Rate My Professor Megan Gollop

Gollop's research specializations encompass children's rights and participation in family justice processes, post-separation parenting arrangements and contact, the effects of disasters and displacement on children and young people, mental wellbeing among university students, and factors influencing Māori university qualification completion. Key publications include 'A Longitudinal Study of Mental Wellbeing in Students in Aotearoa New Zealand Who Transitioned from School during COVID-19' (Frontiers in Psychology, 2021, with N. Taylor, J. Kokaua, R. Poulton, and D. Scarf); 'Māori University Success: What Helps and Hinders Qualification Completion' (AlterNative, 2017, with R. Theodore); 'Disasters, Displacement, and Disruption: Children and Young People's Experience of Spatial Change Following Disasters' (book chapter, 2016, with K. Nairn); and 'Relocation Following Parental Separation: The Welfare and Best Interests of Children - A New Zealand Research Project' (2010, with N. Taylor and M. Henaghan). She has co-authored reports such as 'Post-Separation Parent-Child Virtual Contact: Opportunities and Challenges' (Borrin Foundation, 2024) and 'Dividing Relationship Property: A Guide about Issues to Consider' (University of Otago Faculty of Law). Gollop's research contributes to policy discussions on incorporating children's voices in New Zealand's family justice system and evaluating parenting arrangements after separation.