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Professor Cameron Holley

Professor Cameron Holley

Professor
  • Bachelor of Science (Environmental Science Medal),Griffith University
  • LLB (1st Hons, Law Medal),Griffith University
  • Graduate Diploma Practical Legal Education and Training, University of Queensland
  • Graduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching, UNSW
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Law & Justice
School of Law, Society & Criminology

Brief overview

Cameron is a Professor in the School of Law, Society and Criminologyat UNSW Law & Justice. He is a former Head of School and is a currentco-chair of the,a member of the Taskforce on Earth SystemLaw, a member of the Steering Committee for theGlobal Water Instituteand a formerDirector of the, UNSW Sydney. He was also a member ofThe Australian Panel of Experts on Environmental Law(ʷ).

Cameron publishes widely in the areas of environmental law, natural resources law, energy lawand water law, with a focus on regulation and governance. Within these fields, he has examined issues of regulatory technologies, compliance and enforcement, environmental security, resilience, adaptive management and collaborative governance. In addition to his various articles, book chapters, and policy submissions, Cameron's forthcoming book is entitledIntelligent Water Regulation:markets, compliance and technology(Earthscan, 2021). He is the author ofThe New Environmental Governance(with Neil Gunningham and Clifford Shearing, Routledge, 2012) and co-editor ofSustainable Groundwater Management(Springer 2020),Criminology and Climate(2021, Routledge),Reforming Water Law and Governance(Springer, 2018),Criminology and the Anthropocene(Routledge, 2017) andTrans-jurisdictional Water Law and Governance(Earthscan, 2016).

An empirical researcher, Cameron has worked closely with Australian and international government and non-government organisations on a range of environmental and natural resource management research projects. His current research agenda is centred on water law and energy governance, including unconventional gas, renewable energy, the energy-water-food climate nexus and compliance and enforcement.

Cameron was awarded anInternational Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Academy of Environmental Law Scholarship Awardfor his contribution to environmental law scholarship (2014) and he has beena French Embassy Scientific Mobilisation Laurette on water management (2016).

He is an Editorial Board member on PLOS Water andthe Environmental and Planning Law Journal,and an Associate Editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law. He has been a guest editor of special issues intheEnvironmental and Planning Law JournalonRethinking Water Law and GovernanceandGoverning Energy Transitions: Unconventional Gas, Renewables and their Environmental Nexus(2019),the American Bar Associations journal, Jurimetics: Journal of Law, Science and TechnologyonRethinking Law in a Nexus Future: Governing Energy,Water,Foodand Climate Change Challenges(2018/2019). He has beena guest editor of theAustralasian Journal of Natural Resources Law and Policy (2014) and co-editor of theMacquarie Journal of International and Comparative Environmental Law (2011).

He is aPluSAlliance Fellow,former UNSW Law InternationalStudent Support Advisorandwas previously the Co-Director of Postgraduate Studies at UNSW Law & Justice and Deputy Convenor of the Human Research EthicsAdvisory Panel B: Arts, Humanities and Law.

Areas of expertise

Environmental law, natural resources law, water law, food-energy-water nexus, energy governance, energy security, water security, compliance and enforcement, regulatory and governance theory, and collaborative governance.

Memberships

  • Great Artesian Basin Stakeholder Advisory Committee.

  • Great Barrier Reef Scientific Consensus Statement 2022 Editorial Board

  • Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science,Energy and Resources (DISER) EnergyBusiness and Technical Services Panel

  • Commonwealth Environmental Water Services Panel

  • International Network of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) Academic Committee

  • PLuS Alliance Fellow, Sustainability

  • Taskforce Earth System Law

  • National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training

  • Global Water Institute

  • Connected Waters Initiative

  • Global Risk Governance Programme

  • The Australian Water Association Professional Development and Training Panel (2016-2017)

  • Australian Panel of Experts on Environmental Law (2015-2018)

  • Climate Futures and Centre for Legal Governance, Macquarie University (2011) Centre for International and Environment Law,MacquarieUniversity(2011)

Research supervision

  • Chris Kelly (PhD, Blended Finance and Low Carbon Shipping)

  • Kathryn Jurd (PhD, Animal Welfare Law)

  • Meredith Hagger (PhD, Law, Urban Waterways and the Role of the State)

  • Carley Bartlett (Phd, PFAS Science and Law)

  • Alice Bleby (PhD, Nature Rights)

  • Rena Hasimi (PhD completed 2024)

  • Christopher McElwain (PhD, completed 2024)

  • Caterina Guidi (PhD, completed 2023)

  • Patrick Martin (PhD, Completed 2020)

  • Mark Hamilton (PhD, completed2019)

  • Gabriela Cuadrado-Quesada (PhD, completed 2017)

  • Andrew Burke (PhD, completed 2016)

