2024
Journal - Research Article
McNatty, S., Nairn, K., Campbell-Price, M., & Boyes, M. (2024). Looking back: The lasting impact of outdoor education for adolescent girls. Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/14729679.2024.2399254
Nairn, K., Showden, C. R., Matthews, K. R., Kidman, J., & Sligo, J. (2024). Scaffolding collective hope and agency in youth activist groups: ‘I get hope through action’. Sociological Review. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/00380261241245546
Journal - Research Other
Nairn, K. (2024). Disrupting the chrononormativity of geographies of youth and youth studies: Learning from infractions at the border. Geography Compass, 18, e70010. doi: 10.1111/gec3.70010
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Nairn, K., & Showden, C. (2024). Doing gender in activist spaces: Intersectionality and the limits of change. Proceedings of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Conference: The Sociology to Come. Retrieved from https://www.saanz.net/saanz2024/
2023
Journal - Research Article
Showden, C. R., Barker-Clarke, E., Sligo, J., & Nairn, K. (2023). The connective is communal: Hybrid activism in online and offline spaces. Social Movement Studies. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/14742837.2023.2171387
Sligo, J., Besley, T., Ker, A., & Nairn, K. (2023). Creating a culture of care to support rainbow activists’ well-being: An exemplar from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Journal of LGBT Youth, 20(3), 502-523. doi: 10.1080/19361653.2022.2077274
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Showden, C. R., & Nairn, K. (2023). Family, friends, and climate change: What drives young New Zealanders into activism. Proceedings of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Conference: Global Challenges, Local Responses. Retrieved from https://www.saanz.net/saanz2023
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Blake, V., O'Brien, R., McLaren, L., & Nairn, K. (2023, June). Opportunities. Panel discussion at the Science-based Policy School for Climate Change, [Hybrid].
Other Research Output
Matata-Sipu, Q. & Nairn, K. (2023, October). Fierce hope: The Ihumātao Chapter. Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Public Discussion].
2022
Authored Book - Research
Nairn, K., Sligo, J., Showden, C. R., Matthews, K. R., & Kidman, J. (2022). Fierce hope: Youth activism in Aotearoa. Wellington, New Zealand: Bridget Williams Books, 300p. doi: 10.7810/9781990046681
Journal - Research Article
Graham, K., Nairn, K., & Treharne, G. J. (2022). Teaching gender and sexual diversity in Aotearoa New Zealand: How hierarchies and surveillance shape what is possible. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 57(2), 351-365. doi: 10.1007/s40841-022-00259-y
Showden, C. R., Nairn, K., & Matthews, K. R. (2022). ‘So people wake up, what are we gonna do?': From paralysis to action in decolonizing activism. Ethnicities, 22(5), 663-684. doi: 10.1177/14687968211062916
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Showden, C., & Nairn, K. (2022). Activist hope: Rejecting naivete, refusing despair. Proceedings of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Conference: Now what? Reimagining hope, 'truth' and equality. Retrieved from https://www.saanz.net/saanz2022
Other Research Output
Nairn, K. (2022, September). Fierce hope and research with young people. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Inaugural Professorial Lecture].
2021
Journal - Research Article
Nairn, K., Kidman, J., Matthews, K. R., Showden, C. R., & Parker, A. (2021). Living in and out of time: Youth-led activism in Aotearoa New Zealand. Time & Society, 30(2), 247-269. doi: 10.1177/0961463X21989858
Rogers, T. L., & Nairn, K. (2021). Cambodian schoolgirls’ negotiation of discursive constraints within and beyond the school context. Gender & Education, 33(6), 737-756. doi: 10.1080/09540253.2020.1849571
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Nairn, K., & Kidman, J. (2021). Living in and out of time: Youth-led activism in Aotearoa New Zealand. Proceedings of The Material Life of Time: The Second International Temporal Belongings Conference. Retrieved from https://www.temporalbelongings.org/programme1.html
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Nairn, K. (2021, November). The emotional work of youth-led activism in Aotearoa. Verbal presentation at the Performing Childhoods Conference, [Online].
