Mary Buchanan

BA (Hons)
Research Fellow, University of Otago
Mary Buchanan

Mary has a background in developmental psychology, and her PhD work investigated sources of resilience following cumulative childhood adversity, including social support and education. Her ongoing research interests are childhood adversity, neurodiversity and intellectual disability, and resilience. 

 

Key publications

  1. Fraser, B. Buchanan, M.
    2025
    Flatting amongst LGBTIQ+ people in Aotearoa New Zealand
    Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online
  2. Yu, C. Buchanan, M. Ora, E. T. Pehi, T. Leigh, L. Howden-Chapman, P. Paul, J. Pierse, N.
    2025
    The Importance of Housing Assistance on Reducing Youth Offending in New Zealand
    Urban Policy and Research
    1-16
  3. Yu, C. Buchanan, M. Jenkins, M. Pehi, T. Fraser, B. Aspinall, C. Howden-Chapman, P Pierse, N.
    2025
    People receiving the emergency housing special needs grant in Aotearoa New Zealand
    International Journal of Housing Policy 1-24
  4. O’Sullivan, K. C. Buchanan, M. Leigh, L. Dohig, R. K. Pehi, T. Jenkins, M. Pierse, N. Ryan, L. Fraser, B.
    2025
    Working With Community Research Partners to Undertake Sensitive Public Health Interviews: A Qualitative Protocol to Enhance Rigour and Safety
    International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24.
  5. Pehi, T. Fraser, B. Ombler, J. Buchanan, M. O’Sullivan, K. Jiang, T. Atatoa‐Carr, P. Pierse, N.
    2025
    What About the Kids? Identifying Children in the Housing Support System in Aotearoa, New Zealand
    Children & Society, 39(2), 532–543.

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