Kelly Dombroski is a Professor in Geography at Massey University in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her major research work is a five-year Rutherford fellowship titled Transitioning to Caring Economies through Transformative Community Investment, which includes fieldwork and supervision in the wider Asia-Pacific region. She publishes in the areas of feminist and economic geography, community economies, diverse economies, and urban commons. She is East Asia editor at Asia-Pacific Viewpoint, and associate editor at New Zealand Geographer. Her 2024 book with University of Minnesota Press is titled Caring for Life: A postdevelopment politics of infant hygiene.