Communities and the Environment

Environmental issues often directly impact rural, regional and urban communities

As such interdisciplinary legal scholarship examines the connections between law, the environment, and communities. This includes examining how diverse factors from planning law, waste management, and economic inequality support or prohibit communities’ relationships to the environment.

Our research

Waste management legislation in Pacific region countries – insights and opportunities (2020)

A comprehensive legal review aims to reduce environmental, health and economic risk and improve waste management in 15 Pacific region nations.

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Academic Members

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Dr Olivia Barr

Senior Lecturer
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Sam Johnston

Honorary (Senior Fellow)
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Shaun McVeigh

Professor
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Dr Erin O'Donnell

Program Director
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Dr Lily O'Neill

Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures
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Prof Sundhya Pahuja

ARC Laureate Fellow
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Dr Alice Palmer

Program Director

Graduate Researchers

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Vernon Rive

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