# Roslyn Kerr

Roslyn Fiona Kerr is a New Zealand sports sociologist and parks manager. She is an adjunct professor at Lincoln University, specialising in sports sociology. In 2023 she joined the Christchurch City Council as a parks manager.

## Academic career

Kerr completed a PhD titled Assembling high performance: an actor network theory account of gymnnastics in New Zealand at the University of Canterbury in 2010. She then joined the faculty of Lincoln University, where she was promoted to full professor in 2022. From 2015 to 20018, she was the head of the Department of Tourism, Sport and Society, and following that was appointed dean of the Faculty of Environment, Society and Design. Kerr also convened the university's Living Laboratory, which is a collaboration between academia and land-sector partners such as industry, Māori organisations, government and schools to allow students to have real-world experience to test ideas. The laboratory has worked on revitalising the university's arboretum, testing ideas about science in dairy farming, and land use and policy around restoration at Mt Hutt Forest and Bike Park. Kerr's research focuses on gymnastics and actor–network theory in sport. Her work on gender in sport has gained worldwide attention, and has been featured in the New York Times and Nature Outlook. She has written or edited three books.

## Parks leadership

In 2023, Kerr joined the New Zealand Parks Leaders Forum, and took a role as parks, programmes and partnerships manager in the Parks Unit of Christchurch City Council. At this point she became an adjunct professor at Lincoln University.

## Awards and honours

In 2013, Kerr won a teaching excellence award for teaching innovation, and in 2018 she was awarded a Principal award for excellence in teaching by Lincoln University.

## Selected works

* Roslyn Kerr (21 June 2016). Sport and technology: An actor-network theory perspective. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-1-78499-799-1. OL 35552448M. Wikidata Q123466220.
* Caroline Depatie; Roslyn Kerr; Stephen Espiner (2016). Experiencing outdoor recreation in the digital technology age: a case study from the Port Hills of Christchurch, New Zealand. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-66660-0. Wikidata Q123466221.
* Mick Grimley; Trond Nilsen; Roslyn Kerr; Richard Green; David Thompson (2010), Virtual Worlds for Science Learning, Wikidata Q123466222
* Roslyn Kerr (March 2014). "From Foucault to Latour: Gymnastics Training as a Socio-Technical Network". Sociology of Sport Journal. 31 (1): 85–101. doi:10.1123/SSJ.2013-0015. ISSN 0741-1235. Wikidata Q123459838.
* Natalie Barker-Ruchti; Astrid Schubring; Outi Aarresola; Roslyn Kerr; Karin Grahn; Jenny McMahon (29 December 2017). "Producing success: a critical analysis of athlete development governance in six countries". International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. 10 (2): 215–234. doi:10.1080/19406940.2017.1348381. ISSN 1940-6940. Wikidata Q123459829.
* Natalie Barker-Ruchti; Roslyn Kerr; Astrid Schubring; Georgia Cervin; Myrian Nunomura (28 October 2016). ""Gymnasts Are Like Wine, They Get Better With Age": Becoming and Developing Adult Women's Artistic Gymnasts". Quest. 69 (3): 348–365. doi:10.1080/00336297.2016.1230504. ISSN 0033-6297. Wikidata Q123459833.
* Roslyn Kerr; Gretchen Kerr (1 January 2020). "Promoting athlete welfare: A proposal for an international surveillance system". Sport Management Review. 23 (1): 95–103. doi:10.1016/J.SMR.2019.05.005. ISSN 1441-3523. Wikidata Q123459828.
* Roslyn Kerr; C. Obel (29 November 2017). "Reassembling sex: reconsidering sex segregation policies in sport". International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. 10 (2): 305–320. doi:10.1080/19406940.2017.1406976. ISSN 1940-6940. Wikidata Q123459830.
* Kerr, Roslyn (14 January 2018). "Why it might be time to eradicate sex segregation in sports". The Conversation. Retrieved 16 November 2023.