Kate Kearins

Kate Kearins is a New Zealand business academic. She is a Professor at Auckland University of Technology.

Academic career

Kearins has multiple degrees from the University of Waikato, including a 1997 PhD titled 'Local government power relations : a genealogical study' and an MA in French from Massey University. She co-authored 'Thesis Survivor Stories: Practical Advice on Getting Through Your PhD or Masters Thesis' with Marilyn Waring.

Kearins is involved in Catholic tertiary education at a national level.

Selected works Milne, Markus J., Kate Kearins, and Sara Walton. "Creating adventures in wonderland: The journey metaphor and environmental sustainability." Organization 13, no. 6 (2006): 801–839. Livesey, Sharon M., and Kate Kearins. "Transparent and caring corporations? A study of sustainability reports by The Body Shop and Royal Dutch/Shell." Organization & Environment 15, no. 3 (2002): 233–258. Kearins, Kate, and Delyse Springett. "Educating for sustainability: Developing critical skills." Journal of management education 27, no. 2 (2003): 188–204. Byrch, Christine, Kate Kearins, Markus Milne, and Richard Morgan. "Sustainable “what”? A cognitive approach to understanding sustainable development." Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management 4, no. 1 (2007): 26-52. Bendell, Jem, and Kate Kearins. "The political bottom line: the emerging dimension to corporate responsibility for sustainable development." Business Strategy and the Environment 14, no. 6 (2005): 372–383.