Victoria University of Wellington - Notable Academics

Notable Academics

Main category: Victoria University of Wellington faculty
  • Dr James Belich, New Zealand historian
  • Dame Doreen Blumhardt, former WCE lecturer
  • Mai Chen, public law expert
  • Prof. Sir Paul Callaghan, Professor of Physical Sciences and the founding director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
  • Prof. Dame Margaret Clark, Professor of political science
  • Prof. Sir Lloyd Geering, cleric and founder of the Religious Studies department
  • Prof. Sir Frank Holmes, Emeritus Professor of Economics
  • Prof. George Edward Hughes, first Professor of Philosophy
  • Prof. Douglas Lilburn, late Professor of Music
  • Prof. Richard Cockburn Maclaurin, Foundation Professor of Mathematics 1899-1907 then President of MIT
  • Prof. Bill Manhire, author, poet
  • Prof. Paul Morris, Professor of Religious Studies
  • Prof. Peter Munz, Professor of History
  • Terence O'Brien, former diplomat, founder of Centre for Strategic Studies
  • Sir Tipene O'Regan, Māori leader, former WCE lecturer
  • Prof. Vincent O'Sullivan, Emeritus Professor, poet
  • The Rt Hon. Sir Geoffrey Palmer, former New Zealand Prime Minister
  • Dr Matthew Palmer, former Dean of Law School, son of Sir Geoffrey Palmer above
  • The Rt Hon. Sir Ivor Richardson, Member of the Privy Council, former President of the Court of Appeal, former Dean of Law School
  • Prof. Kim Sterelny, Professor of Philosophy
  • Teresia Teaiwa, Senior Lecturer of Pacific Studies, author, poet
  • Prof. Matt Visser, Specialist in general relativity

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