope. YOUNG, 27(5), 435-450. doi: 10.1177/1103308818817603

Sandretto, S., & Nairn, K. (2019). Do parenting advice books help or harm? Critiquing ‘common-sense’ advice for mothers raising boys. Gender & Education, 31(3), 327-343. doi: 10.1080/09540253.2018.1533919

Costa Camoes Rabello, R., Nairn, K., & Anderson, V. (2019). Working within/against institutional expectations: Exploring recommendations for social investment in the oil and gas sector. Extractive Industries & Society, 6(1), 103-109. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2018.06.007

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Matthews, K., Nairn, K., & Bond, S. (2019, August). Youth activism in Aotearoa New Zealand: Militant ethnography and the ethical boundaries of the field. Verbal presentation at the School of Geography Postgraduate Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2018

Chapter in Book - Research

Costa Camoes Rabello, R., Anderson, V., & Nairn, K. (2018). An exploration of social investment discourses in the oil and gas sector. In D. Crowther, S. Seifi & A. Moyeen (Eds.), The goals of sustainable development: Responsibility and governance. (pp. 139-154). Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-5047-3_9

Costa Camoes Rabello, R., Nairn, K., & Anderson, V. (2018). Rethinking corporate social responsibility in capitalist neoliberal times. In D. Crowther & S. Seifi (Eds.), Redefining corporate social responsibility. (pp. 27-41). Bingley, UK: Emerald. doi: 10.1108/S2043-052320180000013005

Journal - Research Article

Bäckström, A., & Nairn, K. (2018). Skateboarding beyond the limits of gender? Strategic interventions in Sweden. Leisure Studies, 37(4), 424-439. doi: 10.1080/02614367.2018.1462397

Sligo, J. L., Nairn, K. M., & McGee, R. O. (2018). Rethinking integration in mixed methods research using data from different eras: Lessons from a project about teenage vocational behaviour. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 21(1), 63-75. doi: 10.1080/13645579.2017.1321868

Nairn, K., Anderson, V., & Blanch, K. (2018). Future teachers debate charter schools on Facebook: Analysing their political subjectivities. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 39(1), 41-52. doi: 10.1080/01596306.2016.1228045

2017

Journal - Research Article

Graham, K., Treharne, G. J., & Nairn, K. (2017). Using Foucault's theory of disciplinary power to critically examine the construction of gender in secondary schools. Social & Personality Psychology Compass, 11(2), e12302. doi: 10.1111/spc3.12302

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Graham, K., Treharne, G., & Nairn, K. (2017, July). Student educators' understandings of gender: A qualitative exploration of secondary and tertiary education settings in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the British Psychology Society (BPS) Psychology of Women Section 30th Anniversary Annual Conference, Windsor, UK.

Graham, K., Treharne, G., & Nairn, K. (2017, July). Using discourse analysis to explore secondary and tertiary educators' conceptualisation of their role. Verbal presentation at the Qualitative Methods in Psychology Conference, Aberystwyth, UK.

Other Research Output

Sandretto, S. & Nairn, K. (2018, October). Do parenting advice books help or harm? Critiquing 'common-sense' advice for mothers raising boys. College of Education Research Seminar Series, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].

2016

Edited Book - Research

Nairn, K., Kraftl, P., & Skelton, T. (Eds.). (2016). Space, place, and environment. Singapore: Springer, 566p.

Chapter in Book - Research

Nairn, K., & Kraftl, P. (2016). Introduction to children and young people, space, place, and environment. In K. Nairn, P. Kraftl & T. Skelton (Eds.), Space, place, and environment. (pp. 1-24). Singapore: Springer.

Freeman, C., Gollop, M., & Nairn, K. (2016). Disasters, displacement, and disruption: Children and young people's experience of spatial change following disasters. In N. Ansell, N. Klocker & T. Skelton (Eds.), Geographies of global issues: Change and threat. (pp. 375-399). Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-4585-54-5_11

Journal - Research Article

Smith, L., Nairn, K., & Sandretto, S. (2016). Complicating hetero-normative spaces at school formals in New Zealand. Gender, Place & Culture, 23(5), 589-606. doi: 10.1080/0966369X.2015.1034245

Other Research Output

Nairn, K. (2016, September). Sustaining academic writing: How did a new postgraduate course "Writing for publication in the social sciences" work?. College of Education, Research Seminar Series, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].

