Kate C. Prickett

Director, The Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Awhi Rito Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

About the author:

My research examines how the connection between family contexts and children’s health and wellbeing is implicated in the transmission of inequality across generations, with a particular focus on proximate settings (e.g. parental work experiences and family structure) and broader systems of stratification (e.g. gender and socioeconomic).

What I want to achieve:

The goal of my research is to ask questions with clear implications for public policy by focusing on policy-malleable mechanisms and levers that explain how advantage is transmitted between parents and their children.

My previous positions:

  • Senior Lecturer, University of Waikato, New Zealand.
  • NICHD Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago, USA.