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2026

EveryOne, EveryWhere, EveryWhen: Just Water Futures for Three Living Rivers

R.Q. Grafton, A. Poelina, W.B. Bates, D. Doyle, C. Lake, C. McFarlane, A, McLarty, N-M. Nguyen, S. Phelan, P. Riley, M. Roberts, M. Street, J. Williams, G. Woods (2026) EveryOne, EveryWhere, EveryWhen: Just Water Futures for Three Living Rivers. Water Security 
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468312426000015

Community disparities in drinking water quality: A meta-analysis from Australia, Canada, and beyond

N-M. Nguyen, L. Chu, L. Le, R.Q. Grafton (2026) Community disparities in drinking water quality: A meta-analysis from Australia, Canada, and beyond. Cambridge Prisms: Water 
https://doi.org/10.1017/wat.2026.10015  

Aotearoa New Zealand’s water pricing data gaps: Implications for evidence-based policy reform and the use of meters and pricing

J. Talbot-Jones, T. Benison, R.Q. Grafton (2026) Aotearoa New Zealand’s water pricing data gaps: Implications for evidence-based policy reform and the use of meters and pricing. Australasian Journal of Water Resources. 
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13241583.2026.2631866

Integrating Hydrology and Water Justice for More effective and Equitable Groundwater Planning

K. Taylor, A, Poelina, B.J. Moggridge, S. Bourke, A. Manero, J. Williams, R.Q. Grafton (2026) Integrating Hydrology and Water Justice for More effective and Equitable Groundwater Planning. Hydrogeology Journal 
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-025-02997-x

2025

Rethinking Australia’s responses to rising heat and water stress

R.Q. Grafton (2025) Rethinking Australia’s responses to rising heat and water stress. Australian Farmer July 2025, pp. 206-209. https://publications.innovatia.au/The-Australian-Farmer/206/  (not peer reviewed).

Confronting the ‘Democracy Deficit’ and Long-term Environmental Threats

R.Q. Grafton (2025) Confronting the ‘Democracy Deficit’ and Long-term Environmental Threats. Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 2024 Forum, Panel Session 1,pp. 91-108. https://www.royalsoc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/158-1-web-complete.pdf (not peer reviewed)

Water pricing and markets: Principles, practices and proposals

S.A. Wheeler, C. Nuages and R.Q. Grafton (2025) Water pricing and markets: Principles, practices and proposals. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy DOI: 10.1002/aepp.13505. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aepp.13505

Effects of Long-term Meteorological Trends on Streamflow in the Northern Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), Australia 1981-2020.

L. Chu, J. Williams, A. Manero, R.Q. Grafton (2025) Effects of Long-term Meteorological Trends on Streamflow in the Northern Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), Australia 1981-2020.   Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 58, 102232. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214581825000564

Integrating hydrogeology and water justice for more effective and equitable groundwater planning.

K.S. Taylor, A. Poelina, B.J. Moggridge, S. Bourke, A. Manero, J. Williams and R.Q. Grafton (in press) Integrating hydrogeology and water justice for more effective and equitable groundwater planning. Hydrogeology Journal.

Valuing and accounting for water-related ecosystem services for water pricing and management: An Australian case study.

Y. Chen, P. Burnett, P. Wyrwoll, R.Q. Grafton, M. Vardon (2025) Valuing and accounting for water-related ecosystem services for water pricing and management: An Australian case study. Ecosystem Services 75,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101771

Socio-economic Well-being Losses of Australia’s Black Summer Fires (2019-20): Burdens by Burned Areas, Poverty and Gender.

S. Akter and R. Q. Grafton (2025) Socio-economic Well-being Losses of Australia’s Black Summer Fires (2019-20): Burdens by Burned Areas, Poverty and Gender. One Earth 101454. https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(25)00280-5?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2590332225002805%3Fshowall%3Dtrue 

Beyond a Decade of Water Justice: Review, Directions and Pathways to achieve ‘Water for All’. 

