Hodgett's has a PhD from Massey University.[4] Hodgetts's research and supervision is in the field of social psychology, looking homeless and working class communities identity,[5][6] health[7][8] and poverty.[9][10][11][12][13]
Hodgetts, Darrin, et al. "Health inequalities and homelessness considering material, spatial and relational dimensions." Journal of Health Psychology 12.5 (2007): 709–725.
Hodgetts, Darrin, et al. "A trip to the library: Homelessness and social inclusion." Social & Cultural Geography 9.8 (2008): 933–953.
Hodgetts, Darrin, et al. "Constructing health news: possibilities for a civic-oriented journalism." Health: 12.1 (2008): 43–66.
Hodgetts, Darrin, Andrea Cullen, and Alan Radley. "Television characterizations of homeless people in the United Kingdom." Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy 5.1 (2005): 29–48.
Books
Urban Poverty and Health Inequalities: A Relational Approach (with Ottilie Stolte, Routledge, 2017)
Social Psychology and Everyday Life (with Drew, Sonn, Stolte, Nikora, and Curtis, Red Globe 2010 and Springer 2019)
Edited volumes
The SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Psychology (edited with Kieran O'Doherty, SAGE, 2019)
^"Darrin Hodgetts". New Zealand Coalition to End Homelessness. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^Hodgetts, Darrin (2000). Understanding health and illness : an investigation of New Zealand television and lay accounts (Doctoral thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/2159.