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University of Otago

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5.04/23/2026

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About Libby

Libby Grant is an Assistant Research Fellow in the He Kāinga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme within the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, as part of the Division of Health Sciences. Her academic qualifications include a BA, DipPhty, DPH, and MPH. She completed her Master of Public Health focusing on the regulation of private rental housing in New Zealand, which informs her particular interest in the role of regulation to improve the quality of rental housing. Additional research interests and activities encompass how values framing can influence change by recalibrating debates on public health issues in society and the media, urban health, and child safety on driveways. Libby Grant is affiliated with the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities, where she works in the Governance Strand of the Public Housing & Urban Regeneration: Maximising Wellbeing research programme. She is a member of the He Kāinga Oranga team that was awarded the 2021 Rutherford Medal, New Zealand's top research honour, for contributions to housing and health research.