S. Fanaian, A. Manero. N-M Nguyen, R. Quentin Grafton (2025) Beyond a Decade of Water Justice: Review, Directions and Pathways to achieve ‘Water for All’. WIREs Water 2025;
12:e70043. https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wat2.70043

Is Global Human Well-being Peaking? World Development

R.Q. Grafton, L. Chu, S. Fanaian, T. Kompas. (2026) Is Global Human Well-being Peaking? World Development Sustainability https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2025.100265

2024

Public health and economic burden of long-COVID in Australia

V. Costantino, R.Q. Grafton, L. Chu, T. Kompas, D. Honeyman, A. Notaras and R. McIntyre (2024)
Medical Journal of Australia, 221(4): 217–223
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2024/221/4/public-health-and-economic-burden-long-covid-australia-2022-24-modelling-study

Quantifying energy transition vulnerability helps more just and inclusive decarbonization

Y. Shen, X. Shi, Z. Zhao, R.Q. Grafton, J. Yu, Y. Shan (2024)
PNAS Nexus, Vol. 3, No. 10
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/3/10/pgae427/7828926

A tale of two rivers – Baaka and Martuwarra, Australia: Shared voices and art towards water justice

Bates, W. B. (Badger), Chu, L., Claire, H., Colloff, M. J., Cotton, R., Davies, R., Larsen, L., Loughrey, G., Manero, A., Marshall, V., Martin, S., Nguyen, N.-M., Nikolakis, W., Poelina, A., Schulz, D., Taylor, K. S., Williams, J., Wyrwoll, P., & Grafton, R. Q. (2024). A tale of two rivers – Baaka and Martuwarra, Australia: Shared voices and art towards water justice. The Anthropocene Review, 11(1), 228-261. https://doi.org/10.1177/20530196231186962

Accounting for water: A global review and indicators of best practice for improved water governance

Vardon, M.J., Le, T.H.L., Martinez-Lagunes, R., Pule, O.B., Schenau, S., May, S. and Grafton, R.Q. (2025). Accounting for water: A global review and indicators of best practice for improved water governance. Ecological Economics 227: 108396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108396

Benefits, costs and enabling conditions to achieve ‘water for all’ in rural and remote Australia

Manero, A, Adamowicz, W, Akter, S, Spencer-Cotton, A, Coombes, PJ, Wyrwoll, P, Horne, J, Lansbury, N, Creamer, S, Taylor, KS, Fanaian, S, and Grafton, RQ (2024).
Benefits, costs and enabling conditions to achieve ‘water for all’ in rural and remote Australia. Nature Water.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-023-00182-6

Estimating the costs of managed aquifer recharge under uncertainty with examples for town water supply in regional Australia

Gonzalez, D., Guillaume, J., Peeters, L., Wyrwoll, P., Vanderzalm, J. and Page, D. (2024). Estimating the costs of managed aquifer recharge under uncertainty with examples for town water supply in regional Australia. Sustainable Water Resources Management 10(3): 119. https://doi.org/doi: 10.1007/s40899-024-01095-2

First Law a gift to healing and transforming climate and just us

Poelina, A. (2024). First Law a gift to healing and transforming climate and just us. Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 14 No. 5, pp. 767-772. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHMSD-05-2024-0105

Global impacts of heat and water stress on food production and severe food insecurity

Kompas, T., Che, T.N. & Grafton, R.Q. (2024). Global impacts of heat and water stress on food production and severe food insecurity. Sci Rep 14, 14398. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65274-z

Murky waters running clearer? Monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the state of the Murray–Darling Basin after more than three decades of policy reform.

Colloff Matthew J., Lanyon Kate, Pittock Jamie, Costanza-van den Belt Milo, Wheeler Sarah, Grafton R. Quentin, Williams John, Sheldon Fran, Kingsford Richard T., Bino Gilad, Renzullo Luigi, Moggridge Bradley J. (2024). Murky waters running clearer? Monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the state of the Murray–Darling Basin after more than three decades of policy reform. Marine and Freshwater Research 75, MF24193. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF24193

Non-market valuation and Indigenous Peoples’ values: researcher constraints and policy impacts

Manero, A, Nikolakis, W, Woods, K, Grafton, RQ (2024). Non-market valuation and Indigenous Peoples’ values: researcher constraints and policy impacts. Environmental Science & Policy 153 (103679). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103679

Non-market value losses to coastal ecosystem services and wetlands from sea-level rise and storm surge, 2050 to 2100: The Kimberley Region, Western Australia.

Kompas, T., Che, T.N. and Grafton, R.Q. (2024). Non-market value losses to coastal ecosystem services and wetlands from sea-level rise and storm surge, 2050 to 2100: The Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Ocean & Coastal Management 255: 107215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107215.

