Contact Details
- Position
- Honorary Research Associate Professor
- Department
- Department of Public Health (Wellington)
- Qualifications
- BA (History and Politics), Masters (Public Policy), PhD
- Research summary
- Tobacco control, health policy and health politics.
Research
George's research interests are in tobacco control, health policy and health politics. His work includes researching government and business behaviour as determinants of population health, with recent research covering:
- The effects and ethics of tobacco taxation.
- Smoking and smokefree areas outdoors and in vehicles .
- Tobacco endgames.
His research has been funded by the Health Research Council, the Cancer Society, the Heart Foundation, and ASH NZ, and he has been a co-investigator on two Marsden Foundation funded projects.