Research Profile

I conduct economic geography research on resources and sustainability with special attention to natural resources management, the development of sustainable business enterprises and networks, and the effectiveness of policies designed to promote innovation, transformation, or resilience in the face of shocks. Currently my focus is on the making of the Blue Economy and Marine Protected Areas. I supervise Master Theses, Bachelor, Dissertations and Zulassungsarbeit in Economic Geography related to transition making, including work on circular economy, food production, retailing, and global production networks.

Current PhD students

  • Arun Adhikari, 'Societal recovery in Nepal after the 2015 earthquakes’ with Rachel Carson Center, LMU Munich.

Profile

  • Born in New Zealand, I gained my PhD in Geography from the University of Toronto, worked at Mount Allison University and Brandon University in Canada, then the University of Auckland, New Zealand before moving to the LMU-Munich.
  • Professor of Economic Geography and Sustainability Research in the Department of Geography, LMU Munich -9/2026
  • Member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of Historical Geography.

Formerly member of the DFG funded research group 'Urban Ethics'.

Formerly member of the Doctoral Advisory Board of the Rachel Carson Carson.

Recent Publishing

  • Acosta, R., Heidkamp, P., Klein, O. and Winder, G.M. (2025) Tangled coastal connections: Ethical tensions in materialities and imaginaries. Maritime Studies, 24: 28. Special collection, 10 pages. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-025-00421-4
  • Hinzpeter, K., and Winder, G.M. (2024) Niche-regime interactions of organic model farmers in Bavaria, Germany: Linking activities of individual farmer. Sustainability 16, 3206 https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083206
  • Winder, G.M. (2024) A discursive field of contested ethics: Reporting the UK’s blue economy in the making. Maritime Studies 23(37):1-20. Special collection (0123456789) https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-024-00375-z
  • Winder, G.M. (2026) Cyclone Gabrielle transformative effects in Aotearoa New Zealand. In Albrecht, M. & Gabriella Palermo, G. (eds.) Blueish Entanglements and Transformations: Unfolding the Geographies of Wet Spaces and Their Role for Societal Change. Routledge in the Routledge Planetary Spaces Series edited by Kimberley Peters (submitted June 2025).
  • Winder, G.M. (2026) Re-Islanding the UK: The Guardian reports new landscapes and
    geographical imaginaries. In F. Heidemann and P. Schorch (eds.) Experiencing Islandness: Oceans and Beyond. Honolulu, Hawai’i: University of Hawai’i Press, Asia Pacific Flows book series, series editors P. Abinales and A. Mawyer: pages 225-256.

My full publication list is available on Google Scholar.