Sociology and Social Policy

Get to know our Sociology students and gain an insight into their research.

Mitch Davies

Tracing Sociotechnical Networks in Organisations: An Actor-Network Approach | MA Thesis

Supervisor: Dr Mike Lloyd

Secondary supervisor: Dr Grant Jun Otsuki

• mitch.davies@vuw.ac.nz

Dani Pickering

Restoring relationality: tracing the evolving cognitive praxis of the Tiriti education movement | PhD Thesis

Supervisor: Dr Amanda Thomas

Secondary supervisor: Associate Professor Marcelle Dawson

• dani.pickering@vuw.ac.nz

Nabilah Binte Abdul Rahman

Everyday solidarity and resistance: Southeast Asian tauiwi for decolonial futures in Aotearoa | PhD Thesis

Supervisor: Dr Janepicha Cheva-Isarakul

Secondary supervisor: Associate Professor Maria Bargh

• nabilahhusna.binteabdulrahman@vuw.ac.nz

Josh Cheesman

Hypermodernity, Sociotemporality, and Progress | PhD Thesis

Supervisor: Associate Professor Chamsy el-Ojeili

Secondary supervisor: Dr Eli Elinoff

• josh.cheesman@vuw.ac.nz

Hafsa Tameez

The Wise Ones are all Mad: Cultural Dimensions of Mental Health over Time in India | PhD Thesis

Supervisor: Associate Professor Chamsy el-Ojeili

Secondary supervisor: Professor Kevin Dew

• hafsa.tameez@vuw.ac.nz