Sara Walton
Thesis1 year2000
Thesis2 year2008

Sara Walton is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the University of Otago, specialising in climate change and business, including topics such as circular economies, business preparedness for climate change, and carbon footprints.

Academic career

Walton completed a Master of Commerce titled Exploring career: A study of career meanings in changing workplaces at the University of Otago. She went on to also complete a PhD at Otago exploring conflicts over natural resources.[1][2] Walton then joined the faculty of the University of Otago, rising to associate professor in 2019 and full professor in 2023.[3][4][5] Walton teaches the Master of Sustainable Business and is the co-director of Otago's Climate Change Research Network.[6][7][8]

Walton's research focuses on climate change and business, including topics such as circular economies, business preparedness for climate change, and carbon footprints.[9][10] Walton led research, with Janice Lord, that investigated farmers' attitudes to the 2020 National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management, finding that farmers saw a tension between complying with the regulations and being a 'good farmer'.[5] She also conducted a stakeholder analysis on land use around the Macraes gold mine, using discourse analysis to investigate the issues that stakeholders had.[11] Walton has conducted research for OceanaGold and BRANZ, and is part of the Innovation Culture team within the Science for Technological Innovation National Science Challenge.[7] Walton helped produce Stuff's Climate Action Report Card.[9]

Selected works

Journal articles

Newspaper articles

References

  1. ^ Walton, Sara (2000). Exploring career: A study of career meanings in changing workplace (Master of Commerce thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago. hdl:10523/1313
  2. ^ Walton, Sara (2008). Contesting natures: a discourse analysis of natural resource conflicts (PhD thesis). University of Otago. OCLC 225853026
  3. ^ "17 Otago academics made professors". Otago Daily Times. 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  4. ^ Otago, University of (2023-07-11). "Inaugural Professorial Lectures". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  5. ^ Otago, University of (2023-07-28). "Be a 'good farmer' or follow new regulations: The struggle for Otago farmers". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  6. ^ Otago, University of (2015-11-26). "Sara Walton". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  7. ^ Management, Department of (2023-07-06). "Professor Sara Walton". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  8. ^ Hononga, He Kaupapa (2023-07-12). "He Kaupapa Hononga people". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  9. ^ Gibson, Eloise. "Climate Action Report Card". interactives.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  10. ^ Otago, University of (2024-03-04). "Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Professor Sara Walton". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  11. ^ "Q & A: Sara Walton". Otago Daily Times. 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2024-06-19.