Penny Ehrhardt

Profile

Penny is a legal theorist and public policy consultant interested in the intersection of law, ideology and the state. Her research interests include the practice and implementation of policy-making; social movements; international human rights; gender, the family and the state; queer theory; and indigenous issues. She is currently completing a DPhil in Law at the University of Oxford in which she examines the realisation of the economic-social and cultural rights of single parent families utilising the UN human rights law framework. At Oxford she also taught Public International Law, and serves as Secretary of the Oxford Children's Rights Network hosted by the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights (Mansfield College). She was a finalist for the Oxford University Vice-Chancellor’s inaugural Diversity Awards. Penny is a (non-practising) Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand, and Managing Director of Ehrhardt Advisors.

Research

Publications

• Ehrhardt, P, “The Lotus and the Labrys: The role and legacy of two young women’s movements in Wellington, New Zealand at the end of the millennium” in Chakravorty, M, Clammer, C, Bussey, M, & Banerjee, T Dynamics of Dissent: Theorizing Movements for Inclusive Futures. Routledge (2019)
• Ehrhardt, P, Evaluation of Me Noho Takatū Pilot Project. Napier. Ehrhardt Advisors & Hawke’s Bay Emergency Management Group (2014)
• Leslie, A & Ehrhardt, P, “Flying Solo – the design and evaluation of the inDep Project; an initiative for sole-parents in receipt of a benefit to move into training or sustainable employment which incorporated Māori values.” He Kupu Whakataki – Journal of Best Practice in Applied and Māori/Indigenous Vocational Education (2014)
• Little, G, Nauer, G & Ehrhardt, P, “Four themes for family violence intervention practice: Manaakitanga, Whakawhanaungatanga, professional integrity and authenticity” in Duke, J, Henrickson, M & Beddoe, E (Ed) Protecting the Public, Enhancing the Profession. Edited proceedings from the Social Workers Registration Board Conference 2013. Wellington. Social Workers' Registration Board (2014)
• Ehrhardt, P, & Coulton, S, Evaluation of the Incredible Years Hawke’s Bay Parenting Programme as a Model of Interagency Collaboration. Napier. Eastern Institute of Technology (2013)
• Ehrhardt, P & Little, G, “After Family Violence: Survival or Growth?” in Pimomo, P & Dutton, M, Crisis and Opportunity. Oxford. Interdisciplinary.net (2013)
• Ehrhardt, P, Little, G, Marsters, M, et al, Report on the effectiveness of services delivered by DOVE Hawkes Bay Inc. Napier. Eastern Institute of Technology (2013) Families Commission, The Economic Wellbeing of Sole-Parent Families: Issues Paper (2010)
• Beautrais AL, Collings SCD, Ehrhardt P, et al, Suicide Prevention: A review of evidence of risk and protective factors, and points of effective intervention. Wellington. Ministry of Health (2004)
• Henare K, & Ehrhardt, P, Support for Maori whānau and Pacific and Asian families and significant others who have been affected by suicide attempts – an analysis of the published and grey literature. Wellington. Ministry of Youth Affairs (2004)

Expertise