  • Ekaterina Sofronova (PhD, completed 2016)

  • Maureen Papas (PhD, completed 2015)

  • Riyanti Djalante (PhD, completed, 2013)

Courses taught

  • Aspects of Environmental Policy and Law (LAWS9801)
  • Environmental Law (LAWS3361)
  • Law and Policy for Sustainable Development(LAWS8068)
  • Food Law (LAWS3216)
  • Natural Resources Law (LAWS8069)
  • Administrative Law (LAWS1160)
  • Legal Concepts, Research and Writing for Environmental Law (LAWS8167)
Phone
+61 2 9065 1862
E-mail
c.holley@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room 339 The Law & Justice Building University of New South Wales UNSW Kensington Campus Sydney NSW 2052 Australia (Access via Gate 2 off High Street)
  • Books | 2020
    Rinaudo JD; Holley C; Barnett S; Montginoul M, 2020, Preface,
    Books | 2018
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2018, Reforming Water Law and Governance: From stagnation to innovation in Australia,
    Books | 2016
    Gray J; Holley C; Rayfuse R, 2016, Preface
    Books | 2016
    Gray J; Holley C; Rayfuse R, 2016, Trans-jurisdictional Water Law and Governance,
    Books | 2013
    Holley C; Gunningham N; Shearing C, 2013, The New Environmental Governance, Routledge, Abingdon
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Martin P; Holley C, 2024, 'Resilience, rivers and governance: Learning from experience', in Resilience and Riverine Landscapes, Elsevier, pp. 319 - 339,
    Book Chapters | 2024
    Ross A; Holley C, 2024, 'Water governance and politics in Australia', in Fritsch O; Benson D (ed.), Handbook on the Governance and Politics of Water Resources, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 186 - 204,
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Holley C; Kennedy A; Bleby A; Bartlett C, 2023, 'Using adaptive theory and multi-modal case study methods in environmental law research', in Martin P; da Silva S; Leuzinger M; Verbeek M (ed.), Non-doctrinal Research Methods in Environmental Law, Edward Elgar, pp. 130 - 153,
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Martin P; Holley C, 2023, 'Resilience, rivers and governance: Learning from experience', in Thoms M; Fuller I (ed.), Resilience and Riverine Landscapes, Elsevier
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Bleby A; Holley C; Milligan B, 2021, 'Exploring the planetary boundaries and environmental law: historical development, interactions and synergies', in Kotzé L; French D (ed.), Research Handbook on Law, Governance and Planetary Boundaries, Edward Elgar, pp. 21 - 44,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Elshall AS; Castilla-Rho J; El-Kadi AI; Holley C; Mutongwizo T; Sinclair D; Ye M, 2021, 'Sustainability of Groundwater', in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Elsevier,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Holley C; Kennedy A; Mutongwizo T; Shearing C, 2021, 'Public Servants and Regulator Capture in Energy and Environmental Governance', in The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant, Springer International Publishing, pp. 835 - 852,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Holley C; Phelan L; Shearing C, 2021, 'Dark Clouds: Regulatory Possibilities', in Criminology and Climate Insurance, Finance and the Regulation of Harmscapes, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Kennedy A; Holley C, 2021, 'A case for place in governing the energy–environment nexus', in Bartel R; Carter J (ed.), Handbook on Space, Place and Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 268 - 280,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Holley C; Kennedy A; Mutongwizo T; Shearing C, 2020, 'Public Servants and Regulator Capture in Energy and Environmental Governance', in Sullivan H; Dickinson H; Henderson H (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant, Palgrave Macmillan, Switzerland, pp. 1 - 18,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Holley C; Mutongwizo T; Pucci S; Castilla-Rho J; Sinclair D, 2020, 'Groundwater Regulation, Compliance and Enforcement: Insights on Regulators, Regulated Actors and Frameworks in New South Wales, Australia', in Rinaudo J-D; Holley C; Barnett S; Montginoul M (ed.), Sustainable Groundwater Management A Comparative Analysis of French and Australian Policies and Implications to Other Countries, Springer, Switzerland, pp. 411 - 433,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Holley C; Rinaudo J-D; Barnett S; Montginoul M, 2020, 'Sustainable Groundwater Management in France and Australia: Setting Extraction Limits, Allocating Rights and Reallocation', in Rinaudo J-D; Holley C; Barnett S; Montginoul M (ed.), Sustainable Groundwater Management A Comparative Analysis of French and Australian Policies and Implications to Other Countries, Springer, Switzerland, pp. 1 - 15,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Phelan L; Holley C; Shearing C; du Toit L, 2020, 'Insurance and climate change', in Brisman A; South N (ed.), Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology, pp. 449 - 462,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Rinaduo J-D; Barnett S; Holley C, 2020, 'Changing from Unrestricted Access to Sustainable Abstraction Management Regimes: Lessons Learnt from France and Australia', in Rinaudo J-D; Holley C; Barnett S; Montginoul M (ed.), Sustainable Groundwater Management A Comparative Analysis of French and Australian Policies and Implications to Other Countries, Springer, Switzerland, pp. 537 - 562,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Schuster