Contact
Email heather.devere@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 470 3592
Teaching
- PEAC503 Conflict Resolution Practice
- PEAC506 Peace Traditions of Aotearoa New Zealand
- PEAC595 Practicum Project and Research Report
Supervision
Dr Devere is interested in supervising students with projects in the areas of her research expertise.
Research
Dr Devere's areas of research expertise and writing for publication include:
- Indigenous peacebuilding
- Social justice and peace
- The politics of friendship
- Women and politics
- Women in the media
- Refugee resettlement
- Children’s rights
Dr. Devere has been at NCPACS since 2010 as Director of Practice and initiated the Dunedin Community Mediation service and the Otago Student Peer Mediation service. Her doctoral thesis is in Politics from the University of Auckland and examines women’s attitudes to civil rights issues. She has a Diploma in Dispute Resolution from Massey University and acts as an advocate for mediations involving not-for-profit organisations.
Dr. Devere is founding co-editor of AMITY: The Journal of Friendship Studies, published by Leeds University (with Dr. Graham M. Smith and Professor Preston King). She has published widely on issues related to peace, social justice, ethics of care, women’s studies, refugee resettlement, peace journalism, peace education and citizenship, including co-edited books Peacebuilding and the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples (with Dr. John Synott and Dr. Kelli Te Maihāroa) and the Challenge to Friendship in Modernity (with Professor Preston King).
The topics of some of the doctoral students Dr. Devere has supervised have included: peace education in Afghanistan, Indonesia, Fiji, and Nicaragua, resistance and peacebuilding in Aotearoa New Zealand, Canada, the Marianas Archipelago, Myanmar, Niger Delta, Northern Ireland, Philippines, Samoa Solomons, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Somalia, Timor Leste and Tonga.
Publications
Brookes, B., Cooper, K., Devere, H., McCabe, J., Polaschek, B., Tennant, M., & Wanhalla, A. (2019). Stitching the generations together: Clothing care. In B. Brookes, J. McCabe & A. Wanhalla (Eds.), Past caring? Women, work and emotion. (pp. 162-176). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.
Devere, H. (2019). Annette Baier and Susan Moller Okin: Debating the ethic of care and ethic of justice. In B. Brookes, J. McCabe & A. Wanhalla (Eds.), Past caring? Women, work and emotion. (pp. 37-54). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.
Devere, H., Te Maihāroa, K., Solomon, M., & Wharehoka, M. (2019). Tides of endurance: Indigenous peace traditions in Aotearoa New Zealand. ab-Original, 3(1), 24-47. doi: 10.5325/aboriginal.3.1.0024
Devere, H. (2018). Exploring relationships for positive peace. In Factis Pax, 12(1), 59-79.
Devere, H., Te Maihāroa, K., & Synott, J. P. (Eds.). (2017). Peacebuilding and the rights of Indigenous Peoples: Experiences and strategies for the 21st century. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 209p.
Edited Book - Research
Devere, H., Te Maihāroa, K., & Synott, J. P. (Eds.). (2017). Peacebuilding and the rights of Indigenous Peoples: Experiences and strategies for the 21st century. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 209p.
Chapter in Book - Research
Brookes, B., Cooper, K., Devere, H., McCabe, J., Polaschek, B., Tennant, M., & Wanhalla, A. (2019). Stitching the generations together: Clothing care. In B. Brookes, J. McCabe & A. Wanhalla (Eds.), Past caring? Women, work and emotion. (pp. 162-176). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.
Devere, H. (2019). Annette Baier and Susan Moller Okin: Debating the ethic of care and ethic of justice. In B. Brookes, J. McCabe & A. Wanhalla (Eds.), Past caring? Women, work and emotion. (pp. 37-54). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.
Devere, H., Te Maihāroa, K., Solomon, M., & Wharehoka, M. (2017). Regeneration of Indigenous peace traditions in Aotearoa New Zealand. In H. Devere, K. Te Maihāroa & J. P. Synott (Eds.), Peacebuilding and the rights of Indigenous Peoples: Experiences and strategies for the 21st century. (pp. 53-63). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
Devere, H., Te Maihāroa, K., & Synott, J. P. (2017). Conclusion: Peacebuilding experiences and strategies of Indigenous Peoples in the 21st century. In H. Devere, K. Te Maihāroa & J. P. Synott (Eds.), Peacebuilding and the rights of Indigenous Peoples: Experiences and strategies for the 21st century. (pp. 167-178). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
Nakhid, C., & Devere, H. (2015). Negotiating multiculturalism and the Treaty of Waitangi. In G. Ghosh & J. Leckie (Eds.), Asians and the new multiculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 61-89). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.
