Kate Kearins is a New Zealand business academic. As of 2018 she is a full professor at the Auckland University of Technology.[1]

Kate Kearins
Alma materUniversity of Waikato
Scientific career
InstitutionsAuckland University of Technology
Thesis

Academic career

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Kearins has multiple degrees from the University of Waikato, including a 1997 PhD titled 'Local government power relations : a genealogical study' and an MA in French from Massey University. She co-authored 'Thesis Survivor Stories: Practical Advice on Getting Through Your PhD or Masters Thesis' with Marilyn Waring.[1]

Since 2003 she has been working at Auckland University of Technology rising to full professor.[1]

Kearins' research focuses on sustainability.[2][3]

Kearins is involved in Catholic tertiary education at a national level.[4]

Selected works

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  • Milne, Markus J., Kate Kearins, and Sara Walton. "Creating adventures in wonderland: The journey metaphor and environmental sustainability." Organization 13, no. 6 (2006): 801–839.
  • Livesey, Sharon M., and Kate Kearins. "Transparent and caring corporations? A study of sustainability reports by The Body Shop and Royal Dutch/Shell." Organization & Environment 15, no. 3 (2002): 233–258.
  • Kearins, Kate, and Delyse Springett. "Educating for sustainability: Developing critical skills." Journal of management education 27, no. 2 (2003): 188–204.
  • Byrch, Christine, Kate Kearins, Markus Milne, and Richard Morgan. "Sustainable “what”? A cognitive approach to understanding sustainable development." Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management 4, no. 1 (2007): 26-52.
  • Bendell, Jem, and Kate Kearins. "The political bottom line: the emerging dimension to corporate responsibility for sustainable development." Business Strategy and the Environment 14, no. 6 (2005): 372–383.
  • Kearins, Kate (1990). The question of objectivity in Zola's Thérèse Raquin (Master of Arts thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/14210.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Kate Kearins". AUT. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Professor Kate Kearins says NZ's sustainable solutions many-pronged in a changing world". The New Zealand Herald. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  3. ^ Mack, Ben. "Kate Kearins". Idealog. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Catholic tertiary education establishment board begins work CathNews NZ and Asia Pacific". Cathnews.co.nz. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
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