Darrin James Hodgetts is a New Zealand psychology academic. He is a professor of societal psychology at Massey University.
Professor Hodgetts has a PhD from Massey University. His research is in the field of social psychology, looking at homeless and working class communities' identities, health and poverty.
Research Professor Hodgetts has authored 152 journal articles (across various international journals: Nature; Review of General Psychology; Political Psychology; Journal of Health Psychology; Theory and Psychology; Urban Studies; Human Geography; Health and Place; Journal of Community Psychology; American Journal of Community Psychology; Military Psychology; Sustainability; Applied Science; Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Lond B - Biological Science; Sustainability Science; Social Science & Medicine; Ethnography; Visual Studies; Journal of Medical Case Reports; Scientific Reports).“Darrin Hodgetts”. Google Scholar. Retrieved 11 September 2026. Professor Hodgetts has also published 59 chapters and commissioned reports and delivered 17 conference keynotes and plenary addresses.Some talks include: Hodgetts, D. (2023). Role of psychology in human security: Enacting the UN SDGs through localized participative processes. Psychology, Education in the context of social change: International Conference.Vietnamese Association of Psychology. Hanoi, Vietnam; Hodgetts, D. (2023). Re-pluralising psychologies in the Global South: The role of community ‘scribes’.International Conference on Psychology and Social Transformation. Santa Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Hodgetts, D. (2013). What does it mean to be poor in New Zealand today. Commissioned workshopInstitute of Judicial Studies: Trends in New Zealand Society - Poverty Symposium. Auckland; Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., & Carr, S. (2023). Assembling human security: Dimensions, research and policy. 13th Annual Dupont Summit on Science, Technology and Environmental Policy. Washington DC, United States of America: Policy Studies Organisation.
His book length texts include:
Tackling Precarious Work - Toward Sustainable Livelihoods.Carr, S. C., Hopner, V., Hodgetts, D., & Young, M. (Eds.). (2024). Tackling precarious work: Toward sustainable livelihoods. SIOP Organisational Frontiers series, APA. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003440444 Social Psychology and Everyday Life.Hodgetts, D., Stolte, O., Sonn, C., Drew, N., Nikora, L., & Carr, S. (2020). Social psychology and everyday life (2nd ed.). Palgrave. SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Psychology.O'Doherty, K. C., & Hodgetts, D. (Eds.). (2019). The SAGE handbook of applied social psychology (1sted.). SAGE. doi:10.4135/9781526417091 Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Intercultural Psychology.Li, W., Hodgetts, D., & Foo, K. (Eds.). (2018). Asia-Perspectives on intercultural psychology. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315158358 Urban Poverty and Health Inequalities – A Relational Approach.Hodgetts, J., & Stolte, O. (2017). Urban poverty & health inequalities: A relational approach. Routledge. Towards Rethinking the Primacy of Epistemology in Psychology.King, P., Hodgetts, D., & Guimarães, D. S. (Eds.). (2021). Towards rethinking the primacy of epistemology in psychology. Theory and Psychology, 31(2). doi:10.1177/09593543211003161 The Place of Class - Considerations for psychology.Hodgetts, D., & Griffin, C. (Eds.). (2015). The place of class: Considerations for psychology. Theory & Psychology, 25(2). doi:10.1177/0959354315576381 Case-Based Research in Community and Social Psychology.Hodgetts, D., & Stolte, O. E. (Eds.). (2012). Case-based research in community and social psychology.Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 22(5), 379-389. doi:10.1002/casp.2124
Professor Hodgetts has also engaged in numerous knowledge translation collaborations (e.g., facilitated workshops, written briefs, and supported a documentary theatre production) private sector organisations and trusts, city authorities, public audiences, and central government agencies (NZ Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Ministry of Social Development; Institute of Judicial Studies; Productivity Commission; Auckland City Mission; British Ministry of Health; Welcome Trust). Some examples include:
