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PhD (Otago), MPhil (Cambridge), BA(Hons. 1st Class) (Victoria)
Senior Research Fellow; HHRPDSC3137__2_Eli_photo

Contact details

Tel +64 4 832 3183
Email elinor.chisholm@otago.ac.nz

Research interests and activities

Elinor is a Senior Research Fellow for the Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago, Wellington.

Her PhD investigated the power relationship between tenant and landlord and the history of renter activism in Aotearoa New Zealand. Subsequent research has looked at eviction experiences, Healthy Housing Initiatives, and the development of mixed tenure communities.

Her current research foci include the effect of housing interventions on wellbeing, ventilation behaviour, the use of community rooms in multiunit housing, and public housing tenants' neighbourhood experiences.

Housing and Health Research Programme

Publications

Fraser, B., Chisholm, E., & Pierse, N. (2025). Where have all the resultant theories gone?: A case study of LGBTIQ+ homelessness research to consider the state of grounded theory. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24. doi: 10.1177/16094069251337871 Journal - Research Article

Witten, K., Olin, C. V., Logan, A., Chisholm, E., Randal, E., Howden-Chapman, P., & Leigh, L. (2025). Placemaking for tenant wellbeing: Exploring the decision-making of public and community housing providers in Aotearoa New Zealand. Wellbeing, Space & Society, 8, 100258. doi: 10.1016/j.wss.2025.100258 Journal - Research Article

Chisholm, E., Logan, A., Aspinall, C., Davies, C., Howden-Chapman, P., Johnson, E., & Pierse, N. (2024). “Freedom to move through the house”: How a healthy housing initiative improves quality of life in Aotearoa New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 48(5), 100190. doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100190 Journal - Research Article

Fraser, B., Aspinall, C., Chisholm, E., Ombler, J., Bierre, S., Telfar-Barnard, L., Johnson, E., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2024). A snapshot of a fragmented landscape: Homelessness law and policy in Aotearoa New Zealand. In C. Bevan (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of global perspectives on homelessness, law & policy. (pp. 500-516). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003274056-35 Chapter in Book - Research

Chisholm, E., Olin, C., Randal, E., Witten, K., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2024). Placemaking and public housing: The state of knowledge and research priorities. Housing Studies, 39(10), 2580-2605. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2023.2206799 Journal - Research Article

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