Karen Fisher

Karen Fisher

Co-Applicant | University of Auckland

Karen Fisher (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato-Tainui) is a Professor in the School of Environment, University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau, New Zealand. She is a Human Geographer, whose research is focused on society-environment relations, environmental governance, and the politics of resource use. She has extensive experience working in inter- and transdisciplinary projects that explore the social, legal, and political dimensions of environmental management across multiple environmental domains, Indigenous rights and interests in environmental governance, and the intersections between science/Indigenous knowledges and policy in responding to environmental challenges. Recent work considers the relationship between environmental justice and human rights and especially the impacts of colonisation on Indigenous peoples’ rights, values, and interests.