2020
Journal - Research Article
Nairn, K., Showden, C. R., Sligo, J., Matthews, K. R., & Kidman, J. (2020). Consent requires a relationship: Rethinking group consent and its timing in ethnographic research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 23(6), 719-731. doi: 10.1080/13645579.2020.1760562
Nairn, K. (2020). Learning through doing: The potential of a collective editing pedagogy. Teaching in Higher Education, 25(7), 888-901. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2019.1632827
2019
Journal - Research Article
Nairn, K. (2019). Learning from young people engaged in climate activism: The potential of collectivizing despair and hope. YOUNG, 27(5), 435-450. doi: 10.1177/1103308818817603
Sandretto, S., & Nairn, K. (2019). Do parenting advice books help or harm? Critiquing ‘common-sense’ advice for mothers raising boys. Gender & Education, 31(3), 327-343. doi: 10.1080/09540253.2018.1533919
Costa Camoes Rabello, R., Nairn, K., & Anderson, V. (2019). Working within/against institutional expectations: Exploring recommendations for social investment in the oil and gas sector. Extractive Industries & Society, 6(1), 103-109. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2018.06.007
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Matthews, K., Nairn, K., & Bond, S. (2019, August). Youth activism in Aotearoa New Zealand: Militant ethnography and the ethical boundaries of the field. Verbal presentation at the School of Geography Postgraduate Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2018
Chapter in Book - Research
Costa Camoes Rabello, R., Anderson, V., & Nairn, K. (2018). An exploration of social investment discourses in the oil and gas sector. In D. Crowther, S. Seifi & A. Moyeen (Eds.), The goals of sustainable development: Responsibility and governance. (pp. 139-154). Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-5047-3_9
Costa Camoes Rabello, R., Nairn, K., & Anderson, V. (2018). Rethinking corporate social responsibility in capitalist neoliberal times. In D. Crowther & S. Seifi (Eds.), Redefining corporate social responsibility. (pp. 27-41). Bingley, UK: Emerald. doi: 10.1108/S2043-052320180000013005
Journal - Research Article
Bäckström, A., & Nairn, K. (2018). Skateboarding beyond the limits of gender? Strategic interventions in Sweden. Leisure Studies, 37(4), 424-439. doi: 10.1080/02614367.2018.1462397
Sligo, J. L., Nairn, K. M., & McGee, R. O. (2018). Rethinking integration in mixed methods research using data from different eras: Lessons from a project about teenage vocational behaviour. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 21(1), 63-75. doi: 10.1080/13645579.2017.1321868
Nairn, K., Anderson, V., & Blanch, K. (2018). Future teachers debate charter schools on Facebook: Analysing their political subjectivities. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 39(1), 41-52. doi: 10.1080/01596306.2016.1228045
2017
Journal - Research Article
Graham, K., Treharne, G. J., & Nairn, K. (2017). Using Foucault's theory of disciplinary power to critically examine the construction of gender in secondary schools. Social & Personality Psychology Compass, 11(2), e12302. doi: 10.1111/spc3.12302
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Graham, K., Treharne, G., & Nairn, K. (2017, July). Student educators' understandings of gender: A qualitative exploration of secondary and tertiary education settings in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the British Psychology Society (BPS) Psychology of Women Section 30th Anniversary Annual Conference, Windsor, UK.
Graham, K., Treharne, G., & Nairn, K. (2017, July). Using discourse analysis to explore secondary and tertiary educators' conceptualisation of their role. Verbal presentation at the Qualitative Methods in Psychology Conference, Aberystwyth, UK.
Other Research Output
Sandretto, S. & Nairn, K. (2018, October). Do parenting advice books help or harm? Critiquing 'common-sense' advice for mothers raising boys. College of Education Research Seminar Series, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
2016
Edited Book - Research
Nairn, K., Kraftl, P., & Skelton, T. (Eds.). (2016). Space, place, and environment. Singapore: Springer, 566p.
Chapter in Book - Research
Nairn, K., & Kraftl, P. (2016). Introduction to children and young people, space, place, and environment. In K. Nairn, P. Kraftl & T. Skelton (Eds.), Space, place, and environment. (pp. 1-24). Singapore: Springer.
