Professor of Geography
SGGES, The University of Auckland
Robin has expertise in a range of qualitative methods and has applied these over the past 20 years in studies of health services and health determinants. His interests centre on the role of place in shaping health experience. Current research projects include work on: investigating the effects of proposed residential developments on coastal experience; the links between neighbourhood design and physical activity (especially for children); housing issues for older people; and the place of activism in influencing urban change. He has served on the Public Health Research Committee of the Health Research Council and the Board of the Centre for Housing Research, and is presently a member of the National Health Committee and the Public Health Advisory Committee (PHAC). As part of his work with PHAC he is lead sponsor of a project investigating links between urban environments and health.
GESLER, W.M. and KEARNS, R.A.
Culture/Place/Health
Routledge, London (2002)
COLLINS, D.C.A. and KEARNS, R.A
Uninterrupted Views: Real Estate Advertising and Changing Perspectives on Coastal Property in New Zealand.
Environment and Planning A 40(12): 2914-2932. (2008)
BEAN, C., KEARNS, R.A. and COLLINS, D.C.A
Exploring social mobilities: Narratives of walking and driving in Auckland, New Zealand
Urban Studies 45(13): 2829-2848 (2008)
BULLEN, C., KEARNS, R.A., CLINTON, J. LAING, P., MAHONY, F. and McDUFF, I
Bringing health home: Householder and provider perspectives on the Healthy Housing programme in Auckland.
New Zealand Social Science & Medicine 66, 1185-1196. (2008)
MITCHELL, H., KEARNS, R.A. and COLLINS, D.C.A
Nuances of neighbourhood: Children’s perceptions of the space between home and school in Auckland, New Zealand.
Geoforum 38, 614-627 (2007)
KEARNS, R.A. and COLLINS, D.C.A
Crossing roads, crossing boundaries:empowerment and participation in a child pedestrian initiative.
Space and Polity 7, 193 - 212. (2003)
KEARNS, R.A., COLLINS, D.C.A. and NEUWELT, P.M
The walking school bus: extending children’s geographies?
Area 35, 285-292. (2003)
