I am a geographer and researcher at the University of Canterbury specialising in community economies, development studies, feminist economics and geography and alternative economic geography. I am a member of the community economies collective and am planning a project mapping the diverse economy of Christchurch including the community sector.
Key Publications
Dombroski, K. (forthcoming, accepted for publication). MULTIPLYING POSSIBILITIES: A POSTDEVELOPMENT APPROACH TO HYGIENE AND SANITATION IN NORTHWEST CHINA. Asia Pacific Viewpoint.
Dombroski, K. 2013 ‘Always engaging with others: Assembling an Antipodean, hybrid economic geography collective’ in Dialogues in Human Geography. Pp217-221.
Dombroski, K. 2011 ‘Embodying Research: Maternal bodies, fieldwork, and knowledge production in northwest China’ Graduate Journal of Asia Pacific Studies Vol 7(2):19-29.
Morrow, O., and Dombroski, K. (in press) Enacting a Post-Capitalist Politics through the sites and practices of life’s work. in K. Strauss and K. Meehan. (eds) Precarious Worlds: New Geographies of Social Reproduction. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press.
Dombroski, K. (forthcoming, accepted with changes) SEEING DIVERSITY, MULTIPLYING POSSIBILITY: My journey from post-feminism to postdevelopment with JK Gibson-Graham. In W. Harcourt (ed.) The Palgrave Handbook for Gender and Development. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Dombroski, K 2008 ‘The whole nine villages: local level development through mass tourism in Jiuzhaigou’ in John Connell and Barbara Rugendyke (eds) Tourism at the Grass Roots: Visitors and Villagers in the Asia Pacific. Routledge: Abingdon.

- Location: Canterbury
- Qualifications: All Researchers, Bachelor Degree, Masters Degree, PhD or Doctorate
- Ethnic Groups: New Zealand European
- Area of Expertise: Poverty & Wealth, Asian, Community Development, Cultural Diversity, Families/ Whānau & Parenting, Health & Wellbeing, Non-profit Sector, Social Services, Volunteering / Mahi Aroha, Women / Wāhine
- Website: Click here
- Professional Memberships: Community Economies CollectiveInstitute of Australian Geographers
- Phone: 033642987 xt 7936
- Email: kelly.dombroski@canterbury.ac.nz