K; Kennedy A; Holley C, 2020, 'Reducing Groundwater Entitlements in the Lower Murrumbidgee Groundwater Management Area', in Sustainable Groundwater Management A Comparative Analysis of French and Australian Policies and Implications to Other Countries, Springer, Switzerland, pp. 365 - 384,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Castilla Rho JC; Holley C; Castilla JC, 2019, 'Groundwater as a Common Pool Resource: Modelling, Management and the Complicity Ethic in a Non-collective World', in Global Changes: Ethics, Politics and Environment in the Contemporary Technological World, Springer, pp. 89 - 109,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Holley C; Shearing C, 2018, 'Thriving on a Pale Blue Dot: Criminology and the Anthropocene', in Criminology and the Anthropocene, edn. Criminology at the Edge, Routledge, pp. 1 - 1,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2018, 'Replenishing Australia’s Water Future: From Stagnation to Innovation', in Holley C; Sinclair D (ed.), Reforming Water Law and Governance: From Stagnation to Innovation in Australia, Springer Nature Singapore, Singapore, pp. 1 - 31,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2018, 'Replenishing australia's Water Future: From stagnation to innovation', in Reforming Water Law and Governance: From Stagnation to Innovation in Australia, pp. 1 - 31,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2018, 'Water Markets and Regulation: Implementation, Successes and Limitations', in Holley C; Sinclair D (ed.), Reforming Water Law and Governance From Stagnation to Innovation in Australia, Springer, Singapore, pp. 141 - 168,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2018, 'Water markets and regulation: Implementation, successes and limitations', in Reforming Water Law and Governance: From Stagnation to Innovation in Australia, pp. 141 - 168,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Timms W; Holley C, 2018, 'Mine site water-reporting practices, groundwater take and governance frameworks in the Hunter Valley coalfield, Australia', in The Water Legacies of Conventional Mining, Routledge, pp. 28 - 47,
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Holley C; Shearing C, 2017, 'A nodal perspective of governance: Advances in nodal governance thinking', in Drahos P (ed.), Regulatory Theory: Foundations and Applications, ANU E-Press, Canberra, pp. 163 - 180,
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Holley C; Shearing C, 2017, 'Nodal Governance', in Turner B; Kyung-Sup C; Epstein C; Kivisto P; Outhwaite W; Ryan J (ed.), The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory, Wiley, pp. 1 - 2,
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2017, 'Enforcement strategies: inspection, targeting and escalation', in Compliance and Enforcement of Environmental Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 101 - 113,
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2017, 'Enforcement strategies: inspection, targeting and escalation', in Paddock L; Markell D; Bryner N (ed.), Compliance and Enforcement of Environmental Law, edn. Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, pp. 101 - 113,
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Holley C; Sofronova E, 2017, 'New environmental governance: adaptation, resilience and law', in Hutter B (ed.), Risk, Resilience, Inequality and Environmental Law, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 129 - 146,
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Holley C, 2017, 'Environmental Regulation and Governance', in Drahos P (ed.), Regulatory Theory: Foundations and Applications, ANU E-Press, Canberra, pp. 741 - 758,
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Holley C, 2017, 'Future Water: Improving Planning, Markets, Enforcement and Learning', in Levy R; O’Brien M; Rice S; Ridge P; Thornton M (ed.), New Directions for Law in Australia: Essays in Contemporary Law Reform, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 253 - 262,
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Hutter B; Holley C; Sofronova E, 2017, 'Chapter 7: New environmental governance: adaptation, resilience and law', in Risk, Resilience, Inequality and Environmental Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 129 - 146,
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Gray J; Holley C; Rayfuse R, 2016, 'The Future of Trans-jurisdictional Water Law and Governance', in Trans-jurisdictional Water Law and Governance, Routledge, London, pp. 303 - 315
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Holley C; Shearing C, 2016, 'Policing and New Environmental Governance', in Bradford B; Jauregui B; Loader I; Steinberg J (ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Global Policing, SAGE, pp. 552 - 572,
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Holley C; Sinclair D; Lopez-Gunn E; Schlager E, 2016, 'Conjunctive Management Through Collective Action', in Integrated Groundwater Management, Springer Nature, pp. 229 - 252,
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Holley C; Sinclair D; Lopez-Gunn E; Schlager E, 2016, 'Conjunctive Management Through Collective Action', in Jakeman T; Barreteau O; Hunt R; Rinaudo JD; Ross A (ed.), Integrated Groundwater Management: Concepts, Approaches and Challenges, Springer, pp. 229 - 252,
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Holley C, 2016, 'New Environmental Governance: Environmental Harms, Enforcement and Collaboration', in Environmental Crime in Transnational Context: Global Issues in Green Enforcement and Criminology, pp. 157 - 173,
