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Email

avril.horne@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Doctorate
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree
Monash University
Bachelors Degree
Monash University
ORCID

0000-0001-6615-9987

Prof Avril Horne

Professor
Department of Infrastructure Engineering

96 Scholarly works
21 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Bottom-up assessment of climate change vulnerability of a large and complex river basin using emulator models
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.103095
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Stress testing water allocations across large river basins
    DOI: 10.1007/s10584-025-04051-x
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Matching Decision Attributes to Methods: A Structured Framework for Selecting DMDU Approaches in Environmental Water Management
    DOI: 10.1002/wat2.70045
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Mitigating impacts of climate change on flow regimes through management of small dams and abstractions
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133583
  • 2023

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Phase 1: Development of Joint Hydro-Economic Modelling Capability for the Murray Darling Basin
  • 2021

    Research Contracts

    Assessing Stressors and Risks to Victoria’s Wetlands
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Vulnerabilities for Environmental Water Outcomes in a Changing Climate
Avril Horne

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2021
Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand (MSSANZ) Early Career Research Excellence Award
2009
Directors Award, CRC Irrigation Futures
2009
Best Student Paper, International conference on implementing environmental water allocations, South Africa

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    When is a knowledge gap filled in environmental monitoring?
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126217
  • 2025

    Other

    Balancing uncertainty when assessing climate change risk in large river basins: the case of the Murray Darling basin, Australia
    DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-14318
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Identifying and Approaching Barriers to Environmental Flow Implementation Using Social–Ecological Systems Thinking
    DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1764
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Linking the multiple types of monitoring to the adaptive management cycle to support environmental flows
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123694
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Stress testing climate change impacts on snow cover and streamflow in southeast Australia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.132031
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Climate stress testing for water systems: Review and guide for applications
    DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1747

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2023

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Shifting Availability - The Implications of Climate Change
  • 2023

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    QS10- Building Capacity to Adapt to a More Variable Water Future

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