Freeman, C., Gollop, M., & Nairn, K. (2016). Disasters, displacement, and disruption: Children and young people's experience of spatial change following disasters. In N. Ansell, N. Klocker & T. Skelton (Eds.), Geographies of global issues: Change and threat. (pp. 375-399). Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-4585-54-5_11
Journal - Research Article
Smith, L., Nairn, K., & Sandretto, S. (2016). Complicating hetero-normative spaces at school formals in New Zealand. Gender, Place & Culture, 23(5), 589-606. doi: 10.1080/0966369X.2015.1034245
Other Research Output
Nairn, K. (2016, September). Sustaining academic writing: How did a new postgraduate course "Writing for publication in the social sciences" work?. College of Education, Research Seminar Series, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
2015
Journal - Research Article
Freeman, C., Nairn, K., & Gollop, M. (2015). Disaster impact and recovery: What children and young people can tell us. Kōtuitui, 10(2), 103-115. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2015.1066400
Nairn, K., & Wyn, J. (2015). New girlhood and lost boys: Analysing the cultural politics of gender and education through film. Discourse, 36(6), 821-832. doi: 10.1080/01596306.2014.973372
Nairn, K., Cameron, J., Anakin, M., Juntrasook, A., Wass, R., Sligo, J., & Morrison, C. (2015). Negotiating the challenge of collaborative writing: Learning from one writing group's mutiny. Higher Education Research & Development, 34(3), 596-608. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2014.973383
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Nairn, K. (2015, November). 'Out of sight, out of mind' Education provision for learners disengaged from school. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) Conference: Emancipation Through Education, Whakatāne, New Zealand.
Nairn, K. (2015, November). Creatively researching with young adults who are encountering uncertain futures. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) Conference: Emancipation Through Education, Whakatāne, New Zealand.
2014
Chapter in Book - Research
Higgins, J., & Nairn, K. (2014). "Out of sight, out of mind?" Education provision for learners disengaged from school. In V. M. Carpenter & S. Osborne (Eds.), Twelve thousand hours: Education and poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 145-164). Auckland, New Zealand: Dunmore.
Nairn, K., & Higgins, J. (2014). Stay or go? Reading identity through young people’s lives in rural places. In J. Wyn & H. Cahill (Eds.), Handbook of children and youth studies. (pp. 1-11). Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-4451-96-3_9-1
Journal - Research Article
Brown, K., Nairn, K., & Sandretto, S. (2014). Learners' experiences in negotiating excellence. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 49(1), 87-100.
Spowart, L., & Nairn, K. (2014). (Re)performing emotions in diary-interviews. Qualitative Research, 14(3), 327-340. doi: 10.1177/1468794112473498
Brown, K., Nairn, K., van der Meer, J., & Scott, C. (2014). "We were told we’re not teachers ... It gets difficult to draw the line": Negotiating roles in Peer-Assisted Study Sessions (PASS). Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 22(2), 146-161. doi: 10.1080/13611267.2014.902559
Blanch, K., Nairn, K., & Sandretto, S. (2014). Facebook in the classroom: Blended audiences and multiple front-stages. International Journal of Social Media & Interactive Learning Environments, 2(1), 70-84. doi: 10.1504/IJSMILE.2014.059693
Journal - Research Other
Nairn, K. (2014). [Review of the book Henri Lefebvre and education. space, history, theory]. New Zealand Geographer, 70(3), 211-212. doi: 10.1111/nzg.12065
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Fielding, K., Smith, L. F., & Nairn, K. M. (2014). What can secondary initial education students learn from observing in a primary classroom? Proceedings of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference. Retrieved from http://www.aera.net
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Nairn, K. (2014, October). Experimenting with our academic writing. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) Student Caucus Workshops, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2013
Chapter in Book - Research
Sligo, J., & Nairn, K. (2013). Children's understandings of success. In N. Higgins & C. Freeman (Eds.), Childhoods: Growing up in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 235-248). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.
