Christine Winter

Senior Lecturer of Politics, University of Otago
Christine Winters

Christine Winter (Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa, Pākehā) is a Senior Lecturer in Tōrakapū | Politics at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | University of Otago and Research Affiliate at the Sydney Environment Institute. A political theorist, Christine’s research examines the injustices inherent in theories of political justice and particularly within intergenerational, environmental, planetary, and multispecies justice. At the heart of her work is an examination of the incompatibilities between western and Māori philosophies and ways in which theories of justice continue the colonial project. She is interested in creating a space for political theory to actively contribute to the decolonial project required for manifesting political justice in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Her approach is to interrogate epistemological and ontological assumptions that ground theory and shape politics, legislation, and law. In doing so she has two aims: to identify what is required if justice theory is to be just for Māori (and where/if applicable, Indigenous Peoples of the settler states); and to expand the boundaries of theories of justice to protect the environment (as most broadly conceived) for future generations of Māori, settler compatriots and the multispecies community. She is the author of Subjects of Intergenerational Justice: Indigenous Philosophy, the Environment and Relationships. Routledge 2022, a decolonial critique of theories of intergenerational justice.

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