Rate My Professor Sarah Bierre

Dr Bierre's scholarly contributions include numerous peer-reviewed publications. Recent works feature 'The ideal and practice of an ethic of care in the community housing sector of Aotearoa/NZ' (International Journal of Housing Policy, 2025, with L. Grant and P. Howden-Chapman), 'Setting maximum occupancy limits in rental housing: landlord control and tenant experience' (Housing Studies, 2025, with E. Johnson et al.), 'Staying cool at home: Cooling practices, barriers, and possibilities for disabled people's experiences of managing summer heat in Aotearoa New Zealand' (Energy Research & Social Science, 2025, with R.K. Dohig et al.), and 'A snapshot of a fragmented landscape: Homelessness law and policy in Aotearoa New Zealand' (The Routledge Handbook of Global Perspectives on Homelessness, Law & Policy, 2024, with B. Fraser et al.). Earlier publications cover 'Framing home injury: opportunities and barriers to regulating for safer rental housing in Aotearoa/New Zealand' (Housing Studies, 2023), 'He Kāinga Oranga: reflections on 25 years of measuring the improved health, wellbeing and sustainability of healthier housing' (2023), and 'The theory and practice of a politics of compassion in the private rental sector during the COVID-19 pandemic' (International Journal of Housing Policy, 2022). Her research informs policy discussions on housing standards, health equity, and regulatory reforms.