Society and culture

Lincoln has well-established research, teaching and supervision programmes in various aspects of society and culture with both a New Zealand and an international focus.

Graduates work in all levels of central and local government and the private sector in New Zealand and overseas. Many have also been employed in research and teaching.

 

Specific areas of staff and postgraduate research are:
Applied and thematic social research, for example, society and environment, development studies, society and nature, urban and regional studies, urban social planning, social impact studies, cultural landscape studies.
Contact Department(s): Social Science, Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Sport, Agriculture, Environmental Management.
Māori, for example, Māori society and culture including language, Māori studies with a sociological, historical and/or geographical orientation.
Contact Department(s): Social Science, Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Sport ; Environmental Management.
Parks and Recreation, for example, outdoor and resource based recreation, protected natural area management, urban parks, outdoor and environmental education, parks management, community recreation, leisure policy, commercial recreation, inclusive recreation, arts and culture, community development, leisure studies.
Contact Department(s): Social Science, Parks, Recreation Tourism and Sport; Environmental Management.
Social Science, for example, human geography, social and economic history, communication, sociology, social and environmental psychology, political studies, philosophy.
Contact Department(s): Social Science, Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Sport; Environmental Management; Economics and Finance; Agriculture.
Sport, for example, sports history, sports management, sports policy, sport and society.
Contact Department(s): Social Science, Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Sport.
Tourism, for example, tourism studies, tourism management and planning.
Contact Department(s): Social Science, Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Sport; Economics and Finance; Environmental Management.
 

Page last updated on: 05/11/2010