Devere, H. (2015). Peacebuilding within and between communities. In S.-A. Wilson (Ed.), Identity, culture and the politics of community development. (pp. 65-80). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars.
Devere, H. (2014). Friendship in international treaties. In S. Koschut & A. Oelsner (Eds.), Friendship and international relations. (pp. 182-198). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Devere, H. (2013). Is peace journalism the moral responsibility of war journalists? In K. P. Clements & O. Urbain (Eds.), Risk and uncertainty: Understanding and dialogue in the 21st century. (pp. 135-147). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction.
Devere, H. (2011). Introduction: The resurrection of political friendship: Making connections. In B. Descharmes, E. A. Heuser, C. Krüger & T. Loy (Eds.), Varieties of friendship: Interdisciplinary perspectives on social relationships. (pp. 17-39). Göttingen, Germany: V&R unipress.
Devere, H. (2011). Corporate social responsibility or a new term for public relations? [Response to the chapter Human rights and responsible enterprise: Encouraging business action on ESC rights in Aotearoa New Zealand]. In M. Bedggood & K. Gledhill (Eds.), Law into action: Economic, social and cultural rights in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 431-435). Wellington, New Zealand: Thomson Reuters.
Devere, H., & Curtin, J. (2009). Rethinking political connections: Women, friendship and politics in New Zealand. In K. McMillan, J. Leslie & E. McLeay (Eds.), Rethinking women and politics: New Zealand and comparative perspectives. (pp. 87-111). Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press.
Devere, H., McDermott, K., & Verbitsky, J. (2006). ″Just a refugee″: Rights and status of refugees in New Zealand. In F. Crépeau & et al (Eds.), Forced migration and global processes: A view from forced migration studies. (pp. 343-369). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Journal - Research Article
Devere, H., Te Maihāroa, K., Solomon, M., & Wharehoka, M. (2019). Tides of endurance: Indigenous peace traditions in Aotearoa New Zealand. ab-Original, 3(1), 24-47. doi: 10.5325/aboriginal.3.1.0024
Devere, H. (2018). Exploring relationships for positive peace. In Factis Pax, 12(1), 59-79.
Devere, H. (2014). 'Perpetual peace and friendship' in international treaties. Peace Studies Journal, 7(1), 38-45.
Wilson, C., & Devere, H. (2013). Peace and war journalism in the New Zealand media? Reporting on the 'arc of instability' in the Pacific. Pacific Journalism Review, 19(1), 132-147.
Devere, H., & Ligaliga, M. F. (2013). Covenant or contract: The Treaty of Friendship between New Zealand and Samoa 1962. Journal of Pacific Studies, 33(2), 95-111.
Devere, H. (2013). Amity update: The academic debate on friendship and politics. Amity, 1, 5-33.
Devere, H., Mark, S., & Verbitsky, J. (2011). A history of the language of friendship in international treaties. International Politics, 48(1), 46-70. doi: 10.1057/ip.2010.34
Devere, H., & Smith, G. M. (2010). Friendship and politics. Political Studies Review, 8, 341-356. doi: 10.1111/j.1478-9302.2010.00214.x
Devere, H. (2007). Cross-cultural understandings in the language and politics of friendship. Canadian Social Science, 3(6), 14-29.
Devere, H., & Vile, C. (2007). Liberalising business education and commercialising the arts: Globalisation of university education in Aotearoa/New Zealand. International Journal of Knowledge, Culture & Change Management, 6(11), 53-62.
Devere, H., & Graham Davies, S. (2006). The Don and Helen New Zealand election 2005: A media a-gender? Pacific Journalism Review, 12(1), 65-85.
Curtin, J., & Devere, H. (2006). Global rankings and domestic realities: Women, work and policy in Australia and New Zealand. Australian Journal of Political Science, 41(2), 193-207. doi: 10.1080/10361140600672436
Journal - Research Other
Devere, H., & Standish, K. (2017). Gender issues in politics and peace and conflict studies. Women Talking Politics, December, 22-23.
Devere, H. (2014). The many meanings of friendship. Amity, 2(1), 1-3. [Editorial].
Devere, H. (2010). 'Flickers of peace' enter the media ethics agenda [Review of the book Peace journalism: War and conflict resolution]. Pacific Journalism Review, 16(2), 206-210.
Devere, H. (2010). [Review of the book Reconciliation discourse: The case of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission]. Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 5(1), 65-69. doi: 10.1080/17447141003722649
Devere, H. (2007). [Review of the book Standing upright here: New Zealand in the nuclear age 1945-1990]. Kōtuitui, 2, 119-121. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2007.9522427
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Devere, H. (2014). Women talking politics: Women's conversations and civic friendship. Women Talking Politics, (1), 6.
