Ms Jenine Cooper

Qualifications: MSocSc Waikato

About Me

Jenine Cooper completed her Masters thesis in anthropology in 2003, which involved working with the small Congolese communities in Auckland and Hamilton in order to understand their experiences as recent immigrants to New Zealand and put their 'voice' to those experiences. The research provided Ms Cooper with the opportunity to participate in community events within the Congolese community and the wider African community within Hamilton.

Since joining the Migration Research Group Jenine has strengthened her research administration skills and expanded her research relationship with other ethnic communities. She contributed to the research project on mental health issues for Asians in New Zealand in 2002. In 2004 she coordinated the qualitative research on community perception of international students, which was carried out in four cities and involved 76 businesses and the completion of 37 key informant interviews with government and local government organisations such as police and the city councils, service providers and community groups. Other projects completed over the past two years included the health issues of migrants and refugees in the Waikato region, a literature review on managing diversity in the multicultural classroom, a research project which investigated eight ethnic communities' perceptions of the New Zealand Police across four cities, and a contract research project for the Department of Labour which evaluated how four Settlement Support NZ initiatives around NZ were contributing to improving access to appropriate settlement information and responsive services for migrants and refugees.

Recent Publications

• Kukutai, T., Cooper, J. (2011) Theorising the global Māori diaspora
  Conference - Oral Presentation - Population Association of New Zealand Biennial Conference: New Zealand Demographic Futures: Where to
• Jackson, N., Pawar, S., Cooper, J. (2011) Socio-Demographic Profile of Youth (2011)
• Pool, I., Baxendine, S., Cheung, J., Coombs, N., Jackson, G., Dharmalingam, A., Katzenellenbogen, J., Sceats, J., Cooper, J. (2009) Restructuring and hospital care: Sub-national trends, differentials, and their impacts in New Zealand from 1981
• Cooper, J., Jones, A. (2009) Attracting, supporting and retaining skilled migrants: What can we learn from recently arrived British and South African migrants
  Conference - Oral Presentation - ESITO Industry Forum

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