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Holley C, 2016, 'New Environmental Governance: Environmental Harms, Enforcement and Collaboration', in Spapens T; White R; Huisman W (ed.), Environmental Crime in Transnational Context Global Issues in Green Enforcement and Criminology, Routledge, pp. 157 - 173,
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Holley C, 2016, 'Transboundary Environmental Governance, Collaboration and the Law: Empirical Insights from Water and Natural Resource Management in Inland Queensland, Australia', in Transboundary Environmental Governance: Inland, Coastal and Marine Perspectives, pp. 53 - 86,
    Book Chapters | 2016
    gray J; holley C; rayfuse R, 2016, 'The challenge of trans-jurisdictional water law and governance', in gray J; holley C; rayfuse R (ed.), Trans-jurisdictional Water Law and Governance, Routledge, London, pp. 3 - 18
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Holley C; Lawson A, 2015, 'Chapter 11: Implementing environmental law and collaborative governance', in Implementing Environmental Law, Edward Elgar Publishing,
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Holley C; Lawson A, 2015, 'Implementing environmental law and collaborative governance', in Implementing Environmental Law: Implementing Environmental Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 238 - 259
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Holley C; Jakeman A; Kelly (nee Letcher) R; Ticehurst J; Blakers R; Croke B; Curtis A; Fu B; El Sawah S; Gardner A; Guillame J; Hartley M; Hutchings P; Pannell D; Ross A; Sharp E; Sinclair D; Wilson A, 2013, 'Modelling for Managing the Complex Issue of Catchment-Scale Surface and Groundwater Allocation', in Obaidat MS; Filipe J; Kacprzyk J; Pina N (ed.), Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications, Springer Science & Business Media
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Holley C, 2013, 'International Environmental Law and Australia and New Zealand', in Alam S (ed.), Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law, Routledge
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Holley C, 2013, 'Transboundary Environmental Governance, Collaboration and the Law: Empirical Insights from Water and Natural Resource Management in Inland Queensland, Australia', in Marsden DS; Warner DR (ed.), Transboundary Environmental Governance: Inland, Marine and Coastal Areas, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Holley C, 2012, 'International environmental law and australia and new zealand', in Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law, pp. 479 - 507,
  • Edited Books | 2021
    Holley C; Shearing C; Phelan L; Shearing C, (eds.), 2021, Criminology and Climate: Insurance, Finance and the Regulation of Harmscapes, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon,
    Edited Books | 2020
    Rinaudo J-D; Holley C; Barnett S; Montginoul M, (eds.), 2020, Sustainable Groundwater Management A Comparative Analysis of French and Australian Policies and Implications to Other Countries, Springer, Switzerland,
    Edited Books | 2018
    Holley C; Shearing C, (ed.), 2018, Criminology and the Anthropocene, Routledge,
    Edited Books | 2018
    Holley C; Sinclair D, (ed.), 2018, Reforming Water Law and Governance: From Stagnation to Innovation in Australia, Springer, Singapore,
    Edited Books | 2016
    Gray J; Holley C; Rayfuse R; Gray J; Holley C; Rayfuse R; Holley C, (eds.), 2016, Trans-jurisdictional Water Law and Governance, Routledge,
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Couzens E; Stephens T; Woolaston K; Holley C, 2023, 'Editorial', Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, 26, pp. 1 - 8,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Huggins X; Gleeson T; Castilla-Rho J; Holley C; Re V; Famiglietti JS, 2023, 'Groundwater Connections and Sustainability in Social-Ecological Systems', Groundwater, 61, pp. 463 - 478,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Martin P; Alexandra J; Holley C; Thoms M, 2023, 'Murray-Darling Basin Plan mark II. What should stakeholders plan for?', Australian Journal of Water Resources, 27, pp. 211 - 222,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Couzens E; Stephens T; Woolaston K; Holley C; Solis M; Karim S; Owens K, 2022, 'Editorial', Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, 25, pp. 125 - 130,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Holley C; Kennedy A; Shearing C, 2022, 'POWER, CONFLICT AND ENERGY LAW: LEARNING FROM UNCONVENTIONAL NATURAL GAS, NONSTATE ACTORS, INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT', Texas Journal of Oil, Gas and Energy Law, 18, pp. 1 - 41
    Journal articles | 2022
    Kotze L; Kim R; Blanchard C; Gellers J; Holley C; Petersmann M; van Asselt H; Biermann F; Hurlbert M, 2022, 'Earth system law: Exploring new frontiers in legal science Earth System Governance', Earth System Governance
    Journal articles | 2022
    Kotzé LJ; Kim RE; Blanchard C; Gellers JC; Holley C; Petersmann M; van Asselt H; Biermann F; Hurlbert M, 2022, 'Earth system law: Exploring new frontiers in legal science', Earth System Governance, 11, pp. 100126 - 100126,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Woolaston K; Holley C; Solis M; Karim S; Owens K, 2022, 'Editorial', Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, 25, pp. 1 - 6,