Devere, H. (2008). Conflict resolution and peace. Satellite, 12, 20.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Devere, H. (2013). Women's friendship as a model for citizenship. Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Politics and Gender. Retrieved from http://www.ecpg-barcelona.com/womens-friendship-model-citizenship
Devere, H. (2012). Amity update: The academic debate on friendship. Proceedings of the 22nd International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress: Reordering Power, Shifting Boundaries. Retrieved from http://paperroom.ipsa.org/papers/view/11089
Devere, H. (2010). The language of friendship in international treaties. Proceedings of the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention. Retrieved from http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/isa/isa10/
Devere, H., Mark, S., & Verbitsky, J. (2007). The language of friendship in international treaties. Procceedings of the 9th Association Française de Science Politique Congrès. Retrieved from http://www.afsp.msh-paris.fr/congres2007/index.html
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Devere, H., Te Maiharoa, K., Wharehoka, M., & Solomon, M. (2014). Resisting conflict: Indigenous peace traditions in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Political Studies Association (NZPSA) Conference. (pp. 48). Retrieved from http://nzpsa.com/past-nzpsa-conferences/
Devere, H., & Ligaliga, M. (2013). Covenant or contract: The Treaty of Friendship between New Zealand and Samoa 1962. Proceedings of the Australia New Zealand Law and History Society (ANZLHS) Conference: People, Power and Place. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/law/conferences/anzlhs.html
Devere, H., & Nakhid, C. (2012). A special relationship of friendship: The 1962 Treaty of Friendship between Samoa and New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Studies Network Inaugural Conference: New Zealand's Cultures: Histories, Sources, Futures. Retrieved from http://www.nzstudies.com/conference-2012/nzsn-inaugural-conference-2012/
Devere, H. (2011). Transitional justice and competing concepts: The path to reconciliation? Proceedings of the New Zealand Political Studies Association (NZPSA) Conference. (pp. 6-7). Retrieved from http://nzpsa.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/nzpsa-2011-conference-abstracts.pdf
Devere, H. (2011). Using poster presentations for peer review: Peace and Conflict studies case studies. In K. Shephard, T. Harland & A. Cohen (Eds.), Proceedings of the Spotlight on Teaching and Learning Colloquium. (pp. 43). Dunedin, New Zealand: HEDC, University of Otago. [Abstract]
Devere, H., & Nakhid, C. (2011). Is this really friendship: The 1962 Treaty of Friendship between Samoa and New Zealand. Proceedings of the Samoa Conference II: Tracing Footprints of Tomorrow: Past Lessons, Present Stories, Future Lives. (pp. 27). Retrieved from http://www.nus.edu.ws
Devere, H. (2010). Peace, justice, mercy and truth: The paths to reconciliation of conflict? Proceedings of the New Zealand Political Studies Association (NZPSA) Annual Conference. Retrieved from http://nzpsa.wordpress.com/conferences-and-events/past-nzpsa-conferences/
Gale, A., & Devere, H. (2010). Peace in the Pacific: The role of friendship treaties. Proceedings of the New Zealand Political Studies Association (NZPSA) Annual Conference. Retrieved from http://nzpsa.wordpress.com/conferences-and-events/past-nzpsa-conferences/
Verbitsky, J. E., Nakhid, C., & Devere, H. (2009). Refugees and human security: Policies and prospects. Proceedings of the 12th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) Conference: Transforming the Boundaries of Community. Retrieved from http://www.iasfmconference.org/index.php?conference=iasfm12&schedConf=iasfm12
Nakhid, C., Verbitsky, J., & Devere, H. (2009). 'Forced' displacement: The situation of Pasifika peoples in New Zealand and the sameness of impact. Proceedings of the 12th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) Conference: Transforming the Boundaries of Community. Retrieved from http://www.iasfmconference.org/index.php?conference=iasfm12&schedConf=iasfm12
Hassall, I., Davies, E., Crothers, C., Devere, H., Verbitsky, J., & McCormack, F. (2006). Love, fear and control: Adult attitudes to children and discipline in New Zealand. Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect. Retrieved from http://www.nzfvc.org.nz/accan/papers-presentations/day3.shtml
Devere, H., & Vile, C. (2006). Liberalising business education and commercialising the arts: Globalising university education in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations. Retrieved from http://m06.cgpublisher.com/proposals/174/index_html
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Joyce, J., Gillett, G., & Devere, H. (2012, July). Fraternal communication: A spiritual way of regarding the other? Poster session presented at the 15th International Philosophy and Psychiatry Conference: Culture and Mental Health, Dunedin, New Zealand.
