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 Joseph Boden

BA cum laude (Psychology), Boston University
MA PhD(Psychology), Case Western Reserve University

Email joseph.boden@otago.ac.nz

Joe is the Principal Scientist of the Christchurch Health and Development Study. He trained as an experimental social psychologist and worked in the US, UK, and Australia, before coming to New Zealand.

He was awarded a Gold Medal for Research Excellence in 2017, and was a member of the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor Expert Panel on Cannabis.

Research Interests

  • The psychosocial causes and consequences of substance use, abuse, and dependence
  • Mental health and substance use epidemiology
  • The social and psychological determinants of maladaptive behaviour including aggression and violence.

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During its more than 30 years of existence, researchers from the Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS) have published an average of one paper every month.
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Publications

Deng, B., McLeod, G., Mackenbach, J. D., Dhakal, B., Eggleton, P., Marek, L., … Boden, J., & Hobbs, M. (2024). Typologies of residential mobility in childhood and associations with sociodemographic characteristics: A prospective birth cohort study in Aotearoa New Zealand. Child Indicators Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s12187-024-10175-w Journal - Research Article

Deng, B., Campbell, M., McLeod, G. F. H., Boden, J., Marek, L., Sabel, C. E., … Hobbs, M. (2024). Construction of a consistent historic time-series area-level deprivation metric for Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Population Review, 50, 145-180. Retrieved from https://population.org.nz/journal/ Journal - Research Article

Ruhe, T., Marek, L., Bowden, N., Wiki, J., Theodore, R., Hobbs, M., Thabrew, H., Richards, R., Milne, B., Hetrick, S., Boden, J., & Kokaua, J. (2024). The natural and built environments where Pacific children and young people in Aotearoa New Zealand live: A nationwide cross-sectional geospatial study. New Zealand Population Review, 50, 99-124. Retrieved from https://population.org.nz/journal/ Journal - Research Article

Wiki, J., Theodore, R., Marek, L., Hobbs, M., Ruhe, T., Kokaua, J., Boden, J., Thabrew, H., Hetrick, S., Milne, B., & Bowden, N. (2024). How health are the environments of tamariki and rangatahi Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand? A nationwide cross-sectional geospatial study. New Zealand Population Review, 50, 71-98. Retrieved from https://population.org.nz/journal/ Journal - Research Article

Eggleton, P., Campbell, M., Hobbs, M., McLeod, G. F. H., & Boden, J. (2024). Investigating misclassification in exposure to the Canterbury earthquake sequence using a birth cohort study. New Zealand Population Review, 50, 7-41. Retrieved from https://population.org.nz/journal/ Journal - Research Article

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