Erin is a water law and policy specialist, focusing on water markets, environmental flows, and water governance. She has worked in water resource management since 2002, in both the private and public sectors. Erin is recognized internationally for her research into the groundbreaking new field of legal rights for rivers, and the challenges and opportunities these new rights create for protecting the multiple social, cultural and natural values of rivers. Her work is informed by comparative analysis across Australia, New Zealand, the USA, India, Colombia, and Chile. Erin’s latest book, Legal Rights for Rivers: Competition, Collaboration, and Water Governance, is available now from Routledge. Erin has recently completed a consultancy for The World Bank, on water markets and their role in water security and sustainable development. In 2018, Erin was appointed to the inaugural Birrarung Council, the voice of the Yarra River.
Experience
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–presentSenior Fellow, Centre for Resources, Energy and Environment Law, University of Melbourne
Education
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2017University of Melbourne, PhD (Law)
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2008Deakin University, LL.B (Hons)
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2002University of Adelaide, B.Sc. (Hons)
Publications
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2018At the Intersection of the Sacred and the Legal: Rights for Nature in Uttarakhand, India, Journal of Environment Law
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2017Competition or Collaboration? Using Legal Persons to Manage Water for the Environment in Australia and the United States, Environmental and Planning Law Journal
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2013Australia's environmental water holders: who is managing our environmental water?, Australian Environment Review
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2013Common Legal and Policy Factors in the Emergence of Environmental Water Managers., Water and Society II.
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2013Rivers as a Nexus of Culture, Ecology and Technology., Global Water Forum
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2012Institutional reform in environmental water management: the new Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Journal of Water Law
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