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Dr Vicky Walters BA, PGDipDevStud, PhD

Lecturer

Doctoral Supervisor
School of People, Environment and Planning

Professional

Contact details

  • Location: 3.28, Social Sciences Tower
    Campus: Turitea

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts - Massey University (2004)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Development Studies - Massey University (2004)
  • Doctor of Philosophy - Massey University (2011)

Certifications and Registrations

  • Licence, Supervisor, Massey University

Research Expertise

Research Interests

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Thematics

21st Century Citizenship

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Anthropology (160100): Anthropology of Development (160101): Citizenship (160602): Environmental Politics (160605): Environmental Sociology (160802): Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific (160606): Human Geography (160400): Political Science (160600): Sociology (160800): Studies In Human Society (160000): Urban and Regional Studies (excl. Planning) (160404)

Research Projects

Completed Projects

Project Title: Early Career Award 2014 - Sanitation injustice: Understanding the inequality of defecation in South Asia

Date Range: 2014 - 2014

Funding Body: Massey University

Project Team:

Research Outputs

Journal

Walters, VM., Beban, A., Ashley, N., & Cain, T. (2025). Methodological reflections on ethics, relations of care and reciprocity in feminist research praxis. Qualitative Research.
[Journal article]Authored by: Beban, A., Walters, V.
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Beban, A., Walters, V., Ashley, N., & Cain, T. (2024). Older women's constructions of equality over the lifecourse. Ageing and Society.
[Journal article]Authored by: Beban, A., Walters, V.
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Aston, S., Beban, A., & Walters, V. (2023). Policing freedom campers: the place, class, and xenophobic dynamics of overtourism in Aotearoa New Zealand. Tourism Geographies. 25(6), 1534-1554
[Journal article]Authored by: Beban, A., Walters, V.
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Thomas-Maude, J., McLennan, S., & Walters, V. (2024). Cultural Exchange during English-Language Voluntourism (EVT) in Lima, Peru: A Postcolonial Analysis. Journal of Language Identity and Education. 23(4), 450-465
[Journal article]Authored by: Thomas-Maude, J., Walters, V.
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Hamilton, H., Walters, V., & Prinsen, G. (2021). Understanding Children’s Power in Bangladesh’s Informal Settlements. Forum for Development Studies. 48(3), 461-494
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J., Walters, V.
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Walters, VM., Garden, E., & Chamberlain, K. (2021). Beyond markets: food poverty and the noncommercial food system. Food Culture and Society. 24(5), 694-711
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Garden, E., Walters, VM., & Chamberlain, K. (2021). Reasserting food in place: the case of Kai Whau. Social and Cultural Geography. 22(7), 936-955
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Gaillard, JC., Walters, V., Rickerby, M., & Shi, Y. (2019). Persistent Precarity and the Disaster of Everyday Life: Homeless People’s Experiences of Natural and Other Hazards. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. 10(3), 332-342
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Walters, V. (2019). Parenting from the ‘polluted’ margins: Stigma, education and social (im)mobility for the children of india’s out-casted sanitation workers. South Asia Journal of South Asia Studies. 42(1), 51-68
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Murray, M., Beban, A., & Walters, V. (2018). Editorial. New Zealand Sociology. 33(2), 1-7
[Journal article]Authored by: Beban, A., Walters, V.
Uddin, SMN., Walters, V., Gaillard, JC., Hridi, SM., & McSherry, A. (2016). Water, sanitation and hygiene for homeless people. Journal of Water and Health. 14(1), 47-51
[Journal article]Authored by: Walters, V.
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Walters, V. (2014). Urban homelessness and the right to water and sanitation: Experiences from india's cities. Water Policy. 16(4), 755-772
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Walters, V., & Gaillard, JC. (2014). Disaster risk at the margins: Homelessness, vulnerability and hazards. Habitat International. 44, 211-219
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Book

Walters, V. (2016). Urban Neoliberalism and the Right to Water and Sanitation for Bangalore’s Poor. In Dynamics of Asian Development. (pp. 171 - 185).
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Walters, V.(2013). Water, democracy and neoliberalism in India: The power to reform.
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Report

Walters, VM.(2013). Challenges of the Delhi cityscape: Evidence on the right to water and sanitation for the citymakers (homeless residents). Delhi, India: Indo Global Social Service Society
[Technical Report]Authored by: Walters, V.