Journal - Research Article
Juntrasook, A., Nairn, K., Bond, C., & Spronken-Smith, R. (2013). Unpacking the narrative of non-positional leadership in academia: Hero and/or victim? Higher Education Research & Development, 32(2), 201-213. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2011.643858
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Nairn, K. (2013). Children of Rogernomics: How does this neoliberal "do" gender? In E. C. M. Grant, A. Alfaro & H. Radner (Eds.), At a Crossroads: Reconsidering Gender and Identity Research Colloquium: Refereed Abstracts. (pp. 12-13). Dunedin, New Zealand: Department of History and Art History, University of Otago. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Anderson, V., Nairn, K., & Blanch, K. (2013, November). 'I'm trying to understand opposition to partnership schools': Facebook as a forum for examining pre-service teachers' views on educational issues. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) National Conference: Creativity in Research: Generative Inquiries for Educational Futures, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Adam, L., Casey, B., Cross, D., Nairn, K., & Stein, S. (2013, August). What do we do about unintentional plagiarism? Panel discussion at the Spotlight on Teaching and Learning Colloquium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2012
Authored Book - Research
Nairn, K., Higgins, J., & Sligo, J. (2012). Children of Rogernomics: A neoliberal generation leaves school. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press, 198p.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Cameron, J., Juntrasook, A., Morrison, C., Nairn, K., Renner, S., Sligo, J., Tilson, J., Trevethan, H., Wass, R., & Anakin, M. (2012). Negotiating and sustaining academic writing groups. Proceedings of the Joint International Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) and the Asia Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA). Retrieved from http://aare-apera2012.com.au/
Freeman, C., Gollop, M., Taylor, N., & Nairn, K. (2012). Children and young people's voices in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake. Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference. (pp. 10). Retrieved from http://www.hazardseducation.org/conference/
2011
Journal - Research Article
Nairn, K., & Higgins, J. (2011). The emotional geographies of neoliberal school reforms: Spaces of refuge and containment. Emotion, Space & Society, 4(3), 180-186. doi: 10.1016/j.emospa.2010.10.001
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Anakin, M., Morrison, C., Nairn, K., Tilson, J., Trevethan, H., Cameron, J., Juntrasook, A., Wass, R., & Sligo, J. (2011). Collaborative academic writing group [Panel discussion]. In K. Shephard, T. Harland & A. Cohen (Eds.), Proceedings of the Spotlight on Teaching and Learning Colloquium. (pp. 18). Dunedin, New Zealand: HEDC, University of Otago. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Nairn, K. (2011, September). Education and employment interrupted: Young motherhood in neoliberal times. Verbal presentation at the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, London, UK.
2010
Chapter in Book - Research
Nairn, K., & Higgins, J. (2010). In transition: How the children of the economic reforms articulate identities at the child-adult border. In L. B. Claiborne & W. Drewery (Eds.), Human development: Family, place, culture. (pp. 253-255). Sydney, Australia: McGraw-Hill.
Higgins, J., & Nairn, K. (2010). In transition: From school to work in the twenty-first century. In G. McLennan, McManus & P. Spoonley (Eds.), Exploring society: Sociology for New Zealand students. (3rd ed.) (pp. 160-161). Auckland, New Zealand: Pearson.
Journal - Research Article
Higgins, J., Nairn, K., & Sligo, J. (2010). Vocational imagination and labour market literacy: Young New Zealanders making education-employment linkages. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 62(1), 13-25. doi: 10.1080/13636820903491716
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Juntrasook, A., Bond, C., Spronken-Smith, R., & Nairn, K. (2010). Unpacking the complexities of leadership in academic life through the multiple lenses of narrative analysis. Proceedings of the Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines (CEAD) Hui. (pp. 99-100). Retrieved from http://cead.org.nz/Site/Ethnography_conference/Programme.aspx
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Juntrasook, A., & Nairn, K. (2010, November). Becoming vulnerable in academia: Re-considering vulnerabilities in a research interview with a 'marginalised' academic. Verbal presentation at the University of Otago Postcolonial Studies Research Network Symposium: Vulnerability, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2009
Journal - Research Article
Nairn, K., & Higgins, J. (2009). 'In transition': How the children of the economic reforms articulate identities at the child/adult border. Childrenz Issues, 13(1), 30-34.
Higgins, J., Nairn, K., & Sligo, J. (2009). Alternative ways of expressing and reading identity. Ethnography & Education, 4(1), 83-99. doi: 10.1080/17457820802703549
Cameron, J., Nairn, K., & Higgins, J. (2009). Demystifying academic writing: Reflections on emotions, know-how and academic identity. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 33(2), 269-284.
