Hi, I’m Emily Garden.
Social researcher, designer and writer.
The thread that runs through my work, in all its diversity, is a passion for communication.
I love making the complex clear. Balancing multiple perspectives and synthesising diverse data sources into clear, engaging outputs are challenges I thrive on. I am also passionate about making research accessible and engaging for audiences beyond the academy. I draw on my data collection and analysis expertise and experience in communication design to tell stories with words, images, graphics or a mix of the three!
As a researcher, writer and communicator I have worked in a wide range of contexts from health and social service NGOs to universities and a hospital environment. I’m a senior consultant with Dovetail Consulting, and an associate with The Centre of Social Impact.
As a designer, I have worked for one of the largest advertising agencies in New Zealand, for the ground-breaking Design for Health and Wellbeing Lab at Auckland Hospital, and as a freelancer for a host of small, innovative businesses and large clients. These include The Sustainable Business Network, Massey University and AT Metro.
Qualifications
Masters of Arts, Sociology (Communication, Culture, and Society) Goldsmiths College, University of London
Postgraduate Certificate of Proficiency (Advanced Social Enquiry) Massey University
Bachelor of Art and Design (Graphic Design) Auckland University of Technology
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Certificate in Professional Mentoring and Supervision, Unitec Auckland
Design Kit (the course for Human Centred Design), Introduction to Human Centered Design, IDEO and +Acumen
Certificate in Mental Health Support Work (Level 7), Mind and Body Learning and Development
Selected publications
Walters, V. M., Garden, E., & Chamberlain, K. (2021). Beyond markets: food poverty and the noncommercial food system. Food, Culture & Society, 1-18.
Garden, E., Walters, V., Chamberlain, K. (2019). Reasserting food in place: the case of Kai Whau. Social and Cultural Geography.1-20.
Field A, Garden E, Davies N, King J, McKegg K, Mackie H. 2019. Innovating Road Safety: lessons for transport systems. Auckland: Dovetail and Kinnect Group
Blake, D., Tipler, K., Garden, E., Johnston, D.M., Becker, J.S. (2018). Wellington household preparedness survey. Lower Hutt, N.Z.: GNS Science. GNS Science report 2018/23. 109 p.; doi: 10.21420/G2GH10
Lynch, I., Morison, T. & Garden, E. (2017). SeViSSA Brief 1: A culture of silence that normalises widespread violence. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council. Available at https://www.ru.ac.za/criticalstudies/policybriefsfeedbackreports/
Lynch, I., Morison, T. & Garden, E. (2017). SeViSSA Brief 2: Very high rates of sexual violence with younger learners most vulnerable. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council. Available at https://www.ru.ac.za/criticalstudies/policybriefsfeedbackreports/
Hodgetts, D. Groot, S. Garden, E and Chamberlain, K. (2017). The precariat, everyday life and objects of despair, in Psychology, Politics and Everyday Life. Howarth, C and Andreouli, E (Eds.) London: Routledge.
Lyons, A. Garden, E. & Chamberlain, K. (2017). Social Media: An Alcohol Saturated Space: the case for regulation of alcohol marketing on social media sites. (Policy Brief). Massey University. http://www.drinkingcultures.info/resources/Social_media_alcohol_marketing_policy_brief_Jan2017.pdf
Garden, E. (2014). Why Escaping the Debt Trap is So Hard for Poor Auckland Families. Metro.
Hodgetts, D. Garden, E. Groot, S & Chamberlain, K. (2015). Debt in the everyday lives of 100 families experiencing urban poverty in New Zealand, in Carl Walker and Serdar M. Degirmencioglu. (Eds.) Social and psychological dimensions of debt and the debt industry (pp. 19-38). London: Palgrave.
Garden, E., Caldin, A., Robertson, D., Timmins, J., Wilson, T., & Wood, T. (2014). Speaking for Ourselves: The truth about what keeps people in poverty by those who live it, Auckland City Mission. https://www.aucklandcitymission.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Auckland-City-Mission-Family100-Speaking-for-Ourselves.pdf
Garden, E. (2013). Representing Recovery: An Iconography of Mental Health. International Journal of the Image, 3(4).