2015

Journal - Research Article

Freeman, C., Nairn, K., & Gollop, M. (2015). Disaster impact and recovery: What children and young people can tell us. Kōtuitui, 10(2), 103-115. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2015.1066400

Nairn, K., & Wyn, J. (2015). New girlhood and lost boys: Analysing the cultural politics of gender and education through film. Discourse, 36(6), 821-832. doi: 10.1080/01596306.2014.973372

Nairn, K., Cameron, J., Anakin, M., Juntrasook, A., Wass, R., Sligo, J., & Morrison, C. (2015). Negotiating the challenge of collaborative writing: Learning from one writing group's mutiny. Higher Education Research & Development, 34(3), 596-608. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2014.973383

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Nairn, K. (2015, November). 'Out of sight, out of mind' Education provision for learners disengaged from school. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) Conference: Emancipation Through Education, Whakatāne, New Zealand.

Nairn, K. (2015, November). Creatively researching with young adults who are encountering uncertain futures. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) Conference: Emancipation Through Education, Whakatāne, New Zealand.

2014

Chapter in Book - Research

Higgins, J., & Nairn, K. (2014). "Out of sight, out of mind?" Education provision for learners disengaged from school. In V. M. Carpenter & S. Osborne (Eds.), Twelve thousand hours: Education and poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 145-164). Auckland, New Zealand: Dunmore.

Nairn, K., & Higgins, J. (2014). Stay or go? Reading identity through young people’s lives in rural places. In J. Wyn & H. Cahill (Eds.), Handbook of children and youth studies. (pp. 1-11). Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-4451-96-3_9-1

Journal - Research Article

Brown, K., Nairn, K., & Sandretto, S. (2014). Learners' experiences in negotiating excellence. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 49(1), 87-100.

Spowart, L., & Nairn, K. (2014). (Re)performing emotions in diary-interviews. Qualitative Research, 14(3), 327-340. doi: 10.1177/1468794112473498

Brown, K., Nairn, K., van der Meer, J., & Scott, C. (2014). "We were told we’re not teachers ... It gets difficult to draw the line": Negotiating roles in Peer-Assisted Study Sessions (PASS). Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 22(2), 146-161. doi: 10.1080/13611267.2014.902559

Blanch, K., Nairn, K., & Sandretto, S. (2014). Facebook in the classroom: Blended audiences and multiple front-stages. International Journal of Social Media & Interactive Learning Environments, 2(1), 70-84. doi: 10.1504/IJSMILE.2014.059693

Journal - Research Other

Nairn, K. (2014). [Review of the book Henri Lefebvre and education. space, history, theory]. New Zealand Geographer, 70(3), 211-212. doi: 10.1111/nzg.12065

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Fielding, K., Smith, L. F., & Nairn, K. M. (2014). What can secondary initial education students learn from observing in a primary classroom? Proceedings of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference. Retrieved from http://www.aera.net

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Nairn, K. (2014, October). Experimenting with our academic writing. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) Student Caucus Workshops, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2013

Chapter in Book - Research

Sligo, J., & Nairn, K. (2013). Children's understandings of success. In N. Higgins & C. Freeman (Eds.), Childhoods: Growing up in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 235-248). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.

Journal - Research Article

Juntrasook, A., Nairn, K., Bond, C., & Spronken-Smith, R. (2013). Unpacking the narrative of non-positional leadership in academia: Hero and/or victim? Higher Education Research & Development, 32(2), 201-213. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2011.643858

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Nairn, K. (2013). Children of Rogernomics: How does this neoliberal "do" gender? In E. C. M. Grant, A. Alfaro & H. Radner (Eds.), At a Crossroads: Reconsidering Gender and Identity Research Colloquium: Refereed Abstracts. (pp. 12-13). Dunedin, New Zealand: Department of History and Art History, University of Otago. [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Anderson, V., Nairn, K., & Blanch, K. (2013, November). 'I'm trying to understand opposition to partnership schools': Facebook as a forum for examining pre-service teachers' views on educational issues. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) National Conference: Creativity in Research: Generative Inquiries for Educational Futures, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Adam, L., Casey, B., Cross, D., Nairn, K., & Stein, S. (2013, August). What do we do about unintentional plagiarism? Panel discussion at the Spotlight on Teaching and Learning Colloquium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2012