Rethinking responses to the world’s water crises

Grafton, R.Q., Fanaian, S., Horne, J., Katic, P., Nguyen, N.-M., Ringler, C., Robin, L., Talbot-Jones, J., Wheeler, S.A., Wyrwoll, P.R., Avarado, F., Biswas, A.K., Borgomeo, E., Brouwer, R., Coombes, P., Costanza, R., Hope, R., Kompas, T., Kubiszewski, I., Manero, A., Martins, R., McDonnell, R., Nikolakis, W., Rollason, R., Samnakay, N., Scanlon, B.R., Svensson, J., Thiam, D., Tortajada, C., Wang, Y. and Williams, J. (2025). Rethinking responses to the world’s water crises. Nature Sustainability 8(1): 11-21. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01470-z

Science–practitioner partnerships for sustainable development

Hope, R., Charles, K.J., Grafton, R.Q., Olago, D., Salehin, M., Hossain, M.A., Peters, R., Gren, A., Woldehanna, T., Ibrahim, M., Chowdhury, E.H., Alam, M.M., Goyol, K., McDonnell, R. and Nileshwar, A. (2024). Science–practitioner partnerships for sustainable development. Nature Water 2(6): 502-504. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00255-0.

Two sides of the same coin? bridging water accounting and valuation for better decision-making

Manero, A., Normyle, A., Vardon, M., & Grafton, R. Q. (2024). ‘Two sides of the same coin’? bridging water accounting and valuation for better decision-making. Environmental Research Letters, 19(9), 091003.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad66e7

Waking up the Snake: Ancient Wisdom for Regeneration

Poelina, A., Webb, B., Wooltorton, S., & Joy Godden, N. (2024). 2: Waking up the Snake: Ancient Wisdom for Regeneration. In Planetary Justice. Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529235319.ch002

2023

A Tale of Two Rivers – Baaka and Martuwarra, Australia: Shared Voices and Art Towards Water Justice

Bates, WB, Chu, L, Claire, H, Colloff, MJ, Cotton, R, Davies, R, Larsen, L, Loughrey, G, Manero, A, Marshall, V, Martin, S, Nguyen, N-M, Nikolakis, W, Poelina, A, Schulz, D, Taylor, KS, Williams, J, Wyrwoll, P, Grafton, RQ (2023). A Tale of Two Rivers – Baaka and Martuwarra, Australia: Shared Voices and Art Towards Water Justice. The Anthropocene Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/20530196231186962

Goals, progress and priorities from Mar del Plata in 1977 to New York in 2023

Grafton, RQ, Biswas, AK, Bosch, H, Fanaian, S, Gupta, J, Revi, A, Sami, N, Tortajada, C (2023).
Goals, progress and priorities from Mar del Plata in 1977 to New York in 2023. Nat Water 1, 230-240.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-023-00041-4. Available at: https://www.waterjusticehub.org/goals-progress-and-priorities-from-mar-del-plata-in-1977-to-new-york-in-2023/

Indigenous and Western Knowledge: Bringing Diverse Understandings of Water Together in Practice (Technical Report)

Mehltretter, S, Longboat, S, Luby, B and Bradford, A (2023).
Indigenous and Western Knowledge: Bringing Diverse Understandings of Water Together in Practice (Technical Report), Global Commission on the Economics of Water, Paris.
https://www.waterjusticehub.org/indigenous-and-western-knowledge-bringing-diverse-understandings-of-water-together-in-practice/

The Impact of Water and Heat Stress from Global Warming on Agricultural Productivity and Food Security (Technical Report)

Kompas, T, Che, TN and Grafton, RQ (2023).
The Impact of Water and Heat Stress from Global Warming on Agricultural Productivity and Food Security (Technical Report), Global Commission on the Economics of Water, Paris.
https://www.waterjusticehub.org/the-impact-of-water-and-heat-stress-from-global-warming-on-agricultural-productivity-and-food-security/

The Water Cycle and the Economy (Technical Report)

Grafton, RQ, Krishnaswamy, J and Revi, A (2023).
The Water Cycle and the Economy (Technical Report), Global Commission on the Economics of Water, Paris.
https://www.waterjusticehub.org/the-water-cycle-and-the-economy/

The What, Why and How of the World Water Crisis: Global Commission on the Economics of Water Phase 1 Review and Findings

GCEW (2023).
The What, Why and How of the World Water Crisis: Global Commission on the Economics of Water Phase 1 Review and Findings, Global Commission on the Economics of Water, Paris.
https://www.waterjusticehub.org/the-what-why-and-how-of-the-world-water-crisis-global-commission-on-the-economics-of-water-phase-1-review-and-findings/

Towards Operationalising the Water-Energy-Food Nexus (Technical Report)

Katic, P and Grafton, RQ (2023).
Towards Operationalising the Water-Energy-Food Nexus (Technical Report), Global Commission on the Economics of Water, Paris.
https://www.waterjusticehub.org/towards-operationalising-the-water-energy-food-nexus/

