Publications & Outputs

Research Publications

Thomas-Maude, J., & McLennan, S. (2025). Health system resilience in the Pacific: A scoping review of Fiji’s COVID-19 response. SSM – Health Systems, 5, 100119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmhs.2025.100119

Thomas-Maude, J. (2025). Medical licensing for international medical graduates in Aotearoa New Zealand since 1849: Overview and timeline. The New Zealand Medical Journal, 138(1615), 34-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.26635/6965.6652

Thomas-Maude, J. (2024). “Broken” pathways: Understanding the licensing experiences of overseas-trained medical doctors in Aotearoa New Zealand [Doctoral Thesis, Massey University]. https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/71468

Thomas-Maude, J. (2024). Understanding the registration experiences of overseas-trained medical doctors in Aotearoa New Zealand: A snapshot. IDS Working Paper Series. Institute of Development Studies, Massey University. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/70259

Thomas-Maude, J., McLennan, S., & Walters, V. (2024). Cultural exchange during English-Language Voluntourism (EVT) in Lima, Peru: A postcolonial analysis. Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 23(4), 450-465. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2021.1991802

Thomas-Maude, J. (2023). Mobility justice, capabilities, and medical migration: Medical licensing pathways for overseas-trained doctors in Aotearoa New Zealand. Australian Geographer, 54(4), 479-‌497. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00049182.2023.2245620

McLennan, S., Movono, A., & Thomas-Maude, J. (2023). “Nobody should talk about
it”: Fijian health system resilience and the COVID-19 pandemic. IDS Working Paper Series. Institute of Development Studies, Massey University. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/18292

McLennan, S. & Thomas-Maude, J. (2023). Othering or authenticity: Volunteer tourism and cultural exchange. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2023.06.020

Thomas-Maude, J. (2022). NZ’s medical licensing system is still a major hurdle for desperately needed foreign-trained doctors. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/nzs-medical-licensing-system-is-still-a-major-hurdle-for-desperately-needed-foreign-trained-doctors-196724

Thomas-Maude, J., & McLennan, S. (2022). Critically understaffed and with Omicron looming, why isn’t NZ employing more of its foreign-trained doctors? The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/critically-understaffed-and-with-omicron-looming-why-isnt-nz-employing-more-of-its-foreign-trained-doctors-175914

Thomas, J. (2019). “They come because they know the teachers are gringos” : A post-colonial exploration of the perceived value of volunteer English teaching in Lima, Peru [Masters Thesis, Massey University]. https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/15743

Book Reviews

Thomas-Maude, J. (2021). Advanced introduction to mobilities. Mimi Sheller. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, 2021. 168 pp. ISBN 9781788979580. New Zealand Geographer, 77(2), 145-146. https://doi.org/10.1111/nzg.12296

Thomas-Maude, J. (2021). Justice, migration, and mercy. Michael Blake. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2020. 266 pp. ISBN 9780190879556. New Zealand Geographer, 77(3), 249-250. https://doi.org/10.1111/nzg.12319

Conference Presentations

Thomas-Maude, J., Ravono, A., & McLennan, S. (2025, June 27). Difficult deaths, unfinished mourning: The experiences of frontline healthcare workers during and after the COVID-19 crisis in Fiji [Paper presentation]. DSA Conference 2025, Bath, U.K. https://youtu.be/83QsANB5JYU

McLennan, S., Ravono, A., & Thomas-Maude, J. (2025, June 26). Reimagining health system resilience in Fiji: Lessons from COVID-19 and beyond [Paper presentation]. DSA Conference 2025, Bath, U.K.

Thomas-Maude, J. (2024, December 4). A “hidden story”: Overseas-trained medical doctors in Aotearoa New Zealand [Paper presentation]. DevNet Conference 2024, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Thomas-Maude, J. (2024, November 29). A “hidden story”: Understanding the experiences of international medical graduates (IMGs) in Aotearoa New Zealand [Symposium presentation]. 13th Mobilities Aotearoa Symposium: Mobilities and Development: From Global to Local, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

McLennan, S., Ravono, A., & Thomas-Maude, J. (2024, September 4). Re-imagining health care in Fiji: Exploring resilience in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond [Poster presentation]. Pacific Island Health Research Symposium 2024, Nadi, Fiji.

Thomas-Maude, J., & McLennan, S. (2023, October 10-13). Re-framing volunteer tourism: Cultural exchange in Peru and Fiji [Conference presentation]. ATLAS Annual Conference 2023, Bad Gleichenberg, Austria.

Thomas-Maude, J. (2022, December 8). Not only patients waiting in line: The differential labour mobilities of Aotearoa New Zealand’s migrant doctors [Paper presentation]. DevNet Conference 2022, Auckland, New Zealand.

Thomas-Maude, J. (2022, December 1). “Medicine is medicine”: Knowledge (im)mobilities of migrant doctors in Aotearoa New Zealand [Symposium presentation]. 12th Mobilities Aotearoa Symposium: Beyond Human Mobilities, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Thomas-Maude, J. (2022, June 14). ‘Just’ restrictions? Understanding the experiences of foreign-trained medical doctors in Aotearoa New Zealand [Conference presentation]. AusMob: Mobility Justice Symposium 2022, Wollongong, Australia.

Thomas-Maude, J. (2020, December 4). “They come because they know the teachers are gringos”: English voluntourism in Lima, Peru [Panel presentation]. DevNet Conference 2020, Palmerston North, New Zealand.