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Dr Veronica Hopner BA, MA, PGDipArts, PhD

Senior Lecturer

School of Psychology

Professional

Contact details

  • Ph: 09 414 0800 ext 43101
    Location: 3.15, School of Psychology, Albany Village Library Building
    Campus: Albany

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts - Massey University (2004)
  • Master of Arts - Massey University (2007)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Arts - Massey University (2008)
  • Doctor of Philosophy - Massey University (2015)

Prizes and Awards

  • Strategic Research Excellence Fund Grant: Trans-Tasman Deportation: Understanding the experiences of the s501 deportees to New Zealand. Principal Investigator $19,740 - Massey University (2020)

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Military Psychology: Coping with Combat and Deployment experiences. Transitioning from Military Life

Critical Psychology: Embodiment, Sexuality, Feminism and Health Psychology

Qualitative Reasearch Methodologies/Methods

Thematics

Health and Well-being

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Gender Psychology (170105): Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology (170106): Psychological Methodology, Design and Analysis (170110): Psychology (170100): Psychology And Cognitive Sciences (170000): Social and Community Psychology (170113)

Research Projects

Summary of Research Projects

Position Current Completed
Project Leader 0 3

Completed Projects

Project Title: HRC - Maori experience of using CPAP treatment for OSA - Nicola Canter-Burgoyne

Date Range: 2020 - 2023

Funding Body: Health Research Council of New Zealand

Project Team:

Research Outputs

Journal

Hopner, V. (2023). From indecent work to sustainable livelihoods in the age of the Anthropocene. Australian Journal of Career Development. 32(3), 237-244
[Journal article]Authored by: Hopner, V.
Hopner, V., Hodgetts, D., Nelson, N., & Battersby, J. (2023). Islam in the News: Persistent yet Changing Characterisations. Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture. 11(3), 287-310
[Journal article]Authored by: Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., Nelson, N.
Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., Carr, S., Bar-Tal, D., Liu, JH., Saner, R., . . . Moghaddam, F. (2023). Human Security Psychology: A Linking Construct for an Eclectic Discipline. Review of General Psychology. 27(2), 177-193
[Journal article]Authored by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., King, P., Liu, J.
Hodgetts, D., Rua, M., Groot, S., Hopner, V., Drew, N., King, P., . . . Blake, D. (2022). Relational ethics meets principled practice in community research engagements to understand and address homelessness. Journal of Community Psychology. 50(4), 1980-1992
[Journal article]Authored by: Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., King, P.
Hopner, V. (2021). Enforcing Exclusion: Precarious Migrants and the Law in Canada Sarah G. Marsden Vancouver: UBC Press. 2018. 237pp CDN$ 89.28 (cloth) CDN$32.95 (pbk) CDN$17.29 (ebk). Sociology of Health and Illness. 43(4), 1074-1076Retreived from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9566.13226
[Book Review]Authored by: Hopner, V.
Hopner, V., & Liu, JH. (2021). Relational ethics and epistemology: The case for complementary first principles in psychology. Theory and Psychology. 31(2), 179-198
[Journal article]Authored by: Hopner, V., Liu, J.
Carr, SC., Hopner, V., Hakim, MA., Hodgetts, DJ., Chamberlain, K., Nelson, N., . . . Jones, H. (2021). Scaling the Security Staircase. Political Psychology. 42(4), 575-595
[Journal article]Authored by: Ball, R., Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., Jones, H., Nelson, N.
Hopner, V., Hodgetts, D., Carr, S., Ball, R., Nelson, N., & Chamberlain, K. (2020). Introduction to the special section on the psychology of security. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation. 9(1), 1-4
[Journal article]Authored by: Ball, R., Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., Nelson, N.Edited by: Ball, R., Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., Nelson, N.
Hopner, V., & Chamberlain, K. (2020). Commodifying femininity: the on-line offering of breast augmentation to New Zealand women. Journal of Gender Studies. 29(6), 651-663
[Journal article]Authored by: Hopner, V.
Anstiss, D., Hopner, V., van Ommen, C., & Yen, J. (2018). Engagement in practice: Introduction to a special issue of Qualitative Research in Psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology. 15(4), 431-436
[Journal article]Authored by: Hopner, V., Van Ommen, C.
Hayman, J., Chamberlain, K., & Hopner, V. (2018). Disembodied social life: the ongoing social presence of the born-still on Facebook. Mortality. 23(1), 65-81
[Journal article]Authored by: Hopner, V.
Chester, K., Lyons, A., & Hopner, V. (2017). ‘Part of me already knew’: the experiences of partners of people going through a gender transition process. Culture, Health and Sexuality. 19(12), 1404-1417
[Journal article]Authored by: Hopner, V.Contributed to by: Hopner, V.

