Director
Professor Trevor Daya-Winterbottom (opens in a new tab)
Professor
Director - Centre for Environmental, Resources and Energy Law - Te Putahi o te Ture Taiāo
Chair and Convenor - 11th Frontiers of Environmental Law Colloquium 2025
Chair and Convenor - 19th Polar Law Symposium 2026
Chair and Convenor - 24th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium 2027
Dr Trevor Daya-Winterbottom is a Professor of Law at Te Piringa ...
Chair and Convenor - 11th Frontiers of Environmental Law Colloquium 2025
Chair and Convenor - 19th Polar Law Symposium 2026
Chair and Convenor - 24th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium 2027
Dr Trevor Daya-Winterbottom is a Professor of Law at Te Piringa ...
Management Committee
Dr Sam Campbell (opens in a new tab)
Lecturer
I am an environmental law expert interested in the balancing of values in environmental law and policy, with a particular focus on water. My work spans international and domestic environmental law. Prior to academia, I was a practising lawyer at a leading international law firm in Australia. I am a member of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law and the ...
Associate Professor Nathan Cooper (opens in a new tab)
Associate Dean International
Associate Professor & Convenor of International Engagement
I work at the interface of environmental law and human rights law, and in particular on questions around the compatibility of ‘rights claims’ with ecologically sustainable governance. I am interested in the way that formal law shapes norms and interacts with other norms, and in the role of ‘vern...
I work at the interface of environmental law and human rights law, and in particular on questions around the compatibility of ‘rights claims’ with ecologically sustainable governance. I am interested in the way that formal law shapes norms and interacts with other norms, and in the role of ‘vern...
Professor Trevor Daya-Winterbottom (opens in a new tab)
Professor
Director - Centre for Environmental, Resources and Energy Law - Te Putahi o te Ture Taiāo
Chair and Convenor - 11th Frontiers of Environmental Law Colloquium 2025
Chair and Convenor - 19th Polar Law Symposium 2026
Chair and Convenor - 24th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium 2027
Dr Trevor Daya-Winterbottom is a Professor of Law at Te Piringa ...
Chair and Convenor - 11th Frontiers of Environmental Law Colloquium 2025
Chair and Convenor - 19th Polar Law Symposium 2026
Chair and Convenor - 24th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium 2027
Dr Trevor Daya-Winterbottom is a Professor of Law at Te Piringa ...
Dr Dee Raman (opens in a new tab)
Lecturer
Dr Durgeshree (Dee) Raman is a Lecture of Law at Te Piringa - Faculty of Law. She completed her PhD on "Governance of International Rivers: Threats, Gaps and Challenges" from the University of Waikato in 2015. Her PhD was supervised by the distinguished Professor Alexander Gillespie and Professor Trevor Daya-Winterbottom, who are both renowned, nationall...
Members
Dr Alberto Alvarez-Jimenez (opens in a new tab)
Senior Lecturer
Kia ora, talofa, hola, and many thanks for your interest.
I am a Colombian, Canadian, and soon to be New Zealand citizen, who enjoys literature, art, architecture and music.
My research focuses on public international law, international trade law, and foreign investment law. I have a consistent record of publishing in high-impact peer-reviewed journals...
I am a Colombian, Canadian, and soon to be New Zealand citizen, who enjoys literature, art, architecture and music.
My research focuses on public international law, international trade law, and foreign investment law. I have a consistent record of publishing in high-impact peer-reviewed journals...
Professor Barry Barton (opens in a new tab)
Professor
Barry Barton has been a member of the Faculty of Law since 1991. His field of research is energy, natural resources, and climate change law. He studied law and geography at the University of Auckland, practised law in Auckland, and spent a decade in Canada, first at the University of British Columbia and then the Canadian Institute of Resources Law at th...
Dr Anna Marie Brennan (opens in a new tab)
Research Associate
Dr Anna Marie Brennan BCLGA (Hons), LL.B. (Hons), LL.M. (First Class Honours), PhD is a Senior Lecturer (Above the Bar) in Law. She was awarded the prestigious Borrin Foundation Women Leaders in Law Fellowship in 2024 and an Asia New Zealand Foundation Research Grant in 2026. She currently serves as Postgraduate Research Lead in the School of Law, Politi...
Dr Sam Campbell (opens in a new tab)
Lecturer
I am an environmental law expert interested in the balancing of values in environmental law and policy, with a particular focus on water. My work spans international and domestic environmental law. Prior to academia, I was a practising lawyer at a leading international law firm in Australia. I am a member of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law and the ...
Ms Jennifer Campion (opens in a new tab)
Senior Lecturer
I am a Senior Lecturer in Law at Te Piringa | Faculty of Law, University of Waikato. My research explores how law governs technological and environmental transitions, with a particular focus on energy transition law, climate governance, intellectual property law, and sustainability. I am interested in the role of legal frameworks in supporting innovation...
Associate Professor Juliet Chevalier-Watts (opens in a new tab)
Associate Professor
Dr Juliet Chevalier-Watts is an Associate Professor in Law, Convenor of Research and former Co Director of the Waikato Public Law and Policy Research Unit, and former Associate Dean Research at the University of Waikato and Editor in Chief of the Waikato Law Review.
