Niki Harré Explained

Niki Harré
Workplaces:	University of Auckland
Alma Mater:	University of Auckland
Thesis1 Title:	The young driver : a highway warrior?
Thesis1 Url:	https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/2390
Thesis1 Year:	1996
Doctoral Students:	Carla Houkamau

Nicole (Niki) Harré is a New Zealand academic and as of 2019 is a full professor at the University of Auckland^[1] specialising in community psychology and the psychology of sustainability at University of Auckland.^[2] Her research addresses issues of sustainability, citizenship, values and political activism.^[2] Harré is the author of Psychology for a Better World: Strategies to Inspire Sustainability ^[3] and The Infinite Game How to Live Well Together.^[4]

Academic career

After a PhD titled 'The young driver: a highway warrior? ' ^[5] at the University of Auckland, Harré taught to the University of Auckland, rising to full professor.^[1]

Notable students of Harré include Carla Houkamau, professor of psychology at Auckland.^[6]

Selected works

• Harré, Niki, John Read. "The role of biological and genetic causal beliefs in the stigmatisation of'mental patients'." Journal of mental health 10, no. 2 (2001): 223–235.
• Brug, Johannes, Mark Conner, Niki Harre, Stef Kremers, Susan McKellar, and Sandy Whitelaw. "The Transtheoretical Model and stages of change: a critique: observations by five commentators on the paper by Adams, J. and White, M.(2004) why don't stage-based activity promotion interventions work?." Health education research 20, no. 2 (2005): 244–258.
• Harré, Niki, Jeff Field, and Barry Kirkwood. "Gender differences and areas of common concern in the driving behaviors and attitudes of adolescents." Journal of Safety Research 27, no. 3 (1996): 163–173.
• Harré, Niki, Susan Foster, and Maree O'Neill. "Self‐enhancement, crash‐risk optimism and the impact of safety advertisements on young drivers." British journal of psychology 96, no. 2 (2005): 215–230.
• Harré, Niki. "Risk evaluation, driving, and adolescents: A typology." Developmental Review 20, no. 2 (2000): 206–226.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dr Niki Harre - The University of Auckland. unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz.
2. Web site: Dr Niki Harre - The University of Auckland. www.science.auckland.ac.nz. 2019-11-06.
3. Web site: Psychology for a Better World. www.goodreads.com. 2019-11-06.
4. Book: The Infinite Game: How to Live Well Together . 1869408780 .
5. Web site: The young driver: a highway warrior?. Nicole. Harre. 5 May 1996. researchspace.auckland.ac.nz.
6. Identity and socio-historical context: transformations and change among Māori women . Houkamau . Carla Anne . PhD thesis . . 2006.