Publications
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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 https://publications.innovatia.au/The-Australian-Farmer/206/ (not peer reviewed).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 https://www.royalsoc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/158-1-web-complete.pdf (not peer reviewed)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.
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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