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University of Otago

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5.04/23/2026

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Professor Hugh Campbell is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Te Kete Aronui - Division of Humanities at the University of Otago and Professor of Sociology, Gender Studies and Criminology in the School of Social Sciences. He has held a Chair in Sociology since 2011 and previously served as Director of the Centre for Sustainability from 2000 to 2010, Head of the Department of Sociology, Gender and Social Work from 2010 to 2018, and Associate Dean Research for the Division. Campbell first arrived at Otago in 1982 for undergraduate studies in theatre and social anthropology, earning an MA in Social Anthropology from Otago in 1988 and a PhD in Rural Sociology from Charles Sturt University. After working as a research assistant at Lincoln University, he returned to Otago as a lecturer in 1994, developing courses on rural society in New Zealand and the global politics of food.