Robyn Longhurst


Robyn Longhurst is a New Zealand human geography academician. In 2006 she was appointed full professor at the University of Waikato. In 2015 at Waikato she took up the role of Deputy Vice-Chancellor. In 2024 she took up the same role at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.

Academic career

After a 1996 PhD titled 'Geographies that matter: Pregnant bodies in public places' at the University of Waikato, Longhurst joined the staff, rising to full professor. Notable students include Lynda Johnston and Angeline Greensill.
In 2018 Longhurst was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

Selected works

  • Longhurst, Robyn. "Semi-structured interviews and focus groups." Key methods in geography 3 : 143–156.
  • Longhurst, Robyn. Bodies: Exploring fluid boundaries. Routledge, 2004.
  • Johnston, Lynda, and Robyn Longhurst. Space, place, and sex: Geographies of sexualities. Rowman & Littlefield, 2009.
  • Longhurst, Robyn, Elsie Ho, and Lynda Johnston. "Using 'the body’as an 'instrument of research': kimch’i and pavlova." Area 40, no. 2 : 208–217.
  • Longhurst, Robyn. "VIEWPOINT The body and geography." Gender, Place & Culture 2, no. 1 : 97–106.