Scholars
Chris McMillan
University of Auckland
Based in
New Zealand
Oceana
Chris McMillan’s research focuses on the intersection of sport, climate change, and capitalism. He is particularly interested in the unequal impact of climate change on sport and the mechanisms through which sporting organisations articulate the threat of climate change and their responses to this threat.
Country(ies) of Specialty
New ZealandFocus areas of expertise
Greenwashing Climate policy and politics Communications research Public opinionHow to Connect
Publications
Articles
McMillan, Chris. “Cricket and Climate Change: An Integrative Review.” Sport in Society, 2024, pp. 1-18, doi:10.1080/17430437.2024.2424561.
—. Cricket, Capitalism and Class: From the Village Green to the Cricket Industry. Routledge, 2023.
—. “A Crisis of (Environmental) Imagination: Sport and the Limits to Environmental Action in Aotearoa New Zealand.” Capitalism Nature Socialism, 2025, pp. 1-19, doi:10.1080/10455752.2025.2525892.
—. “‘Seeing It as a Whole’: A Research Agenda for the Sociology of Sport and Climate Change.” International Review for the Sociology of Sport, vol. 60, no. 3, 2025, pp. 401-17, doi:10.1177/10126902241268182.
—. “Sustainable Symptoms: Olympism, Air Transportation, and Fetishistic Disavowal.” Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 2025, doi:10.1177/01937235251327102.