A/Prof Erin O'Donnell
Associate Professor, Law
Melbourne Law School
76 Scholarly works
9 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2026
Journal article
River grabbing from the source: groundwater extraction and the self-perpetuating colonial practices of dispossession in Australia's Northern Territory
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2025.1034352025
Research contracts (non-grants)
Gunditjmara Voices: A Strategic Document for Waterways
2025
Journal article
Environmental and Cultural Flows in Aotearoa and Australia
DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.013.8332024
Journal article
Relational representation: Speaking with and not about Nature
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pwat.00002362024
Journal article
Law and the Environment: An Act of Legal Kintsugi?
DOI: 10.3366/legal.2024.00702023
Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)
Ending Aqua Nullius: Sustainable and Legitimate Water Law in Settler States
2019
Research Contracts
Accessing Water to Meet Aboriginal Economic Development Needs
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2024
Journal article
Water courses and discourses: A media content analysis of environmental water reporting in Australia
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.1037032024
Journal article
Rights and Relationality: A Review of the Role of Law in the Human/Water Relationship
2023
Journal article
Water sovereignty for Indigenous Peoples: Pathways to pluralist, legitimate and sustainable water laws in settler colonial states
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pwat.00001442023
Journal article
Ontological Collisions in the Northern Territory's Aboriginal Water Rights Policy
DOI: 10.1002/ocea.53882023
Book Chapter
Repairing our relationship with rivers: Water law and legal personhood
DOI: 10.4337/9781802204476.000112023
Journal article
Cultural water and Indigenous water science
DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.ADI0658
RECENT PROJECTS
2023
Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)
Ending Aqua Nullius: Sustainable and Legitimate Water Law in Settler States
2023
Research Contracts
Independent Peer Review of Baseline Report