Social regeneration framework for Murihiku (Southland). Commissioned Report for Murihiku Regeneration: Hokonui Rūnanga: Ngāi Tahu.Hodgetts, I., Anderson, V., Hodgetts, D., Carr, S., Liu, J., & Shatford, M. (2024). Social regeneration framework for Murihiku (Southland). Commissioned Report for Murihiku Regeneration: Hokonui Runanga: Ngāi Tahu. Project Salaam: Evaluation report. For the Ministry of Social Development & Massey University.Cassim, G. S., Khan-Janif, J., Ali, M., Ali, N., Shah Drew, S., Slaimankhel, J., Hodgetts, D., & Hopner, V. (2023). Project Salaam: Evaluation report. Ministry of Social Development & Massey University. Single Parents & Tertiary Education. Commissioned Report for The Auckland City Mission.Hodgetts, D., Stolte, O., & Longhurst, L. (2011). Single Parents & Tertiary Education. Commissioned Report for The Auckland City Mission. Auckland City Mission. Understanding Employer Motivations and Challenges to Living Wage Accreditation. Commissioned Report for the Principle Partners Council of the Living Wage Campaign Aotearoa.Hodgetts, D., Groot, S. & White, S. (2026).Understanding Employer Motivations and Challenges to Living Wage Accreditation. Commissioned Report for the Principle Partners Council of the Living Wage Campaign Aotearoa. Etu. Knowledge and experiences of government income-support efforts to alleviate in-work poverty.Health Research Council in-work poverty and wellbeing project. Ministry of Social Development.Hodgetts, D., Groot, S., Young-Hauser, A., Martin, A., Carr, S., Liu, J., Kapeli, S., Hazou, R., & Haar, J. (2023). Knowledge and experiences of government income-support efforts to alleviate in-work poverty.Health Research Council in-work poverty and wellbeing project. Ministry of Social Development. Precariat Māori households today: The need to reorient policy to cultivate more humane understandings of whānau in need. Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. Te Arotahi Series Paper. Ministry of Social Development.Rua, M., Hodgetts, D., Stolte, O., King, D., Cochrane, B., Stubbs, T., Karapu, R., Neha, E., Chamberlain, K., Te Awekotuku, N., Harr, J. & Groot, S. (2019).Precariat Māori households today: The need to reorient policy to cultivate more humane understandings of whānau in need. Ngā Pae of te Māramatanga. Te Arotahi Series Paper. Ministry of Social Development. Urban design impacts on safety and liveability in Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty. Commissioned Report for Tauranga City Council and Safer Cities.Hodgetts, D., Cochrane, B. & Stolte, O. (2015). Urban design impacts on safety and liveability in Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty. Commissioned Report for Tauranga City Council and Safer Cities. Te Iwi Māori: Community people, agencies and services provided. Commissioned Report for the Community Trust of Southland.Cochrane, B. Hodgetts, D., & Hodgetts, I. (2014). Te Iwi Māori: Community people, agencies and services provided. Commissioned Report for the Community Trust of Southland. Hokonui Runanga.
Selected publications Journal articles Radley, Alan, Darrin Hodgetts, and Andrea Cullen. "Visualizing homelessness: A study in photography and estrangement." Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology 15.4 (2005): 273–295. Hodgetts, Darrin, et al. "Health inequalities and homelessness considering material, spatial and relational dimensions." Journal of Health Psychology 12.5 (2007): 709–725. Hodgetts, Darrin, et al. "A trip to the library: Homelessness and social inclusion." Social & Cultural Geography 9.8 (2008): 933–953. Hodgetts, Darrin, et al. "Constructing health news: possibilities for a civic-oriented journalism." Health: 12.1 (2008): 43–66. Hodgetts, Darrin, Andrea Cullen, and Alan Radley. "Television characterizations of homeless people in the United Kingdom." Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy 5.1 (2005): 29–48. Books Urban Poverty and Health Inequalities: A Relational Approach (with Ottilie Stolte, Routledge, 2017) Social Psychology and Everyday Life (with Drew, Sonn, Stolte, Nikora, and Curtis, Red Globe 2010 and Springer 2019)
Edited volumes The SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Psychology (edited with Kieran O'Doherty, SAGE, 2019)
References
External links Prof Darrin Hodgetts, Massey University