Book

Carr, SC., Hopner, V., Hodgetts, DJ., & Young, M. (2023). TACKLING WAGE INEQUALITY: The Maximum Wage. In Tackling Precarious Work: Toward Sustainable Livelihoods. (pp. 221 - 244).
[Chapter]Authored by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V.Edited by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V.
Carr, SC., Hodgetts, DJ., Hopner, V., & Young, M. (2023). FROM PRECARIOUS WORK TO SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS: Introduction to the Volume. In Tackling Precarious Work: Toward Sustainable Livelihoods. (pp. 1 - 26).
[Chapter]Authored by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V.Edited by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V.
Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., King, P., Liu, J., Maleka, M., . . . Tchagnéno, CL. (2023). From Precarious Jobs to Sustainable Livelihoods. In A. Di Fabio, & CL. Cooper (Eds.) Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development in Organizations. (pp. 57 - 73). London: Routledge
[Chapter]Authored by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., King, P., Liu, J.
(2023). Tackling Precarious Work: Toward Sustainable Livelihoods.
[Edited Book]Authored by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D.Edited by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V.
Hopner, V., Hodgetts, D., King, P., & Carr, S. (2022). From Crimmigration to [Re]integration Following the Removal of ‘Undesirable’ People from Australia to New Zealand. In F. Moghaddam, & MJ. Hendricks (Eds.) Contemporary Immigration: Psychological Perspectives to Address Challenges and Inform Solutions. (pp. 263 - 280). : American Psychological Association
[Chapter]Authored by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., King, P.
Hopner, V., Hodgetts, D., Carr, S., Nelson, N., Chamberlain, K., & Ball, R. (2021). Assembling the Psycurity Accord in Response to the Early COVID-19 Outbreak in Aotearoa New Zealand. In I. Strasser, & M. Dege (Eds.) The Psychology of Global Crises and Crisis Politics: Intervention, Resistance, Decolonization. (pp. 19 - 42). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan
[Chapter]Authored by: Ball, R., Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., Nelson, N.
Nikora, LW., Masters-Awatere, B., Rua, M., Hopner, V., Alefaio-Tugia, S., Stewart, M., . . . Carr, SC. (2017). Indigenized internationalization: Developments and lessons from two Aotearoa/New Zealand universities. In GJ. Rich, UP. Gielen, & H. Takooshian (Eds.) Internationalizing the teaching of psychology: A volume in: Advances in cultural psychology: Constructing human development. (pp. 129 - 142). Charlotte, NC, United States of America: Information Age Publishing Inc.
[Chapter]Authored by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., King, P.
Gardner, D., Hopner, V., McNaught, A., Nelson, NRP., & Chamberlain, K. (2015). Processes to support psychological well-being in deployed personnel. In A. Powles, N. Partow, & N. Nelson (Eds.) United Nations Peacekeeping Challenge: The Importance of the Integrated Approach. (pp. 131 - 148). Farnham, England: Ashgate
[Chapter]Authored by: Gardner, D., Hopner, V., Nelson, N.Edited by: Nelson, N., Powles, A.

Creative Work

Hopner, V., Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., & Searle, RH.(2023). Human Security Psychology [Animation]. [Video]. Glasgow, Scotland: Youtube
[Film or Video]Authored by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V.

Thesis

Hopner, VB. (2014). Home from War. (Doctoral Thesis, Massey University, New Zealand) Hopner, VB. (2014). Home from War. (Doctoral Thesis)
[Doctoral Thesis]Authored by: Hopner, V.

