Lisette Burrows


Lisette C. Burrows is a New Zealand physical education academic. She is currently a full professor at the University of Waikato, where she holds the role as the director of the Te Ngira Institute for Population Research.

Academic career

After a 1999 PhD from the University of Wollongong titled 'Developmental discourses in school physical education,' Burrows worked at the University of Otago from 1991, rising to full professor in 2015 before moving to the University of Waikato in 2017.
In 2014, Burrows received Physical Education New Zealand's Sir Alexander Gillies Medal.
As part of her appointment at the University of Waikato, Burrows is also the Director of the Te Ngira Institute for Population Research, and is the co-editor of the journal "Sport, Education, and Society".

Selected works