Professor Anna Maria Grear | |
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Born | 4 September 1959 |
Nationality | British |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Bristol (1979-1982) Oxford Brookes University (1995-1997) University of Oxford (1997–1999) |
Academic work | |
School or tradition | Jurisprudence, Political Theory, Philosophical Foundations of the Common Law (Contract and Tort), Comparative Public Law, Comparative Human Rights |
Institutions | Oxford Brookes University (2000–2006) University of the West of England (2006–2012) University of Waikato (2012–) Cardiff University (2013–2023) |
Main interests | Human Rights, Human Rights and the Environment, Climate Injustice, Legal Subjectivity, New Materialist Legal Theory |
Anna Maria Grear (born 4 September 1959) is an English academic, author, and political activist. Grear is the founder of several academic and activist organisations, including the Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE) and the Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, where she is editor-in-chief.[1] Grear is adjunct professor of law at the University of Waikato[2] and was professor of law and theory at Cardiff University until 2023.[3] She has written for such international newspapers as The Wire[4] and Süddeutsche Zeitung.[5] She is also the owner of HypnoCatalyst, an organisation specialising in integrative psychotherapy.[6]