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Editorial', Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, 24,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Couzens E; Stephens T; Holley C; Karim S; Owens K; Solis M; Woolaston K, 2021, 'Editorial: Environmental class actions; Marine alien invasive species; Urban biodiversity; Domestic waste management; and housing rights in the face of typhoons', Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, 24, pp. 1 - 5,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Mutongwizo T; Holley C; Shearing CD; Simpson NP, 2021, 'Resilience Policing: An Emerging Response to Shifting Harm Landscapes and Reshaping Community Policing', Policing (Oxford), 15, pp. 606 - 621,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Schneider L; Rose NL; Myllyvirta L; Haberle S; Lintern A; Yuan J; Sinclair D; Holley C; Zawadzki A; Sun R, 2021, 'Mercury atmospheric emission, deposition and isotopic fingerprinting from major coal-fired power plants in Australia: Insights from palaeo-environmental analysis from sediment cores', Environmental Pollution, 287, pp. 117596,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Couzens E; Stephens T; Woolaston K; Solis M; Owens K; Karim S; Holley C; Hamman E, 2020, 'Anthropogenic marine impacts, reform of environmental governance in China, and biopiracy in Southeast Asia', Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, 23, pp. 1 - 5,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Couzens E; Stephens T; Woolaston K; Solis M; Owens K; Karim S; Holley C; Hamman E, 2020, 'Editorial: Carbon emissions trading, compensation for soil pollution, legal rights for rivers, protection of biodiversity in forests, Islamic environmental law', Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, 23, pp. 99 - 105,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Holley C; Mutongwizo T; Shearing C, 2020, 'Conceptualizing Policing and Security: New Harmscapes, the Anthropocene, and Technology', Annual Review of Criminology, 3, pp. 341 - 358,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Schneider L; Rose N; Lintern A; Sinclair D; Zawadzki A; Holley C; Lopez M; Haberle S, 2020, 'Assessing environmental contamination from metal emission and relevant regulations in major areas of coal mining and electricity generation in Australia', Science of the Total Environment, pp. 137398 - 137398,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Castilla Rho J; Rojas R; Andersen M; Holley C; Mariethoz G; Fernandez Rojas R, 2019, 'Sustainable groundwater management: How long and what will it take?', Global Environmental Change, 58, pp. 101972 - 101972,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Couzens E; Stephens T; Hamman E; Holley C; Karim S; Owens K; Solis M, 2019, 'Human and environmental rights, protection of biological diversity, and marine spatial planning in the Asia Pacific region', ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, 22, pp. 183 - 189,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Couzens E; Stephens T; Karim S; Holley C; Owens K, 2019, 'Forests, corruption, environmental degradation, protection of species and cooperation in the Asia Pacific region', Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, 22, pp. 1 - 6,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Hamman E; Holley C; Karim S; Owens K; Solis M, 2019, 'Editorial Human and environmental rights, protection of biological diversity, and marine spatial planning in the Asia Pacific region', Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, 22, pp. 183 - 189,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Holley C; Kennedy A, 2019, 'Governing the Energy-Water-Food Nexus: Regulating Unconventional Gas Development in Queensland, Australia', Jurimetrics, 59, pp. 233 - 266,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Holley C; Mutongwizo T; Shearing C; Kennedy A, 2019, 'Shaping Unconventional Gas Regulation: Industry Influence and Risks of Agency Capture in Texas, Colorado and Queensland', Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 36, pp. 510 - 530,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Holley C; kennedy A; Mutongwizo T; Shearing C, 2019, 'Governing Energy Transitions: Unconventional Gas, Renewables and their Environmental Nexus', Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 36, pp. 427 - 436,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Larson R; Holley C; Bowman D, 2019, 'THE ENERGY/WATER/FOOD NEXUS —AN INTRODUCTION', Jurimetrics, 59, pp. 1 - 14,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Ravagnani R; Holley C, 2019, 'Water Management in New Zealand's Canterbury Region: A Sustainability Framework', ENVIRONMENTAL AND PLANNING LAW JOURNAL, 36, pp. 715 - 716,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Couzens E; Stephens T; Solis M; Karim S; Holley C, 2018, 'Editorial: Governance and development in the Asia Pacific region', Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, 21, pp. 77 - 80,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Cuadrado-Quesada G; Holley C; Gupta J, 2018, 'Groundwater governance in the Anthropocene: a close look at Costa Rica', Water Policy, 20, pp. 1 - 15,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Holley C; Shearing C; Harrington C; Kennedy A; Mutongwizo T, 2018, 'Security and the Anthropocene: Law, Criminology, and International Relations', Annual Review of Law and Social Science
    Journal articles | 2018
