Nicola Rowan Wheen is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the University of Otago, specialising in national and international environmental law, and environmental law and the Treaty of Waitangi.

Nicola Wheen
Wheen in 2010
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Otago
Thesis
Academic advisorsGeoffrey Palmer, Bruce V Harris
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago

Academic career

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Wheen joined the law department at the University of Otago in 1984 as a student, gaining her LLB before joining the academic staff in 1989, rising to associate professor in 2015[1] and full professor in 2021.[2][3] Wheen completed a Master of Laws titled The Resource Management Act 1991 and water in New Zealand: impact and implications at the University of Otago in 1995.[4] She researches how law addresses international and national environmental problems, such as whaling, marine mammal by-catch,[5] climate change, freshwater allocation, forest conservation on Māori-owned land, the environmental impacts of tourism, and how sex work is regulated through planning law.[6][7][8] Wheen also has an interest in how the Treaty of Waitangi affects environmental law.[1][3]

Wheen is a member of the Centre of Research Excellence Coastal People: Southern Skies, led by Anne-Marie Jackson and Rosalina Richards.[3][9] She has co-edited books on the Treaty of Waitangi, and Treaty of Waitangi Settlements, with Janine Hayward.[3][1][10] Wheen also wrote chapters in Environmental Histories of New Zealand, published in 2002, and The Law of Research, published 2003.[11]

Wheen teachers and convenes courses on Public Law, Environmental Law and International Environmental Law at Otago, and has supervised more than fifty honours and postgraduate students.[1][3] She is on the editorial board of Otago University Press.[12]

Selected works

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Books

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  • Hayward, Janine; Wheen, Nicola, eds. (2004), The Waitangi Tribunal: Te Roopu Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi, Bridget Williams Books, doi:10.7810/9781877242328_8, ISBN 9781877242328
  • Hayward, Janine; Wheen, Nicola R., eds. (2012), "The Meaning of Treaty Settlements and the Evolution of the Treaty Settlement Process", Treaty of Waitangi Settlements, Bridget Williams Books, pp. 13–28, doi:10.7810/9781927131381_1, ISBN 9781927131381

Articles

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Otago, University of (29 January 2015). "Otago announces professorial promotions". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  2. ^ Board, Otago Bulletin (8 December 2020). "Otago announces 26 new professors". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e Law, Faculty of (21 June 2021). "Professor Nicola Wheen". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  4. ^ Wheen, Nicola Rowan (1995). The Resource Management Act 1991 and water in New Zealand : impact and implications (Master of Laws thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago. hdl:10523/3278.
  5. ^ Wheen, Nicola R. (3 September 2012). "How the Law Lets Down the 'Down-Under Dolphin'—Fishing-Related Mortality of Marine Animals and the Law in New Zealand". academic.oup.com. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  6. ^ Otago, University of (28 August 2023). "Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Professor Nicola Wheen". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  7. ^ Williams, David (5 August 2017). "Waterways under pressure". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Impact of trampers in Fiordland in spotlight". NZ Herald. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Senior Leadership Team – Coastal People: Southern Skies". Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Book review – Treaty of Waitangi Settlements – Māori Law Review". Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Nicola R. Wheen - BWB Bridget Williams Books". www.bwb.co.nz. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  12. ^ Otago University Press (11 January 2023). "Editorial Board". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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