Nairn, K., & Panelli, R. (2009). Using fiction to make meaning in research with young people in rural New Zealand. Qualitative Inquiry, 15(1), 96-112. doi: 10.1177/1077800408318314
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Nairn, K., & Wyn, J. (2009, November). Coming of age stories in film: Divergent subjectivities of hope and marginalisation. Verbal presentation at the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAA(NZ)) Conference, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
2008
Chapter in Book - Other
Higgins, J., Nairn, K., & Sligo, J. (2008). Peer research with youth: Negotiating (sub)cultural capital, place and participation in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In S. Kindon, R. Pain & M. Kesby (Eds.), Participatory action research approaches and methods: Connecting people, participation and place (Reprinted). (pp. 104-111). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Nairn, K. (2008). Understanding alienation from school: Reading spaces, reading emotions. Proceedings of the Emotional Geographies of Education Symposium. Retrieved from http://www.education.monash.edu/research/conferences/emotional-ed/index.html
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Nairn, K., Higgins, J., & Sligo, J. (2008, November). Buying into the promise of the knowledge economy in NZ: Young people's decision-making as they leave school. Verbal presentation at the International Sociology of Education Conference, London, UK.
2007
Chapter in Book - Research
Higgins, J., Nairn, K., & Sligo, J. (2007). Peer research with youth: Negotiating (sub)cultural capital, place and participation in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In S. Kindon, R. Pain & M. Kesby (Eds.), Participatory action research approaches and methods: Connecting people, participation and place. (pp. 104-111). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Journal - Research Article
Nairn, K., Higgins, J., & Ormond, A. (2007). Post-school horizons: New Zealand's neo-liberal generation in transition. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 17(4), 349-366.
Nairn, K., & Higgins, J. (2007). New Zealand's neoliberal generation: Tracing discourses of economic (ir)rationality. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 20(3), 261-281.
Nairn, K., Higgins, J., & Sligo, J. (2007). Youth researching youth: ″Trading on″ subcultural capital in peer research methodologies. Teachers College Record, 14515. Retrieved from http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=14515
2006
Journal - Research Article
Nairn, K., Higgins, J., Thompson, B., Anderson, M., & Fu, N. (2006). 'It's just like the teenage stereotype, you go out and drink and stuff': Hearing from young people who don't drink. Journal of Youth Studies, 9(3), 287-304.
Higgins, J., & Nairn, K. (2006). 'In transition': Choice and the children of New Zealand's economic reforms. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 27(2), 207-220.
Nairn, K., Sligo, J., & Freeman, C. (2006). Polarizing participation in local government: Which young people are included and excluded? Children, Youth & Environments, 16(2), 248-271.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Nairn, K. (2006, December). Perceptions of how safe lesbian, gay and bisexual students are in NZ high schools. Verbal presentation at the Sexual Health Research Network Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2005
Journal - Research Article
Anderson, V., & Nairn, K. (2005). Commentary: Teaching and mothering: Reflections on the dual role. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 40(1 & 2), 211-220.
Nairn, K. (2005). The problems of utilizing 'Direct experience' in geography education. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 29(2), 293-309.
Nairn, K., Munro, J., & Smith, A. B. (2005). A counter-narrative of a 'failed' interview. Qualitative Research, 5(2), 221-244.
2004
Journal - Research Article
Ashcroft, C., & Nairn, K. (2004). Critiquing the Tertiary Education Commission's role in New Zealand's tertiary education system: Policy, practice and panopticism. ACCESS, 23(2), 43-54.
Smith, A. B., Gaffney, M., & Nairn, K. (2004). Health rights in secondary schools: Student and staff perspectives. Health Education Research, 19(1), 85-97. Oxford University Press.
Smith, A. B., Nairn, K., & Gaffney, M. (2004). Secondary students' involvement in recreational activities at school. Childrenz Issues, 8(1), 29-34.
2003
Chapter in Book - Research
Nairn, K. (2003). Young people's participation: What does it mean for libraries and librarians? In M. Nimon (Ed.), Connecting challenges: Issues for teacher and children's librarians. (pp. 120-126). Adelaide: Auslib Press.
Journal - Research Article
Nairn, K. (2003). What has the geography of sleeping arrangements got to do with the geography of our teaching spaces? Gender, Place & Culture, 10(1), 67-81.
Nairn, K., & Smith, A. B. (2003). Taking students seriously: Their rights to be safe at school. Gender & Education, 15(2), 133-149.
Smith, A. B., Nairn, K., Taylor, N. J., & Gaffney, J. M. D. (2003). Staff and student perspectives on children's rights in New Zealand secondary schools. Childrenz Issues, 7(1), 9-16.