    van den Berg HM, 2018, 'Hydraulic Fracturing in the Karoo: Critical Legal and Environmental Perspectives', Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, 36, pp. 131 - 136,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Castilla Rho JC; Rojas R; Andersen MS; Holley C; Mariethoz G, 2017, 'Social tipping points in global groundwater management', Nature Human Behaviour, 1, pp. 640 - 649,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Holley C; Lecavalier E, 2017, 'Energy governance, energy security and environmental sustainability: A case study from Hong Kong', Energy Policy, 108, pp. 379 - 389,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Mutongwizo T; Holley C, 2017, 'Hydraulic Fracturing in the Karoo: Critical Legal and Environmental Perspectives', ENVIRONMENTAL AND PLANNING LAW JOURNAL, 34, pp. 459 - 463,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Gunningham N; Holley C, 2016, 'Next-Generation Environmental Regulation: Law, Regulation, and Governance', Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 12, pp. 273 - 293,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Holley C; Carmody E; Cosens B; Gardner A; Godden L; Gray J; Lee L; Lindsay B; Macpherson B; Nelson R; O’Donnell E; O’Neill L; Owens K; Sinclair D, 2016, 'The future of water reform in Australia — starting a conversation', Australian Environment Review, 31, pp. 132 - 137,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2016, 'Governing water markets: Achievements, limitations and the need for regulatory reform', Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 33, pp. 301 - 324,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2016, 'Regulation, Technology, and Water: “Buy-In” as a Precondition for Effective Real- Time Advanced Monitoring, Compliance, and Enforcement', GEORGE WASHINGTON JOURNAL OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, 7, pp. 52 - 66,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2016, 'Rethinking Australian water law and governance - Successes, challenges and future directions Introduction', Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 33, pp. 275 - 283,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Holley C, 2016, 'Linking Law and New Governance: Examining Gaps, Hybrids, and Integration in Water Policy', Law and Policy, 38, pp. 24 - 53,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Timms WA; Holley C, 2016, 'Mine site water reporting practices, groundwater take and governance frameworks in the Hunter Valley coalfields, Australia. (Special Issue: Out of Mines, Out of Site: The water legacies of conventional mining)', Water International, 41, pp. 351 - 351,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Holley C, 2015, 'Crafting Collaborative Governance: Water Resources, California's Delta Plan and Audited Self Management in New Zealand', Environmental Law Reporter: news and analysis, 45, pp. 10324 - 10337,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2014, 'A new water policy option for Australia?: Collaborative water governance, compliance and enforcement and audited self-management', The Australasian Journal of Natural Resources Law and Policy, 17, pp. 189 - 216,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Sofronova E; Holley C; Nagarajan V, 2014, 'Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations and Russian Environmental Governance: Accountability, Participation and Collaboration', Transnational Environmental Law, 3, pp. 341 - 371,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Djalante R; Holley C; Thomalla F; Carnegie M, 2013, 'Pathways for adaptive and integrated disaster resilience', Natural Hazards, 69, pp. 2105 - 2135,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2013, 'Deliberative participation, environmental law and collaborative governance: Insights from surface and groundwater studies', Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 30, pp. 32 - 55
    Journal articles | 2013
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2013, 'Non-Urban Water Metering Policy: Water Users' Views on Metering Upgrades in New South Wales, Australia', The Australasian Journal of Natural Resources Law and Policy, 16, pp. 101 - 131,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Holley , 2012, 'Compliance and Enforcement of Water Licences in NSW: Limitations in Law, Policy and Institutions', The Australasian Journal of Natural Resources Law and Policy, 15, pp. 149 - 189
    Journal articles | 2011
    Djalante R; Holley C; Thomalla F, 2011, 'Adaptive governance and managing resilience to natural hazards', International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2, pp. 1 - 14,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Holley C; Gunningham N, 2011, 'Natural Resources, New Governance and Legal Regulation: When Does Collaboration Work?', New Zealand Universities Law Review, 24, pp. 309 - 336
    Journal articles | 2011
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2011, 'Collaborative Governance and Adaptive Management: (Mis)Applications to Groundwater, Salinity and Run-Off'', The Australasian Journal of Natural Resources Law and Policy, 14, pp. 37 - 69
    Journal articles | 2010
    Gunningham N; Holley C, 2010, 'Bringing the ‘R’ Word Back: Regulation, environment protection and NRM', The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, Occassional Paper,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Holley C, 2010, 'Facilitating monitoring, subverting self-interest and limiting discretion: Learning from new forms of accountability in practice', Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, 35, pp. 127 - 212
