Human Geography Graduate Offered Research Position
Youth suicide, Subjective Well-being and the Role of Place in New Zealand was the research topic of successful Masters student Anne-Marie Snider. This graduate has just been offered a research position in Australia.
On the basis of a very successful thesis Anne-Maire has accepted a research position, created specially for her, in the prestigious Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Brisbane. http://www.griffith.edu.au/health/australian-institute-suicide-research-prevention
Anne-Marie Snider graduated earlier this year with a Masters of Science in Human Geography. Her topic was concerned with well-being, or rather ill-being, and was entitled: Youth Suicide, Subjective Well-being and the Role of Place in New Zealand.
Anne-Marie's thesis looked into the ‘generational switch’. This term identifies the change in relative levels of well-being across the generations since the Second World War. This ‘switch’, she argues, is reflected in the decline in the suicide rate of older people and its rise among younger people.
Anne-Marie focused her attention on the wider social changes that engulf generations and the way they influence people. In particular, how young people perceive their circumstances relative to those of an older generation. Her thesis went on to explore the heightened sensitivity young people’s subjective wellbeing exhibit to the city context in which they live.
This student is currently in the process of completing two papers from her thesis one of which will be submitted to the geography journal, Health and Place and the other to the International Journal of Wellbeing.
Anne-Marie leaves for Australia in April. We offer her our congratulations and wish her a successful time in Brisbane.
Suicide Rates of Older Males (60 plus) and
Younger males (25-35 years). New Zealand, 1948-2007
Source: New Zealand Health Information Service