Report

Kawana, K., Hopner, V., & Liu, J. (2024). An exploration of the knowledge, experiences of staff towards Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in an Aotearoa New Zealand Prison. Massey University.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Hopner, V., Liu, J.
Sykes, S., & Hopner, V. (2023). Tradwives: The Housewives Commodifying Right-Wing Ideology (Insight Report). Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET). International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ISCR), Kings College, London.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Hopner, V.
Cassim, GS., Khan-Janif, J., Ali, M., Ali, N., Shah Drew, S., Slaimankhel, J., . . . Hopner, V. (2023). Project Salaam: Evaluation Report. Massey University.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Cassim, G., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V.
Hopner, V., & Webb, L. (2019). Breaking the cycle of grief and trauma. Massey University.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Hopner, V.
Hopner, VB. (2017). Caring for medically fragile babies born prenatally exposed to alcohol and drugs and placed in state care: A case for a dedicated facility to stabilise and transition New Zealand infants to secure placements.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Hopner, V.
Gardner, D., Hopner, V., McNaught, AJ., Nelson, N., & Chamberlain, K.(2015). A process review of deployment and psychological wellbeing in the New Zealand Defence Force. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University
[Technical Report]Authored by: Gardner, D., Hopner, V., Nelson, N.
Gavala, JR., Hopner, V., & Gardner, D. (2011). Exploratory factor analysis of Maori identity as measured by MMM-ICE RS31. School of Psychology, Massey University, Albany.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Gardner, D., Hopner, V.
Gavala, JR., Hopner, V., & Gardner, D. (2010). Te Whaka-tewha-tewha-tanga o te tuakiri a te toa Taua Moana: Exploring Maori identity within the Royal New Zealand Navy. School of Psychology, Massey University, Albany.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Gardner, D., Hopner, V.

Conference

Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., Carr, S., Searle, R., Gustavo, M., Malcom, M., . . . Jelena, Z.Human Security Psychology Webinar (2023). . Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow
[Conference Other]Authored by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V.
Carr, S., Hopner, V., Hodgetts, D., & Young, M.(2023, April). 2023 Society of Industrial Organisational Psychology (SIOP) Conference (Boston, MA, United States of America.. .
[Conference]Authored by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V.
Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., & Carr, S. (2023, February). Assembling Human Security: Dimensions, Research and Policy. Presented at THE 13TH ANNUAL DUPONT SUMMIT ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY HYBRID CONFERENCE (Invited Presentation). Washington DC, United States of America.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V.
Hopner, V. (2022, October). Decent Work through the lens of Human Security: A look at Modern Slavery. Presented at Humanitarian Work Psychology and Decent Work for all. IAAP Special Project Promoting Decent Work for all. University of Florence, Italy.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hopner, V.
Dege, M., Bamberg, M., Hopner, V., Carr, S., King, P., & Hodgetts, D. (2022, March). Beyond Western Identity. Presented at 2022 Midwinter Meeting for APA Division 24, Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. Berlin.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., King, P.Contributed to by: Hopner, V.
Liu, J., & Hopner, V.(2020, June). [Keynote] Relational Ethics and Epistemology. .
[Conference]Authored by: Hopner, V., Liu, J.
Hodgetts, D., & Hopner, V.(2020, May). [Keynote] Reflections on the ‘Psycurity Contract’ in Everyday Life Disrupted by Crisis. Presented on behalf of the Psycurity Research Cluster- including, S. Carr., N. Nelson., R. Ball., & K. Chamberlain.. .
[Conference]Authored by: Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V.
Kahu, ER., Zaidi, A., Tuffin, K., & Hopner, V. (2016). "I live two lives": Managing the tension between homosexuality and Islam. , New Zealand Psychological Society Conference
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Hopner, V.
Hopner, V., Nelson, N., Hodgetts, DJ., Chamberlain, K., & Ball, R. (2015). ISIS and the psychology of terror. In NZDC The Fifth New Zealand Discourse Conference Abstract Book(pp. 50 - 50). , The Fifth New Zealand Discourse Conference (NZDC5) Auckland, New Zealand: Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication, AUT University
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Ball, R., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., Nelson, N.
Hopner, V.(2014, September). Remembrance, memorialisation and the war veteran: Media war and memory. .
[Conference]Authored by: Hopner, V.
Gardner, DH., Chamberlain, K., Hopner, V., McNaught, A., & Nelson, N. (2013). Processes to support psychological well-being in deployed personnel. , Pacific Army Chiefs Conference/Pacific Armies Management Seminar (PACC/PAMS),
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Gardner, D., Hopner, V., Nelson, N.
Hopner, V.(2010, November). Complexity, ambiguity and reflexivity: A social psychological approach to interpreting and retelling of war memoirs. .
[Conference]Authored by: Hopner, V.
Hopner, VB., & Chamberlain, K, .(2009, November). Aphrodite's Bosom: The marketing and consumption of femininity. .
[Conference]Authored by: Hopner, V.
Hopner, VB., & Chamberlain, K, .(2008, March). Cosmetic surgery and internet sites of idenity. Conference Abstract. 51 (60)(pp. 11 - 52). 1742-9536. Retreived from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1742-9536
[Conference]Authored by: Hopner, V.
Chamberlain, K., Hopner, V., & Morgan, M. (2007, August). Marketing medication: Constructing Viagra, the aging male, sexual dysfunction, and masculinity. Presented at 21st Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society: Health Psychology and Society. Maastricht, The Netherlands.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hopner, V., Morgan, C.
Chamberlain, K., Hopner, V., & Morgan, M. (2007). Marketing medication: Constructing Viagra, the aging male, sexual dysfunction, and masculinity. In Health Psychology Review Vol. 1 (pp. 276 - 277). , 21st Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society: Health Psychology and Society United Kingdom: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Hopner, V., Morgan, C.