    Journal articles | 2010
    Holley C, 2010, 'Public participation, environmental law and new governance: Lessons for designing inclusive and representative participatory processes', Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 27, pp. 360 - 391
    Journal articles | 2010
    Holley C, 2010, 'Removing the Thorn from New Governance’s Side: Examining the Emergence of Collaboration in Practice & the Roles for Law, Nested Institutions & Trust', Environmental Law Reporter: news and analysis, 40, pp. 10656 - 10686
    Journal articles | 2009
    Holley C, 2009, 'Aging gracefully? Examining the conditions for sustaining successful collaboration in environmental law and governance', Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 26, pp. 457 - 485
    Journal articles | 2007
    Gunningham N; Holley C; Shearing C, 2007, 'Neighbourhood environment improvement plans: Community empowerment, voluntary collaboration and legislative design', Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 24, pp. 125 - 151
    Journal articles | 2006
    Holley C; Gunningham N, 2006, 'Environment improvement Plans: Facilitative regulation in practice', Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 23, pp. 448 - 464
  • Preprints | 2023
    Huggins X; Gleeson T; Castilla-Rho J; Holley C; Re V; Famiglietti JS, 2023, Groundwater connections and sustainability in social-ecological systems,
    Reports | 2021
    Higgins P; Andersen M; Holley C; Howey K; Johnson F; Kearnes M; Khan S; Leslie G; Molloy S, 2021, Monitoring the Monitor: A Temporal Synthesis of the McArthur River Mine Independent Monitor Reports, UNSW-GWI & Environment Centre NT, Sydney, ,
    Preprints | 2021
    Holley C; Phelan L; Shearing C, 2021, Dark Clouds: Regulatory Possibilities, ,
    Reports | 2020
    Holley C; Kelly B; Andersen M; Baker A; Roshan H; Triantafilis J; Regan G, 2020, National Water Reform Inquiry Submission, Australian Government Productivity Commission, Canberra, 46,
    Reports | 2017
    Holley C; Carmody E; Cosens B; Gardner A; Godden L; Gray J; Lindsay B; Macpherson L; Nelson R; O'Donnell E; O'Neill L; Owens K; Sinclair D, 2017, Submission to the inquiry into the reform of Australia's water resources sector, Productivity Commission,
    Conference Abstracts | 2016
    Auhl A; Rutlidge H; Andersen MS; Eberhard S; Baker A; Holley C, 2016, 'Ecohydrological Impacts of Groundwater Drawdown : Effects on Microbial Activity in the Hyporheic Zone', in Ecohydrological Impacts of Groundwater Drawdown : Effects on Microbial Activity in the Hyporheic Zone, San Francisco, presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 12 December 2016 - 16 December 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Holley C, 2016, 'Closing Panel - Toward Sustainable Groundwater In Agriculture: Challenges, Observations, & Key Outcomes', presented at Water Education Foundation & UC Davis, 'Towards Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture' 2nd International Conference Linking Science and Policy,, San Francisco, 28 July 2016 - 30 July 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Holley C, 2016, 'Future Water: New Directions or Staying the Course?', presented at National Law Reform Conference (NLRC), ANU, Canberra, 14 April 2016 - 15 April 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Holley C, 2016, 'Markets Groundwater and Law', presented at Water Education Foundation & UC Davis, 'Towards Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture' 2nd International Conference Linking Science and Policy, San Francisco, 28 July 2016 - 30 July 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Holley C, 2016, 'National Water Reforms and Pragmatism', presented at Learning from Discretion, The Relevance of Professor Charles Sabel’s Experimental Approach to Australian Public Administration, Canberra, 18 February 2016 - 19 February 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Holley C, 2016, 'Regulating Water Bore Drillers', presented at Water Education Foundation & UC Davis, 'Towards Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture' 2nd International Conference Linking Science and Policy, San Francisco, 28 July 2016 - 30 July 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Holley C, 2016, 'Roundtable Panel: A Dialogue on Agricultural Nitrogen Management and Policy – Can We Fix Groundwater Nitrate?', presented at Public Policy Institute of California & UC Water, Nitrates & Groundwater Workshop, San Francisco, 27 July 2016 - 27 July 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Holley C, 2016, 'Water Markets, Regulation and Groundwater- Insights from Australia', presented at 43rd IAH Congress, Montpellier, France, 25 September 2016 - 29 September 2016
    Conference Posters | 2016
    Holley C, 2016, 'Water Markets, Regulation and Groundwater- Insights from Australia', Montpellier, France, presented at 43rd IAH Congress, Montpellier, France, 25 September 2016 - 29 September 2016
    Reports | 2016
    Thorpe A; Holley C, 2016, Submission to the NSW Government on 'Revised Consultative Committee Guidelines for State Significant Projects'
