Sexual Harm Prevention in the Music Community

Kia ora

My name is Jess Haugh, and I am currently a Masters student in the School of Psychology at Waipapa Taumata Rau (The University of Auckland), supervised by Professor Virginia Braun. I am also involved in the music community as a musician, producer, and audio engineer, and run a community organisation that supports women and gender diverse musicians called Women About Sound.

For my Masters’ research I am doing a project exploring men’s understandings of the issue of sexual harm, and men’s/their role in prevention, within the music community in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Through the research, I hope to invite men to be part of a solution-focused project that contributes to making the New Zealand music community a more inclusive, safe space for all.

To explore this topic, I am facilitating focus groups (group discussions) with 3-5 adult men per group.

I am currently recruiting participants, and want to reach out to as many men as I can who participate in the independent music community as musicians, promoters and music producers.

If you are interested in sharing this project, I have a recruitment flyer that I have attached that has information about the project for potential participants that you could share.

Or if you have any further questions about my research, please get in touch by emailing jhau006@aucklanduni.ac.nz

This project has been approved by the University of Auckland Human Participants Ethics Committee on 23/05/2024 for three years. Reference Number UAHPEC27669.

Ngā mihi,

Jess