PhD (Otago), BA(Hons. 1st Class) (Victoria) Senior Research Fellow; HHRP
Contact details
Tel +64 27 782 8469
Email sarah.bierre@otago.ac.nz
Research interests and activities
Dr Sarah Bierre is a Senior Research Fellow with the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago and part of He Kāinga Oranga – The Housing and Health Research Programme. She has a BA(Hons) in politics and geography from Victoria University and a PhD in Public Health from the University of Otago.
She uses qualitative and critical methodologies to look at how housing policy, politics and law create and alleviate inequalities in access to affordable, secure, and decent housing, with a focus on the rental sector. Sarah currently leads a strand of work on governance, wellbeing and public housing under an MBIE-funded research programme examining the maximisation of wellbeing in public housing.
Sarah is available to supervise Masters and PhD students in similar areas of research.