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Dr Sharon McLennan BNurs, MPhil, PhD
Senior Lecturer
Doctoral Supervisor School of People, Environment and PlanningSharon McLennan's current research projects include:
- Health Sytem Resilience: Massey University Research Fund (MURF) grant 2022. This research aims to explore how the health crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic could provide an opportunity for building more sustainable, resilient healthcare futures in the Pacific, with a focus on Fiji.
- Cuba in the Pacific: Marsden Faststart award ($300000) for research on how Cuban medical cooperation contributes to health and development in the Pacific. This project will run from 2018 - 2022.
- New Zealand’s sanctions enforcement and maritime security in the Pacific: Multi Agency Research Network (MARN) research seed funding to develop a framework for anctions enforcement and maritime security in the Pacific (2019-2020)
- Global citizenship education: Reseach exploring the way in which global citizenship is taught in NZ, with a particular focus on the BA core citizenship papers.
I have a long-standing interest in international volunteering and have undertaken research on volunteer tourism in Fiji, with a particular interest in the links between volunteering, global citizenship, social media and development.. Past and ongoing research interests also include ICT-based networking and social media for development in Honduras (PhD research, 2008-2012), and a post-doctoral fellowship (2013-2016) exploring community perceptions of corporate community development initiatives of mining and tourism multinationals in the Pacific .
Supervision Interests:
- Health and Development
- Volunteering and voluntourism
- Global citizenship education
- ICT and Social Media in development
My research focuses on international development and global health, with a particular interest in health systems, health workforce development and health resilience in the Pacific.I also have ongoing teaching and research interests in critical and decolonial apporaches to the study and practice of international development and global citizenship.
I am the Course Coordinator for 230.210 Tū Rangaranga - Global Encounters in the Massey BA, and I supervise and occasionnally teach in the international development programme. My background in health as a registered nurse and international volunteer in Aotearoa, the Philippines and Central America.
Professional
Contact details
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Ph: 83662
Location: 2.07, SST
Campus: Turitea
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Nursing - Wellington Polytechnic (1996)
- Master of Philosophy - Massey University (2006)
- Doctor of Philosophy - Massey University (2012)
Prizes and Awards
- Marsden Fast Start Award ($300,000): Cuba in the Pacific - Royal Society of New Zealand (2018)
- Massey University Research Fund ($10465): Re-imagining health care in Fiji - (2022)
- Massey University Research Fund Early Career Award ($4000): Global Citizenship Education in Aotearoa / New Zealand - Massey University (2017)
- Massey University Research Fund Early Career Award ($9413): Voluntourism in Fiji - Massey University (2016)
Research Expertise
Research Interests
Health & Development
-Cuban Medical Cooperation in the Pacific
-Health resilience in the Pacific
Global Citizenship Education
International Volunteering and voluntourism
-Voluntourism in Fiji
-Private development volunteers in Honduras
ICT4D & Social Media for development
Thematics
21st Century Citizenship, Health and Well-being
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Anthropology (160100):
Anthropology of Development (160101):
Citizenship (160602):
Human Geography (160400):
Human Geography not elsewhere classified (160499):
Medical And Health Sciences (110000):
Pacific Peoples Health (111715):
Political Science (160600):
Public Health and Health Services (111700):
Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified (111799):
Studies In Human Society (160000)
Keywords
Health and Development
Global Citizenship
Latin America (particularly Cuba and Honduras)
International volunteering
Voluntourism / Volunteer Tourism
ICT and Social Media for Development
Research Projects
Summary of Research Projects
Position | Current | Completed |
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Project Leader | 2 | 5 |
Completed Projects
Project Title: Multiple coincidences: Cuban medical cooperation in the Pacific
Date Range: 2018 - 2022
Funding Body: Royal Society of New Zealand
Project Team:
- Dr Sharon McLennan - Project Leader
Research Outputs
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[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Banks, G., McLennan, S., Scheyvens, R.
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[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Banks, G., McLennan, S., Scheyvens, R.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Banks, G., McLennan, S., Scheyvens, R.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: McLennan, S.Contributed to by: Banks, G.
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[Other]Authored by: Forster, M., McLennan, S.Contributed to by: McLennan, S.
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Consultancy and Languages
Languages
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Spanish
Last used: 2019
Spoken ability: Needs work
Written ability: Average
Teaching and Supervision
Teaching Statement
Global Citizenship
Development Theory
Globalisation and Development
Development and Inequaltiy
Development Research
Summary of Doctoral Supervision
Position | Current | Completed |
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Main Supervisor | 1 | 1 |
Co-supervisor | 0 | 2 |
Current Doctoral Supervision
Main Supervisor of:
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Johanna Thomas-Maude
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Doctor of Philosophy
'Just' restrictions? Understanding the experiences of foreign-trained doctors (FTDs) in Aotearoa New Zealand
Completed Doctoral Supervision
Main Supervisor of:
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2019
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Natalie Slade
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Doctor of Philosophy
(De)constructing 'refugeeness': Exploring mediated discourses of hospitality, welcome and refugee (self)representation in New Zealand
Co-supervisor of:
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2018
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Sharon Bell
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Doctor of Philosophy
Health justice for all: The development of alternative health system capabilities in the conflict-affected context of Shan State, Myanmar -
2017
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Dorcas Shumba
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Doctor of Philosophy
The Gender Dimensions of Environmental Change: An Exploration of the Experiences and Perceptions of Rural Men and Women in Zimbabwe
Media and Links
Other Links
- The future of voluntourism - Radio NZ - interview on The weekend programme, Jan. 2023
- Cuban medical cooperation - update - Interview with 3RRR Community Radio, Melbourne, Uncommon sense programme. Jan 2023 (from 02:09:00)
- Cuban medical cooperation - Interview with 3CR Community Radio, Melbourne Wednesday Breakfast programme. Feb 2019
- The Honduran 'Caravan' - Radio NZ interview, November 2018
- Voluntourism - Radio NZ - interview on Sunday Morning programme, Jan. 2016
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- Corporate Community Development Project
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