The Operative Word

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Welcome to The Operative Word! This is the podcast of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology. Join us as we unravel the complexities that shape how critical health psychologists understand health and wellbeing. Each month, we hear from a different foundation member of ISCHP to tell us about their careers in critical health psychology. New episodes released monthly from March 2025.
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2.5. Christine Stephens: Community
Episode 5
Sunday, 24 August, 2025

In this fifth episode of Volume Two, Tracy Morison andSiobhán Healy-Cullen sit down with Professor Christine Stephens (Massey University), one of the founding ISCHP members. Christine reflects on her research journey, how the research landscape has changed for ECRs, her experience ofdoing applied work, and the importance of community. Christine co-leads the The Health and Ageing Research Team (HART) team, an interdisciplinary group of researchers doing research projects related to health and ageing in AotearoaNew Zealand. The HART team run a longitudinal study of ageing that has been following older New Zealanders and their quality of life in work and retirement since 2006. You can read more about her work and career here: http:\hart.massey.ac.nz https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/massey-professors-receive-onzm-for-pioneering-work-in-health-psychology-and-aging-studies/https://ischp.net/2019/03/15/career-file-christine-stephens/