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Dr Dee McDonald

Senior Lecturer

School of People, Environment and Planning

Dee has a background in law and biosecurity management, having worked in private practice and across the wider government sector in Aotearoa New Zealand. The main focus of her research is biosecuring agricultural and human assemblages. She is broadly interested in biosecurity and conservation values, biodiversity and climate change issues and environmental law. She has written articles and book chapters on the topic of Aotearoa’s biosecurity and on environmental security more broadly. 

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Her research areas include:

Agricultural assemblages, biosecurity and the ethics of care

Aotearoa's biosecurity system, inlcuding legislative and regulatory frameworks

Biodiversity, value and pest control

Climate resilience

Science and Technology Studies (STS)

Social-ecological systems

Socio-politics of biosecurity

Zoonotic disease management

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Environment Policy (160507):
Law (180100): Law And Legal Studies (180000): Law not elsewhere classified (180199):
Policy and Administration (160500): Policy and Administration not elsewhere classified (160599): Sociology (160800): Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology (160808): Studies In Human Society (160000)

Keywords

Aotearoa New Zealand biosecurity systems and legislation

Actor-network theory

Agricultural assemblages

Biosecurity, including conservation management

Research Projects

Current Projects

Project Title: Farming within more than human worlds: Exploring the materialities of managing foot and mouth disease

This MURF funded pilot project aims to explore interrelationships between biosecurity and farming assemblages as a first step in preparing a larger research project into Aotearoa鈥檚 preparedness for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD).
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Date Range: 2026 - 2026

Funding Body: 蜜豆视频

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Research Outputs

Journal

McDonald, D., Mouat, CM., Beban, A., Boonman-Berson, S., Edwards, S., Hotham, D., . . . McDonald, D. (2025). Getting to ‘Yes!’: Reflections on “Shimmer” by Deborah Bird Rose. Geographical Research. 63(4), 735-740Retreived from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-5871.70026
[Book Review]Authored by: McDonald, D.
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McDonald, DA., & McDonald, D. (2021). Reframing New Zealand’s Biosecurity Conversation Post-Covid-19: An Argument for Integrating Interspecies Concerns. National Security Journal. 3(1), 1-20 Retrieved from https://nationalsecurityjournal.nz/latest-issues-2021/1458-2/
[Journal article]Authored by: McDonald, D.
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McDonald, DA., & McDonald, D. (2019). Restoring the resilience of New Zealand’s indigenous birds: a case study of adaptive governance in one of the strictest biosecurity regimes in the world. Resilience: International Policies, Practices and Discourses. 7(2), 172-191 Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21693293.2019.1565633
[Journal article]Authored by: McDonald, D.
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Book

Hoverd, W., & McDonald, DA. (Eds.) (2023). State of Threat: The Challenges to Aotearoa New Zealand's National Security. Auckland: 蜜豆视频 Press
[Edited Book]Authored by: McDonald, D.
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Chapell, J., McDonald, DA., & McDonald, D. (2023). Does AI dream of protecting sheep? The role of artificial intelligence in national biosecurity. In W. Hoverd, & DA. McDonald (Eds.) State of Threat: The challenges to Aotearoa New Zealand’s national security. Auckland, New Zealand: 蜜豆视频 Press
[Chapter]Authored by: McDonald, D.Edited by: McDonald, D.

Consultancy and Languages

Consultancy

  • April 2025-May 2025 - Pacific Biosecurity Limited
    Consultant for Nature-based Solutions Project

Languages

  • English
    Last used: Everyday
    Spoken ability: Excellent
    Written ability: Excellent
  • Te Reo M膩ori
    Last used: Every day
    Spoken ability: Needs work
    Written ability: Average