Authored Book - Research

Nairn, K., Higgins, J., & Sligo, J. (2012). Children of Rogernomics: A neoliberal generation leaves school. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press, 198p.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Cameron, J., Juntrasook, A., Morrison, C., Nairn, K., Renner, S., Sligo, J., Tilson, J., Trevethan, H., Wass, R., & Anakin, M. (2012). Negotiating and sustaining academic writing groups. Proceedings of the Joint International Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) and the Asia Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA). Retrieved from http://aare-apera2012.com.au/

Freeman, C., Gollop, M., Taylor, N., & Nairn, K. (2012). Children and young people's voices in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake. Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference. (pp. 10). Retrieved from http://www.hazardseducation.org/conference/

2011

Journal - Research Article

Nairn, K., & Higgins, J. (2011). The emotional geographies of neoliberal school reforms: Spaces of refuge and containment. Emotion, Space & Society, 4(3), 180-186. doi: 10.1016/j.emospa.2010.10.001

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Anakin, M., Morrison, C., Nairn, K., Tilson, J., Trevethan, H., Cameron, J., Juntrasook, A., Wass, R., & Sligo, J. (2011). Collaborative academic writing group [Panel discussion]. In K. Shephard, T. Harland & A. Cohen (Eds.), Proceedings of the Spotlight on Teaching and Learning Colloquium. (pp. 18). Dunedin, New Zealand: HEDC, University of Otago. [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Nairn, K. (2011, September). Education and employment interrupted: Young motherhood in neoliberal times. Verbal presentation at the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, London, UK.

2010

Chapter in Book - Research

Nairn, K., & Higgins, J. (2010). In transition: How the children of the economic reforms articulate identities at the child-adult border. In L. B. Claiborne & W. Drewery (Eds.), Human development: Family, place, culture. (pp. 253-255). Sydney, Australia: McGraw-Hill.

Higgins, J., & Nairn, K. (2010). In transition: From school to work in the twenty-first century. In G. McLennan, McManus & P. Spoonley (Eds.), Exploring society: Sociology for New Zealand students. (3rd ed.) (pp. 160-161). Auckland, New Zealand: Pearson.

Journal - Research Article

Higgins, J., Nairn, K., & Sligo, J. (2010). Vocational imagination and labour market literacy: Young New Zealanders making education-employment linkages. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 62(1), 13-25. doi: 10.1080/13636820903491716

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Juntrasook, A., Bond, C., Spronken-Smith, R., & Nairn, K. (2010). Unpacking the complexities of leadership in academic life through the multiple lenses of narrative analysis. Proceedings of the Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines (CEAD) Hui. (pp. 99-100). Retrieved from http://cead.org.nz/Site/Ethnography_conference/Programme.aspx

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Juntrasook, A., & Nairn, K. (2010, November). Becoming vulnerable in academia: Re-considering vulnerabilities in a research interview with a 'marginalised' academic. Verbal presentation at the University of Otago Postcolonial Studies Research Network Symposium: Vulnerability, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2009

Journal - Research Article

Nairn, K., & Higgins, J. (2009). 'In transition': How the children of the economic reforms articulate identities at the child/adult border. Childrenz Issues, 13(1), 30-34.

Higgins, J., Nairn, K., & Sligo, J. (2009). Alternative ways of expressing and reading identity. Ethnography & Education, 4(1), 83-99. doi: 10.1080/17457820802703549

Nairn, K., & Panelli, R. (2009). Using fiction to make meaning in research with young people in rural New Zealand. Qualitative Inquiry, 15(1), 96-112. doi: 10.1177/1077800408318314

Cameron, J., Nairn, K., & Higgins, J. (2009). Demystifying academic writing: Reflections on emotions, know-how and academic identity. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 33(2), 269-284.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Nairn, K., & Wyn, J. (2009, November). Coming of age stories in film: Divergent subjectivities of hope and marginalisation. Verbal presentation at the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAA(NZ)) Conference, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

2008

Chapter in Book - Other

Higgins, J., Nairn, K., & Sligo, J. (2008). Peer research with youth: Negotiating (sub)cultural capital, place and participation in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In S. Kindon, R. Pain & M. Kesby (Eds.), Participatory action research approaches and methods: Connecting people, participation and place (Reprinted). (pp. 104-111). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Nairn, K. (2008). Understanding alienation from school: Reading spaces, reading emotions. Proceedings of the Emotional Geographies of Education Symposium. Retrieved from http://www.education.monash.edu/research/conferences/emotional-ed/index.html

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Nairn, K., Higgins, J., & Sligo, J. (2008, November). Buying into the promise of the knowledge economy in NZ: Young people's decision-making as they leave school. Verbal presentation at the International Sociology of Education Conference, London, UK.

