Professor Ross Barnett
Position
Professor and Chair of the Social Science Research Centre
Research and teaching interests: Geography of health and health services, urban studies, social policy
Qualifications
M.A.(Otago), Ph.D.(Iowa)
Contact Details
Room: 313
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 7915
Fax: +64 3 364 2907
ross.barnett@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address:
Department of Geography
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
New Zealand
Research
Health inequality
Geographies of smoking
Poverty, health and the use of health services
Public sector restructuring and health care reform
Involved in the following research projects:
- Geography of Smoking (book)
- Evaluation of smoking cessation programmes
- Practice and ethnic differences in hospitalisation
- Avoidable hospital admissions
- Place effects on health and smoking (research review)
Teaching
- GEOG 107: Sustainable Cities: Environmental and social perspectives on global urbanisation
- GEOG 202: Globalisation and new urban geographies
- GEOG 322: Geography of Health
- GEOG 401: Geographies of Health and Well-Being
- HLTH 401 Health and Health Care in New Zealand
Recent Publications
Please see Ross's UC Research Profile for a full list of publications