Associate Professor, Political Science
Theory Politics
cnine@unc.edu
258 Hamilton Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1.30-3.30 and by appointment
Cara Nine received her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Arizona and her B.A. in philosophy from Carleton College. She specializes in political theory and applied philosophy. Before arriving at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Reno she was chair of the philosophy department at University Nevada, Reno, for three years. Before this, she had an appointment in the philosophy department and was a core member of the politics programme at University College Cork, Ireland.
Dr. Nine’s work mainly focuses on issues in justice and location, or how one’s location (residence, territorial citizenship, use of resources, where one happens to be on the sidewalk, etc.) can affect what is owed to that person as a matter of justice. Her recent book Sharing Territories (OUP, 2022) argues for the redrawing of political boundaries to allow for overlapping areas, such as international waterways, where jurisdictional authority should be shared. Dr. Nine’s current project explores water (especially freshwater) problems and justice.
Her first book, Global Justice and Territory (OUP 2012), won the American Philosophical Association Book Prize in 2013 and the Brian Farrell 2013 Book Prize, awarded by the Political Studies Association of Ireland. She has served as the President of the Irish Philosophical Society and has been awarded grants by the Irish Research Council and the Research Council of Norway.