Raymond Young
Head of School
Social Sciences.
The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
New Zealand
Biography
I am the Head of School of Social Sciences. I am committed to excellence in teaching, research and scholarship – the success of every student is our focus and highest priority. Qualifications offered by the School span a range of disciplines, including communication, humanities, information and library studies, psychology, social work and social sciences.
Research Interest
My teaching interests include cultural identity, intercultural communication, globalisation, place identity, migration, and Pacific Studies. I have extensive research experience, having worked in Fiji and among Pasifika communities in New Zealand
Publications
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2004 Young, R. ‘Of postmodern parachuting and ways of knowing: Towards and embodied geography of movement in Oceania’, The Third Annual Hawaii International Social Sciences Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2004 [paper in published proceedings]
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2011 Strongman, L. and Young, R. ‘Decent Exposure’ : A socio-cultural interpretation of Flight TE901 in The Polar Journal, 1(1) (June 2011): 124-137.
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2015 Young, R. “Send me back to Lakeba: Cultural constructions of movement on a Fijian Island†in Oceanian Journeys and Sojourns: Home thoughts abroad, Dunedin: University of Otago Press.
