Fierce Hope

About the Author

Karen Nairn (University of Otago) is based in Otepoti/Dunedin. She draws on her geography and education background to engage in interdisciplinary research on young people. The activism project builds on earlier research with young people who grew up during New Zealand's economic reforms and explored their post-high school paths in the book 'Children of Rogernomics: A neoliberal generation leaves school'. Judith Siglo (University of Otago) has a multidisciplinary background and her research focuses on children, young people, and family well-being particularly from a rights perspective. She also has an interest in research methodologies, particularly qualitative and mixed methods research. She co-authored 'Children of Rogernomics: A neoliberal generation leaves school'. Carisa R. Showden (University of Auckland) is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work traverses feminist political and social theory, gender and politics, and law and society scholarship. She is the author of 'Choices Women Make: Agency in Domestic Violence, Assisted Reproduction, and Sex Work' (Minnesota); and co-author of 'Youth Who Trade Sex in the U.S.: Intersectionality, Agency, Vulnerability' (Temple). Kyle R. Matthews is a PhD candidate at the University of Otago, researching youth activism and radicalism in Aotearoa. His thesis explores how activist strategies and tactics are shaped by state, state actors, public discourses, and activist groups' dynamics. He completed his Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies, researching New Zealand peace histories and nonviolence theory. Joanna Kidman (Ngati Maniapoto, Ngati Raukawa) is Professor of Maori education at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. Her research focuses on the politics of indigeneity, Maori youth and settler-colonial nationhood. She has worked extensively in Maori communities impacted by the New Zealand Wars and is co-author of 'Fragments from a Contested Past: Remembrance, Denial and New Zealand History (BWB).