Nairn, K., Panelli, R., & McCormack, J. (2003). Destabilizing dualisms: Young people's experiences of rural and urban environments. Childhood, 10(1), 9-42. doi: 10.1177/0907568203010001002
Freeman, C., Nairn, K., & Sligo, J. L. (2003). 'Professionalising' participation: From rhetoric to practice. Children's Geographies, 1(1), 53-70.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Freeman, C., Sligo, J. L., & Nairn, K. (2003, April). Young people's participation in community life. Verbal presentation at the Social Policy Research and Evaluation Conference 2003: Connecting policy, research and practice, Wellington, New Zealand.
Sligo, J. L., Munro, J. A., Nairn, K., Higgins, J., & Tuhiwai Smith, L. (2003, December). 'In transition': How the children of the economic reforms articulate identities at the child/adult border. Reporting from the pilot study. Verbal presentation at the Combined Annual Conference of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education and the Australian Association for Research in Education 2003 : Educational research, risks and dilemmas, Auckland, New Zealand.
Smith, A. B., Nairn, K., Sligo, J. L., Gaffney, J. M. D., & McCormack, J. (2003, June). Case studies of young people's participation in public life: Local government, boards of trustees and the youth parliament. Verbal presentation at the Fifth Child and Family Policy Conference: Joined up services: Linking together for children and families, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Nairn, K., & Smith, A. B. (2003, April). Young people as researchers in schools: The possibilities of peer research. Verbal presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2003: Accountability for educational quality, Chicago, IL.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Smith, A. B., Nairn, K., Sligo, J. L., Gaffney, J. M. D., & McCormack, J. (2003). Case studies of young people's participation in public life: Local government, boards of trustees and the youth parliament. University of Otago. 82p.
Other Research Output
Smith, A. B., Gaffney, J. M. D., Nairn, K., & Sligo, J. L. (2003). Case studies of young people's participation in public life. [Public Seminar].
2002
Chapter in Book - Research
Nairn, K. (2002). Doing feminist fieldwork about geography fieldwork. In P. Moss (Ed.), Geography and Gender: A Guide to its Methodology. (pp. 146-159). Oxford: Blackwell.
Journal - Research Article
Nairn, K., & Smith, A. B. (2002). Secondary school students' experiences of bullying at school and their suggestions for dealing with it. Childrenz Issues, 6(1), 16-22.
Panelli, R., Nairn, K., Atwool, N. R., & McCormack, J. (2002). 'Hanging out': Print media constructions of young people in 'public space'. Childrenz Issues, 6(1), 23-30.
Panelli, R., Nairn, K., & McCormack, J. (2002). ''We make our own fun'': Reading the politics of youth with(in) community. Sociologia Ruralis, 42(2), 106-130. doi: 10.1111/1467-9523.00205
Journal - Research Other
Nairn, K. (2002). [Review of the book Line dancing: an atlas of geography curriculum and poetic possibilites]. Gender, Place & Culture, 9. [Book Review].
Other - Edited Journal
Nairn, K., & Gollop, M. (Eds.). (2002). Childrenz issues: Exploring Youth Issues, 6(1). [Journal Editor].
2001
Journal - Research Article
Taylor, N. J., Smith, A. B., & Nairn, K. (2001). Rights important to young people: Secondary student and staff perspectives. International Journal of Children's Rights, 9, 137-156.
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Nairn, K. (2001). Young people's participation - What does it mean for libraries and librarians? Australian Public Libraries, 14(1), 25-31.
2000
Edited Book - Research
Smith, A. B., Gollop, M. M., Marshall, K., & Nairn, K. (Eds.). (2000). Advocating for Children: International Perspectives on Children's Rights. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 223p.
Journal - Research Article
Freeman, C., & Nairn, K. (2000). Children, young people and their environments: Changing themes. Childrenz Issues, 4(2), 7-13.
Nairn, K., Higgitt, D., & Vanneste, D. (2000). International perspectives on fieldcourses. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 24(2), 246-254.
1999
Journal - Research Article
Nairn, K. (1999). Embodied fieldwork. Journal of Geography, 98, 272-282.
1997
Chapter in Book - Research
Nairn, K. (1997). Hearing from quiet students: The politics of silence and of voice in geography classrooms. In S. Roberts, H. Nast & J. P. Jones (Eds.), Thresholds in Feminist Geography. (III ed.) (pp. 93-115). Lanham (USA): Rowman and Littlefield.
1996
Journal - Research Article
Nairn, K. (1996). Parties on geography fieldtrips: Embodied fieldwork? Women's Studies Journal, 12(2), 86-97.