2007

Chapter in Book - Research

Higgins, J., Nairn, K., & Sligo, J. (2007). Peer research with youth: Negotiating (sub)cultural capital, place and participation in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In S. Kindon, R. Pain & M. Kesby (Eds.), Participatory action research approaches and methods: Connecting people, participation and place. (pp. 104-111). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

Nairn, K., Higgins, J., & Ormond, A. (2007). Post-school horizons: New Zealand's neo-liberal generation in transition. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 17(4), 349-366.

Nairn, K., & Higgins, J. (2007). New Zealand's neoliberal generation: Tracing discourses of economic (ir)rationality. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 20(3), 261-281.

Nairn, K., Higgins, J., & Sligo, J. (2007). Youth researching youth: ″Trading on″ subcultural capital in peer research methodologies. Teachers College Record, 14515. Retrieved from http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=14515

2006

Journal - Research Article

Nairn, K., Higgins, J., Thompson, B., Anderson, M., & Fu, N. (2006). 'It's just like the teenage stereotype, you go out and drink and stuff': Hearing from young people who don't drink. Journal of Youth Studies, 9(3), 287-304.

Higgins, J., & Nairn, K. (2006). 'In transition': Choice and the children of New Zealand's economic reforms. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 27(2), 207-220.

Nairn, K., Sligo, J., & Freeman, C. (2006). Polarizing participation in local government: Which young people are included and excluded? Children, Youth & Environments, 16(2), 248-271.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Nairn, K. (2006, December). Perceptions of how safe lesbian, gay and bisexual students are in NZ high schools. Verbal presentation at the Sexual Health Research Network Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2005

Journal - Research Article

Anderson, V., & Nairn, K. (2005). Commentary: Teaching and mothering: Reflections on the dual role. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 40(1 & 2), 211-220.

Nairn, K. (2005). The problems of utilizing 'Direct experience' in geography education. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 29(2), 293-309.

Nairn, K., Munro, J., & Smith, A. B. (2005). A counter-narrative of a 'failed' interview. Qualitative Research, 5(2), 221-244.

2004

Journal - Research Article

Ashcroft, C., & Nairn, K. (2004). Critiquing the Tertiary Education Commission's role in New Zealand's tertiary education system: Policy, practice and panopticism. ACCESS, 23(2), 43-54.

Smith, A. B., Gaffney, M., & Nairn, K. (2004). Health rights in secondary schools: Student and staff perspectives. Health Education Research, 19(1), 85-97. Oxford University Press.

Smith, A. B., Nairn, K., & Gaffney, M. (2004). Secondary students' involvement in recreational activities at school. Childrenz Issues, 8(1), 29-34.

2003

Chapter in Book - Research

Nairn, K. (2003). Young people's participation: What does it mean for libraries and librarians? In M. Nimon (Ed.), Connecting challenges: Issues for teacher and children's librarians. (pp. 120-126). Adelaide: Auslib Press.

Journal - Research Article

Nairn, K. (2003). What has the geography of sleeping arrangements got to do with the geography of our teaching spaces? Gender, Place & Culture, 10(1), 67-81.

Smith, A. B., Nairn, K., Taylor, N. J., & Gaffney, J. M. D. (2003). Staff and student perspectives on children's rights in New Zealand secondary schools. Childrenz Issues, 7(1), 9-16.

Nairn, K., & Smith, A. B. (2003). Taking students seriously: Their rights to be safe at school. Gender & Education, 15(2), 133-149.

Freeman, C., Nairn, K., & Sligo, J. L. (2003). 'Professionalising' participation: From rhetoric to practice. Children's Geographies, 1(1), 53-70.