Conference

Gaillard, JC., Walters, V., Rickerby, M., Collins, D., Groot, S., & Kearns, R. (2015, March). How do homeless people deal with hazards and disasters?. Presented at Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. Sendai, Japan.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Walters, V.Contributed to by: Walters, V.
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Walters, VM., & Urs, K.Democracy and Justice in PPPs: Neoliberal constructions and alternative reconstructions. . Brisbane, Australia
[Conference Other]Authored by: Walters, V.
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Walters, VM., & Gaillard, JC. (2014, December). Disaster Risk at the Margins: Homelessness, vulnerability and hazards. Presented at 2014 SAANZ Conference: The Social Impact of the Canterbury earthquakes. Christchurch, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Walters, V.
Walters, VM., & Gaillard, JC. (2014, November). Disaster risk at the margins: Homelessness vulnerability and hazards. Presented at 2014 TASA Conference: Challenging Identities, Institutions amd Communities. Adelaide, Australia.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Walters, V.
Walters, VM. (2013, August). Water security human vulnerability and homelessness in Indias global citie. Presented at Changing India: from decolonization to globalization. Wellington, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Walters, V.

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Walters, VM. (2012, November). The un-making and re-making of water democracies: unravelling the political dynamics of water governance reforms in India. Presented at Tapping the Turn. Canberra, Australia.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Walters, V.
Walters, VM. (2012, November). Rendered invisible: Homelessness and urban injustice in India. Presented at TASA Conference: Emerging and Enduring Inequalities. Queensland, Australia.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Walters, V.
Walters, VM. (2012, December). The politics and ethics of researching the policies and practices of governance. Presented at International Development Conference: Integrating Research, Policy and Practice. Auckland, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Walters, V.
Walters, VM. (2010, December). The Transformation of Urban Water Governance & the Undemocratic ‘Politics of Consensus’.. Presented at Devnet 2008: Peripheral Vision
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Walters, V.
Tie, W., Julich, SJ., & Walters, V. (2006). New frontiers in restorative justice: A reviewed selection of conference papers. Auckland: Centre for Justice and Peace Development, Massey University
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Other

Walters, VM., & Chan, R. (2015, March). Shit happens, but it does not happen equally: Early explorations into the inequality of sanitation. In School of people, environment and planning: Development Studies Seminar 2015. Presented at Massey University, Palmerston North.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Walters, V.
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Walters, VM., & Urs, K. (2014, September). The unmaking and remaking of water democracies in Bangalore, India. In School of People, Environment and Planning: Development Studies Seminar Program.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Walters, V.
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Walters, VM. (2013, August). Water Security, Homelessness and Water and Sanitation Insecurity. In Centre for Development Studies, University of Auckland.
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Teaching and Supervision

Contact Supervisor

Summary of Doctoral Supervision

Position Current Completed
Main Supervisor 1 1
Co-supervisor 3 1

Current Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

  • Emma Brownless - Doctor of Philosophy
    Vaccine Attitudes and Misinformation in Aotearoa New Zealand

Co-supervisor of:

  • Rukia Kalanzi - Doctor of Philosophy
    Intersecting Identities and Systemic Inequalities: A Study of Women's Lived Experiences in Selected Rural areas of Uganda
  • Siyuan Chen - Doctor of Philosophy
    Spatial inequalities and contradictions of oppression - Comparing migrant worker experiences in Hong Kong and Chongqing
  • Malathi Rambodagedara - Doctor of Philosophy
    Collective Responses to Climate Challenges: A Case of Water-Dependent Agrarian Communities in Sri Lanka

Completed Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

  • 2024 - Johanna Thomas-Maude - Doctor of Philosophy
    "Broken" Pathways: Understanding the Licensing Experiences of Overseas-Trained Medical Doctors in Aotearoa New Zealand

Co-supervisor of:

  • 2022 - Songmei Zhao - Doctor of Philosophy
    Looking for a disappearing voice： Place making, place-belongingness, and Naxi language vitality

Media and Links

Media

  • 13 Nov 2014 - Online
    BrisCan G20: Democracy and Justice in PPPs
    Green Left Weekly media on workshop presentation given at the G20 Peoples Summit
  • 13 Nov 2014 - Video
    Public-Private Partnerships at the G20
    Presentation Workshop given at the G20 Peoples Summit with Dr Kshithij Urs

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