Rate My Professor Christine Winter

Dr Christine Winter (Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa, Pākehā) is Senior Lecturer in environmental, climate change, multispecies and indigenous politics in the Politics Programme at the University of Otago. She holds a BA from Victoria University of Wellington, an MA Honours from the Australian National University, and a PhD from the University of Sydney. Prior to her current role, which she commenced in 2022, she served as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Sydney Environment Institute from 2020 to 2022. Her research examines how theories of political justice, particularly intergenerational, environmental, planetary, and multispecies justice, perpetuate injustices for Māori and the environment. Winter develops decolonial and anticolonial critiques to reframe these theories, ensuring they align with Māori philosophies and protect multispecies communities. She identifies as affiliated with Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa and Pākehā.

Winter's key publications include the authored book Subjects of Intergenerational Justice: Indigenous Philosophy, the Environment and Relationships (Routledge, 2022), which offers a decolonial critique of intergenerational justice theories. She co-authored Institutionalising Multispecies Justice (Cambridge University Press, 2024), exploring frameworks for multispecies justice. Notable articles feature 'Multispecies justice: theories, challenges, and a research agenda for environmental politics' (Environmental Politics, 2021, with D. Celermajer et al.), cited over 500 times, and 'Does time colonise intergenerational environmental justice theory?' (Environmental Politics, 2020). Recent works encompass reviews and articles such as 'A path to an otherwise' (Postcolonial Studies, 2025) and 'White lies: On the epistemic violence of the settler state' (ARTFORUM, 2025). She teaches courses including POLS 224/324 Current Issues in Environmental Politics, POLS 242 Settler State Politics in Aotearoa and Australia, and POLS 413/513 Political Theory for the Environment. Her contributions influence decolonial approaches in environmental political theory, with affiliations including co-director of He Kaupapa Hononga, a University of Otago climate research network.