A/Prof Erin O'Donnell
Associate Professor, Law
Melbourne Law School
80 Scholarly works
9 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2026
Journal article
Rethinking the ‘carceral creep’ in water governance: enforcement, accountability, and restorative possibilities in Australia's Murray–Darling Basin
DOI: 10.1093/jel/eqag0202026
Book Chapter
River rights: exploring how river personhood could connect to EU river laws
DOI: 10.4337/9781035336432.000192026
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.2025.1034352026
Book Chapter
Introduction: Amplifying Connection, Care, and Decoloniality
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-03600-1_12025
Research contracts (non-grants)
Gunditjmara Voices: A Strategic Document for Waterways
2023
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
2025
Journal article
Environmental and Cultural Flows in Aotearoa and Australia
DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.013.8332025
Journal article
Des droits fondamentaux pour le système Terre
DOI: 10.4000/144632024
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.2024.00702024
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
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