Paul Spoonley

Paul Spoonley
Born1951 (age 72–73)
Upper Hutt, New Zealand
CitizenshipNew Zealand
Education
  • Bachelor of Arts – Victoria University (1973)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Geography – University of Otago (1974)
  • Master of Arts – University of Otago (1976)[1]
  • Master of Science – University of Bristol (1978)
  • Diploma in Education – University of Auckland (1979)
  • Doctor of Philosophy – Massey University (1986)
SpouseJennifer Crowley
ChildrenJacob (born 1987), Nathan (born 1990)
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
InstitutionsMassey University

Paul Spoonley (born 1951)[2] is a New Zealand sociologist and emeritus professor at Massey University where his specialist area is social change and demography and how this impacts policy decisions at the political level. Spoonley has led numerous externally funded research programmes, written or edited twenty-seven books and is a regular commentator in the news media. Educated both in New Zealand and England, his work on racism, immigration and ethnicity is widely discussed in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings (2019) and the COVID-19 pandemic.

  1. ^ Spoonley, Paul (1975), Prospects for the Niuean Community in Auckland: The Role of Gatekeeper Groups in Migrant Adaptation (Master's thesis), OUR Archive, hdl:10523/11368, Wikidata Q111966076
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Taylor et al 2001 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).