Steve Randerson, MSc (Hons) Applied Psychology

Steve Randerson has been a research officer at SHORE & Whariki since 2011. He has research and evaluation expertise on alcohol policy, health promotion and community action to reduce harm from alcohol and other drugs. His research has focused on the alcohol licensing system and alcohol policy development, and he has been invited to present to national health and licensing networks. He has published journal articles and presented to international conferences. Steve has also provided national coordination and training to the Community Action on Youth and Drugs programme at SHORE & Whariki, funded by the Ministry of Health, and experience coordinating family and community services with the Ministry of Social Development. Steve has a background in organisational psychology and human resources consultancy experience in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Email: s.j.randerson@massey.ac.nz

Journal Articles

Randerson, S., Graydon-Guy, T., Lin, E.-Y., & Casswell, S. (2025). Exploring the Use of a Large Language Model for Inductive Content Analysis in a Discourse Network Analysis Study. Social Science Computer Review. https://doi-org.ezproxy.massey.ac.nz/10.1177/08944393251326175

Randerson, S., Casswell, S., Borell, B., Rychert, M., Gordon, L., Lin, E. Y., ... & Graydon‐Guy, T. (2025). Systemic inequities in alcohol licensing: Case studies in eight Aotearoa New Zealand communities. Drug and Alcohol Review. 44:459–470. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dar.13997

Leung, J. Y. Y., Casswell, S., Randerson, S., Athauda, L., Banavaram, A., Callinan, S., Campbell, O., Chaiyasong, S., Dearak, S., Dumbili, E. W., Romero-García, L., Gururaj, G., Kalapat, R., Karki, K., Karlsson, T., Kong, M., Liu, S., Maldonado Vargas, N. D., Gonzalez-Mejía, J. F., Naimi, T., Nthomang, K., Oladunni, O., Owino, K., Herrera Palacio, J. C., Phatchana, P., Pradhan, P. M. S., Rossow, I., Shorter, G., Sibounheuang, V., Štelemėkas, M., Son, D. T., Vallance, K., van Dalen, W., Wettlaufer, A., Zamora, A., & Jankhotkaew, J. (2024). Assessing alcohol industry penetration and government safeguards: the International Alcohol Control Study. BMJ Global Health, 9(11), e016093. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2024-016093 A642

Casswell, S., Randerson, S., Karl Parker, K., & Huckle, T. (2024). Using the International Alcohol Control (IAC) policy index to assess effects of legislative change in Aotearoa New Zealand. BMC Public Health, 24(1563) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18992-y A626

Leung, J. Y., Randerson, S., McLellan, G., & Casswell, S. (2023). Addressing the influence of the alcohol industry in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 136(1579), 104-112. A606

Casswell, S., Huckle, T., Parker, K., Graydon-Guy, T., Leung, J., Parry, C., Torun, P., Sengee, G., Pham, C., Gray-Phillip, G., Callinan, S., Chaiyasong, S., MacKintosh, A. M., Meier, P., & Randerson, S. (2023). Effective alcohol policies are associated with reduced consumption among demographic groups who drink heavily. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research, 47(4), 786-795. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.15030 A578

Leung, J. Y. Y., Casswell, S., Parker, K., Huckle, T., Romeo, J., Graydon-Guy, T., Byron, K., Callinan, S., Chaiyasong , S., Gordon, R., Harker, N., Mackintosh, A. M., Meier, P., Paraje, G., Parry, C. D. H., Cuong Pham, Petersen Williams, P., Randerson, S., Schelleman-Offermans, K., Sengee, G., Torun, P., van Dalen, W. (2023). Effective alcohol policies and lifetime abstinence: an analysis of the International Alcohol Control (IAC) Policy Index. Drug and Alcohol Review, 42(3), 704-713. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dar.13582. A570

Casswell S., Huckle T., Parker K., Romeo J., Graydon-Guy T., Leung J., Byron, K., Callinan, S., Chaiyasong, S., Gordon, R., MacKintosh, A. M., Meier, P., Paraje, G., Parry, C. D. H., Pham, C., Petersen Williams, P., Randerson, S., Schelleman-Offermans, K., Sengee, G., Torun, P., van Dalen, W., Harker, N. (2022) Benchmarking alcohol policy based on stringency and impact: The International Alcohol Control (IAC) policy index. PLOS Global Public Health 2(4): e0000109. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000109

Wilkins, C., Rychert, M., Romeo, J., & Randerson, S. (2019). Smoke in our eyes: the Sense Partners’ evaluation of the legalisation of cannabis in New Zealand [Editorial]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1490), 6-9. https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/read-the-journal/all-issues/2010-2019/2019/vol-2132-no-1490-2022-february-2019/7811. A456

Randerson, S., Casswell, S., & Huckle, T. (2018). Changes in New Zealand’s alcohol environment following implementation of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act (2012). New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1476), 14-23. A438

Casswell, S., Morojele, N., Petersen Williams, P., Chaiyasong, S., Gordon, R., Gray-Phillip, G., Pham V, C., MacKintosh, A.-M., Halliday, S., Railton, R., Randerson, S., Parry, C. D. H. (2018). The Alcohol Environment Protocol - a new tool for alcohol policy. Drug and Alcohol Review, published online Jan 4, DOI: 10.1111/dar.12654. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dar.12654/epdf

reports and presentations

Presentation: Exploring the use of GPT-4 in Discourse Network Analysis. 49th Annual Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society (KBS) for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol, Fremantle, Western Australia, 2024

Randerson S, Casswell S, Parker K, Huckle T. (2024) Alcohol Policy Status and Impact in the Western Pacific Region: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Philippines and Viet Nam. Report for the Western Pacific Region Office of the World Health Organisation. Auckland: SHORE & Whariki Research Centre, Massey University.

Randerson S, Wright K, Connor J. Local alcohol policies: What’s the opportunity to reduce harm?. Public Health Expert Briefing. (2024). Available from: https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/local-alcohol-policies-whats-opportunity-reduce-harm

Presentation: Systemic contributors to inequitable alcohol supply: the licensing system in Aotearoa New Zealand. Global Alcohol Policy Conference, Cape Town, 2023

Randerson, S., Gordon, L., Casswell, S., Lin, J., Borell, B., Rychert, M., Huckle, T. (2022). “I feel it’s unsafe to walk”: Impacts of alcohol supply on public space in eight neighbourhoods, and residents’ input to alcohol licensing decisions. Wellington: Te Whatu Ora. https://www.hpa.org.nz/sites/default/files/Inclusivity%20report%20FINAL.pdf.

2011 – 2022: annual reports to the Ministry of Health on National Coordination of the Community Action on Youth and Drugs (CAYAD) programme.

Research summaries for youth, alcohol and other drug policy projects.

Submissions to government policy consultations; e.g. the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Community Participation) Amendment Bill, 2022; the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Renewal of licences) Amendment Bill, 2018; Mental Health and Addictions Inquiry, 2019.