Professor Godden is the Director, Centre for Resources Energy and Environmental Law, Melbourne Law School. Her research interests include environmental law, natural resources law (especially water) property law and indigenous peoples’ land rights.

The impact of her work extends beyond Australia with comparative research on environmental law and sustainability, property law and resource trading regimes, water law resources and Indigenous land rights issues, in countries as diverse as Canada, New Zealand, UK, South Africa, and the Asia- Pacific.
In 2013-15 she was an Australian Law Reform Commissioner.

Engagement with the theoretical and the grounded aspects of law is a hallmark of her scholarship distinguished by an interdisciplinary approach. She maintains a focus on legal theory, drawing on her background in law and geography. Her work has appeared in leading International journals, as well as leading Australian law journals. Professor Godden has been awarded ARC Discovery Project and Linkage Project funding, as well as undertaking a number of consultancies.

She has a longstanding record in community knowledge transfer; a recipient with other project members of a 2007 Vice Chancellor’s knowledge transfer award. Her contribution to environmental conservation and social justice has been recognised by invited membership of leading international and national environmental, and natural resource organisations. Her work continues with engagement in public interest issues such as the impact of climate change on environmental law and water law and economic development for indigenous communities.

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Capacity Assessment for Waste Legislation in the 15 PacWastePlus Participating Countries

Lee Godden's selected work

Legislative Review And Assessment Of The Environmental And Waste Legislative Environment I..

Research Contracts

Sharing your meter data might help cut your power bill, but it needs secure regulation

NEWS ARTICLE

Assessment of Waste Legislation in the 15 PacWastePlus Participating Countries

Report

Accessing Water To Meet Aboriginal Economic Development Needs

Research Contracts

Marking Mabo: How has Native Title changed since the landmark ruling?

NEWS ARTICLE

PacWastePlus Waste Legislative Review National Options Papers for Waste Legislation in the..

Report

Projects

Displaying the 17 most recent projects by Lee Godden.

Legislative Review And Assessment Of The Environmental And Waste Legislative Environment In 15 Pacific Island Countries For The Pacwaste Plus Project

2019 - 2020

Completed

Accessing Water To Meet Aboriginal Economic Development Needs

2019 - 2021

Active

Property As Habitat: Reintegrating Place, People, And Law

This project aims to produce an original account of property law that will connect it to place and human relationships. Property is at the c..

2019 - 2022

Active

National Cultural Flows Research Project Component 5: Law, Policy And Institutions

2017 - 2017

Completed

Lake Urmia Restoration Program Plan

2017 - 2017

Completed

Going Beyond The Crisis Response: Building Trust And Maintaining Legitimacy For All Stakeholders In Environmental Water Flows And Water Governance

2017 - 2018

Completed

Producing, Distributing, Communicating And Presenting Hte Innovation Statement For Regional Water Productivity

2013 - 2014

Completed

Action Planning For Implementation Of The Carlton Connect Water Theme Innovation Statemnet For Regional Water Productivity

2013 - 2014

Completed

The Implementation Of Water Productivity: Identifying Barriers And Solutions

2013 - 2015

Completed

Intra-Departmental Agreement For Provision Of Services - Governance Models For Adaptation And Natural Disaster Risk Management: Legal, Regulatory, Institutional And Financial Assessment

2012 - 2014

Completed

Climate Change Law And Mitigation: Forest Carbon Sequestration And Indigenous And Local Community Rights

The project examines the impact of climate change law and mitigation on Indigenous peoples and local forest communities in Australia, India ..

2011 - 2017

Completed

Responding To Climate Change: Australia'S Environmental Law And Regulatory Framework

Climate change presents Australia with unparalleled sustainability challenges. Impacts on environmental resources will require an integrated..

2009 - 2012

Completed

Managing Competing Claims To Land And Resources - Does Property Law Promote Sustainability ?

A key factor in promoting environmental sustainability is the resolution of competing claims to land and water resources in rural Australia...

The Implementation Of Agreements And Treaties With Indigenous And Local Peoples In Postcolonial States

This project involves a comparative study by an interdisciplinary team of the implementation of agreements with Indigenous and local peoples..

The Implementation Of Agreements And Treaties With Indigenous And Local Peoples In Postcolonial States

This project involves a comparative study by an interdisciplinary team of the implementation of agreements with Indigenous and local peoples..

The Implementation Of Agreements And Treaties With Indigenous And Local Peoples In Postcolonial States

This project involves a comparative study by an interdisciplinary team of the implementation of agreements with Indigenous and local peoples..

Completed

The Implementation Of Agreements And Treaties With Indigenous And Local Peoples In Postcolonial States

This project involves a comparative study by an interdisciplinary team of the implementation of agreements with Indigenous and local peoples..

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Research Contracts

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