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.