OPSITARA Research
We have just one more research event this year, a celebration of our 2017 publications, which will be held here on 6 December. We have had a very productive year with five journal issues published already and another few to come, as well as ten issues of this magazine.
This will be our last magazine for the year. We hope you have enjoyed reading about our staff members' and students' research. Please feel free to forward this magazine to anyone else you think might be interested in it; we welcome new subscribers.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in and support for research at Otago Polytechnic and to wish you all the best for the festive season.
Prof. Leoni Schmidt
Director: Research & Postgraduate Studies
Thinking outside the box
Liz Ditzel teaches lateral thinking to students using "klinky boxes". Read more…Coping better with stress
An initiative by two occupational therapy students is helping other students reduce anxiety and stress. Read more…The walking interview
Penelope Kinney uses walking interviews to encourage forensic psychiatric clients to ‘tell their stories’. Read more…Video: Becoming animal
Stephanie Cossens' soft sculptures raise the profile of the oppression of animals. Read more…Ceramic cups
Machiko Niimi and Tim Lynch investigated the introduction of sustainable coffee cup options at Eden Café. Read more…Emergency management
Rex Alexander is developing a new tool to help businesses plan for emergencies that involve hazardous substances. Read more…Using GPS-generated physical metrics
Matthew Blair, Simon Body and Hayden Croft have been using GPS technology to analyse the physical performance of elite Rugby Sevens ... Read more…Managing pain
Luciana Blaga worked with a multi-disciplinary pain management team for her action research project. Read more…Trauma architecture
Professor Leoni Schmidt considered why a repurposed Nazi bunker is so disturbing. Read more…