Water Accounts and Water Accounting (Technical Report)

Vardon, MJ, Le, THL, Martinez-Lagunes, R, Pule, OB, Schenau, S, May, S and Grafton, RQ (2023).
Water Accounts and Water Accounting (Technical Report), Global Commission on the Economics of Water, Paris.
https://www.waterjusticehub.org/water-accounts-and-water-accounting/

Water Consumption, Measurements and Sustainable Water Use (Technical Report)

Perry, CJ, Allen, R, Droogers, P, Kilic, A and Grafton, RQ (2023).
Water Consumption, Measurements and Sustainable Water Use (Technical Report), Global Commission on the Economics of Water, Paris.
https://www.waterjusticehub.org/water-consumption-measurements-and-sustainable-water-use/

Water Pricing, Costs and Markets (Technical Report)

Wheeler, SA, Nauges, C and Grafton, RQ (2023).
Water Pricing, Costs and Markets (Technical Report), Global Commission on the Economics of Water, Paris.
https://www.waterjusticehub.org/water-pricing-costs-and-markets/

2022

A Rejoinder to the Comment by Stewardson et al. (2021) to the published article by Colloff et al. (2021)

Colloff, M, Grafton, RQ and Williams, J (2022).
A Rejoinder to the Comment by Stewardson et al. (2021) to the published article by Colloff et al. (2021) that were published in the Australasian Journal of Water Resources.
http://hdl.handle.net/1885/267452.

A systematic literature review of non-market valuation of Indigenous peoples’ values: Current knowledge, best-practice and framing questions for future research

Manero, A, Taylor, K, Nikolakis, W, Adamowicz, W, Marshall, V, Spencer-Cotton, A, Nguyen, M, Grafton, RQ (2022).
A systematic literature review of non-market valuation of Indigenous peoples’ values: Current knowledge, best-practice and framing questions for future research. Ecosystem Services 54, 101417.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101417

Delivering global water security: Embedding water justice as a response to increased irrigation efficiency

Owens, K, Carmody, E, Grafton, RQ, O’Donnell, E, Wheeler, SA, Gooden, L, Allen, R, Lyster, R, Steduto, P, Jiang, Q, Kingsford, R, Quiggin, J (2022).
Delivering global water security: Embedding water justice as a response to increased irrigation efficiency. WIREs Water 22; e1608.
https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1608

Indigenous water reserves in Australia: 2022 policy brief, version 1.0

Taylor, KS, Poelina, A, William, N, Larsen, L, Grafton, RQ (2022).
Indigenous water reserves in Australia: 2022 policy brief, version 1.0. Water Justice Hub and Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council.
http://hdl.handle.net/1885/280411

Law versus justice: the Strategic Aboriginal Water Reserve in the Northern Territory, Australia

Nikolakis, W, Grafton, RQ (2022).
Law versus justice: the Strategic Aboriginal Water Reserve in the Northern Territory, Australia. International Journal of Water Resources Development 38 (1), 11-29.
https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2021.1882406

Martuwarra (Fitzroy River) Values and Valuation – Knowledge, Gaps, and Needs. Water Justice Hub

Woods, K (2022).
Martuwarra (Fitzroy River) Values and Valuation – Knowledge, Gaps, and Needs. Water Justice Hub (not academic peer-reviewed).
https://www.waterjusticehub.org/martuwarra-fitzroy-river-values-and-valuation-knowledge-gaps-and-needs/

Measuring the gaps in drinking water quality and policy across regional and remote Australia

Wyrwoll, PR, Manero, A, Taylor, KS, Rose, E, Grafton, RQ (2022).
Measuring the gaps in drinking water quality and policy across regional and remote Australia. npj Clean Water 5, 32.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-022-00174-1

Perceptions of Tanzanian smallholder irrigators on impact pathways between water equity and socioeconomic inequalities

Manero, A and Wheeler, SA (2022).
Perceptions of Tanzanian smallholder irrigators on impact pathways between water equity and socioeconomic inequalities. International Journal of Water Resources Development 38 (1), 80-107.
https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2020.1866506

Resilience to Hydrological Droughts in the Northern Murray-Darling Basin

Grafton, RQ, Chu, L, Kingsford, RT, Bina, G, Williams, J (2022).
Resilience to Hydrological Droughts in the Northern Murray-Darling Basin. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 380: 20210296.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2021.0296

Rethinking Water Markets

Grafton, RQ, Horne, J and Wheeler, SA (2022).
Rethinking Water Markets (36 pp) in The Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Environmental Science.
https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.013.800

