Dr Sean Connelly
Senior Lecturer
Geography
Otago University
New Zealand
Biography
Community response to sustainability challenges is a recurring theme in my teaching and research. My Masters research explored co-management arrangements between indigenous groups and government for sea turtle conservation in Suriname. I completed my PhD in Geography at Simon Fraser University on community engagement for sustainable community development in 2009, based on case study research of urban, rural and First Nation community sustainability initiatives
Research Interest
The focus of my research is in the broad area of sustainable communities and how they contribute to the wider concept of sustainable development. In particular, I am interested in the gap between planning and policy development and local environmental action. I seek to develop this research by exploring three related themes:
Publications
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Connelly, S., & Nel, E. (2017). New Zealand: Restructuring of the New Zealand economy: Global-local links and evidence from the West Coast and Southland regions. In G. Halseth (Ed.), Transformation of resource towns and peripheries: Political economy perspectives. (pp. 112-136). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
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Puketapu-Dentice, K., Connelly, S., & Thompson-Fawcett, M. (2017). Towards integrating indigenous culture in urban form. Spatial Justice, 11, 6.
