Dr David Conradson
Position
Senior Lecturer in Human Geography
Research and teaching interests: Social and cultural geography, welfare and wellbeing, organisational space and therapeutic environments
Qualifications
MSc (Canterbury), PhD (Bristol), Dip. Psychology (Open)
Contact Details
Room: 311
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 7917
Fax: +64 3 364 2907
Email: david.conradson@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address:
Department of Geography
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
New Zealand
Research
My research focuses on the welfare, well-being and resilience of individuals and communities in western societies. I approach these topics from the perspectives of social, cultural and health geography. My thinking is also shaped by work in psychology and psychotherapy, community and public health, and by interdisciplinary scholarship on emotion and affect.
Before joining the University of Canterbury, I worked at the University of Southampton and was a Visiting Fellow at Durham University in the UK. I currently serve on the editorial advisory boards of Social and Cultural Geography and Social Science and Medicine.
Research interests:
- Welfare, well-being and resilience
- Subjectivity, emotion and affect
- Therapeutic environments and well-being practices
Current research projects:
- City of flows: household water practices in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Calming the storm: contemporary techniques for the orchestration of feeling
- The revalorisation of stillness: places of retreat in contemporary Britain
Teaching
- GEOG 107: Resilient and Sustainable Cities
- GEOG 202: Globalisation and new Urban Geographies
- GEOG309 Research Methods in Geography
- GEOG 322: Geography of Health
- GEOG 401: Geographies of Health and Well-Being