Sarah Lockwood

Affiliations

Te Tiriti o Waitangi tōku waka

Ko Pāpāmoa te māunga

I tipu ake au ki Tauranga Moana

Ko tēnei taku mihi ki ngā tāngata whenua o Aotearoa

Ko Sarah Lockwood taku ingoa

Nō reira, tēnā koutou katoa

Relevant Qualifications

Te Hōkairangi Level 5, Te Wānanga o Raukawa (2023)

Ph.D. University of Waikato, Management Communication (2019).

MMS Master of Management Studies (Distinction) in Management Communication, University of Waikato (2010).

BCS Bachelor of Communication Studies (Marketing and Management Communication - First Class Honours), University of Waikato & Jönköping International Business School, Sweden, (2006).

Expertise

Sarah has a background in non-profit management and academia. Her PhD and subsequent publications examine social and cultural community responses to crisis events. Sarah’s current research addresses impacts of climate change to better understand how emergency services and maternity practitioners can be adaptive and responsive to the needs of pregnant women and their whānau during a crisis event. This research explores new insights into the intersections of maternity care services and crisis events, whilst highlighting any areas of inequity.

Sarah’s specialty knowledge in the community and vulnerable crisis response sector, has resulted in invitations from The Solomon Islands Government to lead the community crisis response on Rennell Island following the 2019 MV Solomon Trader oil spill, addressing the Senior Leadership Team at The Federation of Red Cross International & Red Cresent Societies in Italy, and presenting to industry and academic conferences around the world.

Key Contributions

  • Daellenbach, S., Dixon, L., Anderson, J., Nisa-Waller, A., Lockwood, S., & Neely, E. (2024). Partnership in a hospital setting: Consumer perspectives of hospital midwifery care in Aotearoa. New Zealand College of Midwives Journal, 60, Article 246001. https://doi.org/10.12784/nzcomjnl.246001

  • Dixon, L., Daellenbach, S., Anderson, J., Neely, E., Nisa-Waller, A., & Lockwood, S. (2023). Building positive respectful midwifery relationships: An analysis of women’s experiences of continuity of midwifery care in Aotearoa New Zealand. Women and Birth. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2023.06.008

  • Lockwood, S. (2019). Volunteering at the edge of chaos: A case study on the self-organising of younger volunteers during the Rena oil spill crisis. PhD Thesis, The University of Waikato.

  • Lockwood, S., Weaver, C. K., Munshi, D., & Simpson, M. (2017). The self-organising of youth volunteers during the Rena oil spill in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 50(1), 28-41.

  • Lockwood, S. (2010). Mahi Aroha: Perspectives on unpaid, voluntary, and community work throughout Aotearoa. Masters Thesis, The University of Waikato. 

  • 2023 Health Research Council New Zealand Activation Grant Recipient.

  • 2015 Management Communication Outstanding PhD Student Award (The University of Waikato)

  • 2015 – 2019 Waikato Management School Doctoral Scholarship Recipient.

  • 2013 Fulbright Award Scholar Recipient.

  • 2013 Claude McCarthy Scholarship Recipient