Dr Jane Horan
Jane is a social anthropologist with expertise in the analysis of the economy and the way this intersects with gender, political economy, and the anthropology of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Jane is an exacting and academically rigorous social researcher and critical thinker, who is skilled at responding to research briefs in nuanced, but pragmatic and innovative ways. She has worked extensively over the last 20 years in contract research and evaluation, designing and conducting research projects for corporate organisations, NGOs, government, and in academia.
As a commercial researcher, Jane has been contracting to the business sector where she works with organisations keen to more fundamentally understand the social construction of markets and business contexts, and how the powerful shifts occurring politically and culturally impact not only commercial approaches, but also their social license to operate.
Jane is Tangata Tiriti so the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/ The Treaty of Waitangi underline and orientate all the work she does as a Pākehā New Zealander.
Jane's skills:
- Ethnographically informed research design and implementation that works with the complexity needed for the analysis of economy and financial processes
- Skilled interviewer and focus group facilitator
- Synthesis and analysis of data that ‘joins the dots’ and is appropriately informed by theory as well as a broad and extensive consumption of social and political commentary
- Stakeholder engagement and summation of issues to create insights for solutions
- Skilled and engaging written communicator and oral presenter.
Her experience includes:
- Currently undertaking qualitative research on project regarding the migrant workforce.
Jane is mum to two great kids; struggles through the average yoga class even after 20 odd years of yoga practice; and loves swimming in the sea all year round.