2021

Bending Towards Water Justice: Pathways for Truth, Reconciliation, Inclusion and Transformative Actions

Grafton, RQ, Fanaian, F, Sacco, G and Liberman, L (2021)
Bending Towards Water Justice: Pathways for Truth, Reconciliation, Inclusion and Transformative Actions. International Journal of Water Resources Development 38(1): 1-10.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/07900627.2021.1952855

Book review of ‘Dead in the Water: A very angry book about our greatest environmental catastrophe…the death of the Murray-Darling Basin’ by Richard Beasley

Grafton, RQ (2021).
Book review of ‘Dead in the Water: A very angry book about our greatest environmental catastrophe…the death of the Murray-Darling Basin’ by Richard Beasley. International Journal of Water Resources Development.
https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2021.1914003

Book review of ‘Water Science, Policy, and Management: A Global Challenge’

Grafton, RQ (2021)
Book review of ‘Water Science, Policy, and Management: A Global Challenge’ by Eds. S. J. Dadson, D. E. Garrick, E. C. Penning-Rowsell, J. W. Hall, R. Hope and J. Hughes. Wiley Blackwell, 408 pp. Water Economics and Policy 7: 2180001.
https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S2382624X21800011

Dynamic Water Pricing and the Risk-Adjusted User Cost (RAUC)

Chu, L and Grafton, RQ (2021)
Dynamic Water Pricing and the Risk-Adjusted User Cost (RAUC). Water Resources and Economics (35) 100181.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wre.2021.100181

Law versus justice: The Strategic Aboriginal Water Reserve in the Northern Territory, Australia.

Nikolakis, N, Grafton RQ (2021).
Law versus justice: The Strategic Aboriginal Water Reserve in the Northern Territory, Australia. International Journal of Water Resources Development.
https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2021.1882406

Reforming for Resilience: Delivering ‘Multipurpose Hydropower’ under Water and Energy Risks

Wyrwoll, P and Grafton, RQ (2021)
Reforming for Resilience: Delivering ‘Multipurpose Hydropower’ under Water and Energy Risks. International Journal of Water Resources Development.
https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2021.1944844

Scientific integrity, public policy and water governance in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

Colloff, M, Grafton, RQ, Williams J (2021)
Scientific integrity, public policy and water governance in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. Australasian Journal of Water Resources.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13241583.2021.1917097

Temperature-Rainfall Anomalies and Climate Change: Possible Effects on Australian Agriculture in 2030 and 2050

Grafton, RQ and Wittner, G (2021)
Temperature-Rainfall Anomalies and Climate Change: Possible Effects on Australian Agriculture in 2030 and 2050, Chapter 17 (pp. 351-374) In A. Biswas and C. Tortajada (Eds.) Water Security under Climate Change. Springer.
Water Security Under Climate Change | SpringerLink.

2020

Removing the Veil from the ‘Rights of Nature’: The Dichotomy between First Nations Customary Rights and Environmental Legal Personhood

Marshall, V (2020).
Removing the Veil from the ‘Rights of Nature’: The Dichotomy between First Nations Customary Rights and Environmental Legal Personhood, Australian Feminist Law Journal 45 (2): 233-248.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13200968.2019.1802154

Water reform for all: a national response to a water emergency

Colloff, M, Connell, D, Daniell, K, Grafton, RQ (contact author), Guillaume, J, van Kerkoff, L, Lal, A, Marshall, V, Nabavi, E, Pittock, J, Taylor, K, Tregoning, P, Williams, J, Wyrwoll, P. (2020). 
Water reform for all: a national response to a water emergency.
https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/204069 (not academic peer-reviewed).

2019

What does ‘water security’ mean for Australia? A review of Australian policy, Summer Research Scholar 2019, Parliamentary Library. 

Taylor, KS (2019). 
What does ‘water security’ mean for Australia? A review of Australian policy, Summer Research Scholar 2019, Parliamentary Library.
https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/APF/Past_Scholarship_research

Whose Rules? A Water Justice Critique of the OECD’s 12 Principles on Water Governance

Taylor, KS, Longboat, S, Grafton, RQ (2019).
Whose Rules? A Water Justice Critique of the OECD’s 12 Principles on Water Governance. in JW Nicole, MH Leila, N Joanne, HS Sameer (eds), Water Governance Retheorizing Politics, MDPI, Switzerland, pp. 287-305.
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water/special_issues/Water_Governance_Politics

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‘Water Justice: pathways for voice, truth, reconciliation and inclusion’

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