Nairn, K., Panelli, R., & McCormack, J. (2003). Destabilizing dualisms: Young people's experiences of rural and urban environments. Childhood, 10(1), 9-42. doi: 10.1177/0907568203010001002

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Sligo, J. L., Munro, J. A., Nairn, K., Higgins, J., & Tuhiwai Smith, L. (2003, December). 'In transition': How the children of the economic reforms articulate identities at the child/adult border. Reporting from the pilot study. Verbal presentation at the Combined Annual Conference of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education and the Australian Association for Research in Education 2003 : Educational research, risks and dilemmas, Auckland, New Zealand.

Freeman, C., Sligo, J. L., & Nairn, K. (2003, April). Young people's participation in community life. Verbal presentation at the Social Policy Research and Evaluation Conference 2003: Connecting policy, research and practice, Wellington, New Zealand.

Smith, A. B., Nairn, K., Sligo, J. L., Gaffney, J. M. D., & McCormack, J. (2003, June). Case studies of young people's participation in public life: Local government, boards of trustees and the youth parliament. Verbal presentation at the Fifth Child and Family Policy Conference: Joined up services: Linking together for children and families, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Nairn, K., & Smith, A. B. (2003, April). Young people as researchers in schools: The possibilities of peer research. Verbal presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2003: Accountability for educational quality, Chicago, IL.

Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Smith, A. B., Nairn, K., Sligo, J. L., Gaffney, J. M. D., & McCormack, J. (2003). Case studies of young people's participation in public life: Local government, boards of trustees and the youth parliament. University of Otago. 82p.

Other Research Output

Smith, A. B., Gaffney, J. M. D., Nairn, K., & Sligo, J. L. (2003). Case studies of young people's participation in public life. [Public Seminar].

2002

Chapter in Book - Research

Nairn, K. (2002). Doing feminist fieldwork about geography fieldwork. In P. Moss (Ed.), Geography and Gender: A Guide to its Methodology. (pp. 146-159). Oxford: Blackwell.

Journal - Research Article

Nairn, K., & Smith, A. B. (2002). Secondary school students' experiences of bullying at school and their suggestions for dealing with it. Childrenz Issues, 6(1), 16-22.

Panelli, R., Nairn, K., Atwool, N. R., & McCormack, J. (2002). 'Hanging out': Print media constructions of young people in 'public space'. Childrenz Issues, 6(1), 23-30.

Panelli, R., Nairn, K., & McCormack, J. (2002). ''We make our own fun'': Reading the politics of youth with(in) community. Sociologia Ruralis, 42(2), 106-130. doi: 10.1111/1467-9523.00205

Journal - Research Other

Nairn, K. (2002). [Review of the book Line dancing: an atlas of geography curriculum and poetic possibilites]. Gender, Place & Culture, 9. [Book Review].

Other - Edited Journal

Nairn, K., & Gollop, M. (Eds.). (2002). Childrenz issues: Exploring Youth Issues, 6(1). [Journal Editor].

2001

Journal - Research Article

Taylor, N. J., Smith, A. B., & Nairn, K. (2001). Rights important to young people: Secondary student and staff perspectives. International Journal of Children's Rights, 9, 137-156.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Nairn, K. (2001). Young people's participation - What does it mean for libraries and librarians? Australian Public Libraries, 14(1), 25-31.

2000

Edited Book - Research

Smith, A. B., Gollop, M. M., Marshall, K., & Nairn, K. (Eds.). (2000). Advocating for Children: International Perspectives on Children's Rights. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 223p.

Journal - Research Article

Nairn, K., Higgitt, D., & Vanneste, D. (2000). International perspectives on fieldcourses. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 24(2), 246-254.

Freeman, C., & Nairn, K. (2000). Children, young people and their environments: Changing themes. Childrenz Issues, 4(2), 7-13.

1999

Journal - Research Article

Nairn, K. (1999). Embodied fieldwork. Journal of Geography, 98, 272-282.

1997

Chapter in Book - Research

Nairn, K. (1997). Hearing from quiet students: The politics of silence and of voice in geography classrooms. In S. Roberts, H. Nast & J. P. Jones (Eds.), Thresholds in Feminist Geography. (III ed.) (pp. 93-115). Lanham (USA): Rowman and Littlefield.

1996

Journal - Research Article

Nairn, K. (1996). Parties on geography fieldtrips: Embodied fieldwork? Women's Studies Journal, 12(2), 86-97.