Juliet is a specialist in charity law, equity and trusts and religious law, and she lect...
Juliet is a specialist in charity law, equity and trusts and religious law, and she lect...
Associate Professor Nathan Cooper (opens in a new tab)
Associate Dean International
Associate Professor & Convenor of International Engagement
I work at the interface of environmental law and human rights law, and in particular on questions around the compatibility of ‘rights claims’ with ecologically sustainable governance. I am interested in the way that formal law shapes norms and interacts with other norms, and in the role of ‘vern...
I work at the interface of environmental law and human rights law, and in particular on questions around the compatibility of ‘rights claims’ with ecologically sustainable governance. I am interested in the way that formal law shapes norms and interacts with other norms, and in the role of ‘vern...
Professor Trevor Daya-Winterbottom (opens in a new tab)
Professor
Director - Centre for Environmental, Resources and Energy Law - Te Putahi o te Ture Taiāo
Chair and Convenor - 11th Frontiers of Environmental Law Colloquium 2025
Chair and Convenor - 19th Polar Law Symposium 2026
Chair and Convenor - 24th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium 2027
Dr Trevor Daya-Winterbottom is a Professor of Law at Te Piringa ...
Chair and Convenor - 11th Frontiers of Environmental Law Colloquium 2025
Chair and Convenor - 19th Polar Law Symposium 2026
Chair and Convenor - 24th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium 2027
Dr Trevor Daya-Winterbottom is a Professor of Law at Te Piringa ...
Professor Alexander Gillespie (opens in a new tab)
Professor
Professor Alexander Gillespie obtained his LLB and LLM degrees with Honours from The University of Auckland. He did his PhD at Nottingham and post-doctoral studies at Columbia University in New York City. His areas of scholarship pertain to international and comparative environmental law; the laws of war; civil liberties; and a number of pressing issues ...
Associate Professor Robert Joseph (opens in a new tab)
Director of Māori Indigenous Governance Centre
Dr Leo Liao (opens in a new tab)
Senior Lecturer
Dr Leo Z Liao graduated from Renmin University of China (RUC) with degrees of Bachelor of Economics, Master of Laws, and Doctor of Laws. He also completed his Bachelor of Laws, Master of Professional Studies (with First Class Honours in Translation), and Master of Laws (with First Class Honours in Commercial Law) at University of Auckland.
Dr Liao has b...
Dr Liao has b...
Professor Taciano Milfont (opens in a new tab)
Professor in Psychology
Taciano L. Milfont is a committed human rights defender, advocating for justice, equality, and the protection of marginalised communities.
He is a Professor in the School of Psychological and Social Sciences, member of the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Environmental Psychology.
Known for applying insigh...
He is a Professor in the School of Psychological and Social Sciences, member of the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Environmental Psychology.
Known for applying insigh...
Dr Unaisi Narawa (opens in a new tab)
Lecturer
Dr Unaisi Narawa is of Fijian and Solomon Island ancestry. She joined Te Piringa Faculty of Law in 2023 as a Lecturer in Law and Convenor of Pacific Engagement. Unaisi studied at the University of the South Pacific (USP) where she completed undergraduate and post graduate qualifications in law, legislative drafting and tertiary teaching. Prior to joining...
Dr Dee Raman (opens in a new tab)
Lecturer
Dr Durgeshree (Dee) Raman is a Lecture of Law at Te Piringa - Faculty of Law. She completed her PhD on "Governance of International Rivers: Threats, Gaps and Challenges" from the University of Waikato in 2015. Her PhD was supervised by the distinguished Professor Alexander Gillespie and Professor Trevor Daya-Winterbottom, who are both renowned, nationall...
Associate Professor Linda Te Aho (opens in a new tab)
Associate Professor
Linda Te Aho, MNZM, is an Associate Professor in Te Piringa Faculty of Law and in 2025 was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and to Legal Education. Linda has long served as the Associate Dean Māori for the law faculty, and more recently for the newly created Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences. An experienced...
Professor Valmaine Toki (opens in a new tab)
Professor
Professor Valmaine Toki is of Ngati Rehua, Ngatiwai, Ngapuhi descent. Valmaine holds a BA LLB (Hons) MBA, LLM and a PhD in law and has a current practicing certificate as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court. As a He Ture Pumau scholar Valmaine worked at Te Ohu Kaimoana where she completed her MBA. Valmaine joined Te Piringa after five years lectu...
Dr Amanda Turnbull-McRae (opens in a new tab)
Research Associate
Amanda Turnbull is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Te Piringa Faculty of Law, School of Law, Politics and Philosophy, and Undergraduate Convenor (Law). She is also a Research Associate with Te Puna Haumaru Centre for Security & Crime Science (Waikato) and a Fellow of the European Law Institute. Before joining Waikato, Amanda was a Schulich Fellow at the Schu...
Dr Joseph Ulatowski (opens in a new tab)
Assistant Vice-Chancellor Sustainability
Joe specialises in the nature and value of truth and collaborates with New Zealand and overseas colleagues on projects that involve the nature of truth, the problem of action individuation, self-narratives, and applied ethical problems involving security and research ethics.