Other

Hopner, V., & Carr, S. (2023, November). Identify, Index, Incentivize Sustainable Livelihoods: A Clean Slate Collaboration?. In Career Development Association of New Zealand (CDANZ).. Presented at Nelson, New Zealand.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Carr, S., Hopner, V.
Doherty, L., Fowler, H., Janif, J., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., & Chen, E. (2023, September). Tackling Racism in Football in Aoteaora New Zealand. In New Zealand Football National Executive Board Meeting. Presented at Auckland, New Zealand.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V.
Sykes, S., & Hopner, V. (2023). The growing tradwife trend [Radio Broadcast] RNZ: Radio New Zealand. Radio New Zealand
[Other]Authored by: Hopner, V.
Sykes, S., & Hopner, V. (2023). Tradwives: the young women shunning modern feminism [Radio Broadcast] ABC.. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
[Other]Authored by: Hopner, V.
Hopner, V. (2022). Marriage, Modesty and Motherhood [Family Planning Association National Staff Meeting 2022].
[Other]Authored by: Hopner, V.
Hodgetts, D., Van Ommen, C., Blake, D., Hopner, V., Rua, M., Groot, S., . . . Carr, S. (2020). A call for further action in reply to Rose and colleagues (2020).
[Other]Authored by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., Van Ommen, C.
Hopner, V., Nesterova, Y., & Couch, D. (2018, November). Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in New Zealand and Abroad: Approaches and Critiques. In Public Lecture. Presented at Auckland University.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hopner, V.
Hopner, V., Nelson, N., & Battersby, J. (2018, July). Countering Violent Extremism in New Zealand. In United Nations Security Council Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UN CTED), INTERPOL and the International Civil Aviation Organization.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hopner, V., Nelson, N.

Teaching and Supervision

Summary of Doctoral Supervision

Position Current Completed
Main Supervisor 1 1
Co-supervisor 4 2

Current Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

  • Sophia West - Doctor of Philosophy
    Understanding Left-Wing Extremism and its association to violence

Co-supervisor of:

  • Sarah Choi - Doctor of Philosophy
    A mixed method investigation of historical narratives and representations within and across cultural contexts: Implications for political culture and identity
  • Nuke Martiarini - Doctor of Philosophy
    CREATING ENCLAVES OF CARE AND SUPPORT WITHIN MUSLIM MIGRANT WOMEN GROUPS IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND
  • Shireen Tresslor - Doctor of Philosophy
    A thematic analysis of health professionals talking about abuse in the context of palliative care
  • Megan Young - Doctor of Philosophy
    Merry-Go-Sorry: An Autoethnography of Chronic Illness

Completed Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

  • 2023 - Laura Stanley - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    What Contributes to Alcohol and Substance Misuse Recovery While Parenting in Integrated Residential Rehabilitation?

Co-supervisor of:

  • 2021 - Helen Pearse-Otene - Doctor of Philosophy
    Performing pūrākau: Liberating bodies, healing wairua, and reclaiming ancestral wisdom.
  • 2019 - Sophie Muir - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    More than "Potential Offenders": Understanding Adults who are Sexually Attracted to Children who have not Offended