A/Prof Erin O'Donnell
Associate Professor, Law
Melbourne Law School
81 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
Book Chapter
REVISITING: Rivers Should Have Legal Rights
DOI: 10.4324/9781003745532-212026
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
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
2026
Book Chapter
Introduction: Amplifying Connection, Care, and Decoloniality
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-03600-1_12025
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.2024.103703
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