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Contact Details

Phone
+64 21 112 5596
Email
johnny.bourke@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Fellow
Qualifications
BA(Psych) MHealSc(Rehab) PhD
Research summary
Johnny works as a Research Fellow at the Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit

Research

Johnny combines his lived experience of disability (spinal cord injury) with his experience of working on a range of research, teaching, advocacy, and clinical projects to develop an understanding of evidence-based practice in the field of disability and rehabilitation.

Johnny has a genuine passion for transformative research and his key research interests include community reintegration and participation following serious injury, consumer perspectives, Māori health outcomes, disability policy, and social and critical theories of disability.

Johnny's research expertise ranges in methodological focus including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research projects. Understanding the human experience is only half of the journey; the rest of the journey is to think about how research can be used to transform people’s lives for the better.

Publications

Bourke, J. A., Layton, N., & Martin, R. A. (2026). A realist-informed conceptualization of lived experience engagement in implementation science: The how and the why. JBI Evidence Implementation. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1097/xeb.0000000000000602 Journal - Research Other

Bourke, J., Caldwell, J., Martin, R. A., & Grainger, R. (2025). The need for active allies: A narrative analysis of disabled medical students' perspectives of their medical school. Focus on Health Professional Education, 26(1), 40-59. Journal - Research Article

Bourke, J., Johns, J., & Martin, R. A. (2025). Unpacking how trust, communication and flow interact to sustain quality relationships between disabled people, family and support workers: A realist qualitative study. Disability & Rehabilitation, 47(8), 2054-2064. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2024.2390049 Journal - Research Article

Layton, N., Martin, R. A., Bourke, J. A., & Kayes, N. M. (2024). Structures of oppression or inclusion: What systemic factors impact inclusion in disability and rehabilitation research? Social Sciences, 13(5), 229. doi: 10.3390/socsci13050229 Journal - Research Article

Bourke, J., Young, T., Grace, C., Caldwell, J., & Martin, R. A. (2023). Dissolving ableism: Could disabled people flourish during the first Aotearoa New Zealand COVID-19 lockdown? Space & Culture, 26(3), 323-338. doi: 10.1177/12063312231181532 Journal - Research Article

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