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2015, 'Real Time Monitoring and Audited Self Management', presented at Advanced Monitoring, Remote Sensing, and Data Gathering, Analysis and Disclosure in Compliance and Enforcement, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Symposium, George Washington Law School, 26 March 2015 - 27 March 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2015, 'Water Enforcement and Compliance: Views and Experiences in NSW', presented at NGWA Groundwater Summit 2015, San Antonio, Texas, 16 March 2015 - 18 March 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2015, 'Water Metering and Monitoring in Australia', presented at Advanced Monitoring, Remote Sensing, and Data Gathering, Analysis and Disclosure in Compliance and Enforcement, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Symposium, George Washington Law School, 26 March 2015 - 27 March 2015
    Other | 2015
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2015, Metering, Measurement and Water Policy Reform, LexisNexis, ,
    Reports | 2015
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2015, Water extraction in NSW: Stakeholder views and experience of compliance and enforcement, DPI Water,
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    Holley C, 2015, 'Collaborative Groundwater Planning: Lessons from Australia', presented at NGWA Groundwater Summit 2015, San Antonio, Texas, 16 March 2015 - 18 March 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    Holley C, 2015, 'Environmental Policing', presented at Global Policing Workshop, St Anthony’s College, University of Oxford, 23 April 2015 - 24 April 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    Holley C, 2015, 'Groundwater and Planning: Sustainable Allocation, Monitoring and Community Engagement', presented at Australian Groundwater Conference 2015, Shine Dome, Canberra, 03 November 2015 - 03 November 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    Holley C, 2015, 'Reshaping Compliance and Enforcement: Regulation, Water Protection and Biodiversity', presented at IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, Forest and Marine Biodiversity, Atmajaya Indonesia Catholic University, Jakarta, Indonesia, 07 September 2015 - 12 September 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    Holley C, 2015, 'Water Citizenship and Non-Urban Water Users', presented at Water Citizenship – advancing community involvement in water management, Environmental Justice Australia Seminar, 04 February 2015 - 04 February 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    Holley C, 2015, 'Water Markets: A Failed Experiment?', presented at National Environmental Law Association National Conference 2015, Sydney, 13 November 2015 - 13 November 2015
    Conference Abstracts | 2014
    Castilla Rho JC; Mariethoz G; Rojas R; Andersen MS; Kelly BFJ; Holley C, (ed.), 2014, 'Triggering cooperation in managed groundwater systems: An agent-based modelling approach', San Francisco, presented at AGU, San Francisco, 15 December 2014 - 19 December 2014
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Holley C, 2014, 'Collaborative Governance and the Energy Water Nexus', presented at IUCN AEL Colloquium, Tarragona, Spain, 30 June 2014 - 05 July 2014
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Holley C, 2014, 'Crafting Environmental Governance Systems: Collaboration and Law', presented at ECPR General Conference 2014, Glasgow, Scotland, 03 September 2014 - 06 September 2014
    Reports | 2013
    Holley C; Sinclair D; Gray J; Cuadrado G, 2013, Submission to Natural Resource Commission and NSW Office of Water on the Review of 31 Water Sharing Plans, Australia
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Holley C, 2013, 'Constructing Complementary Water Governance Arrangements', presented at 2013 Annual Conference, Murdoch University, Perth, 30 September 2013 - 02 October 2013
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Holley C, 2013, 'Implementing Environmental Law in an Age of Collaborative Governance: Water and Natural Resource Planning', presented at IUCN Academy of Environmental Law and IUCN Environmental Law Centre Workshop, Towards a Jurisprudence of Implementation in Environmental Law, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, 25 June 2013 - 25 June 2013
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Holley C, 2013, 'The New Environmental Governance', presented at Environmental Crime and the World, Tilburg University, Netherlands, 11 November 2013 - 12 November 2013
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Holley C, 2013, 'Transjurisdictional Water Governance and Collaboration', presented at Transjurisdictional Water Governance Workshop, UNSW Law, Sydney, 09 December 2013 - 10 December 2013
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2012, 'Compliance and Enforcement of Groundwater in Australia: A Contemporary Challenge for Water Law and Regulation', presented at National Groundwater Association, Groundwater Summit, Innovate and Integrate, Garden Grove, California, 08 May 2012 - 08 May 2012
    Conference Posters | 2012
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2012, 'Existing and Innovative Approaches to Groundwater Governance', National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Canberra, presented at Groundwater for Decision Makers, National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Canberra, 30 May 2012 - 30 September 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2012, 'Water Regulation and Governance: Collaboration, Compliance and Enforcement', presented at Delta Science Program Brown Bag Series, Sacramento, California, 09 May 2012 - 09 May 2012
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2012, 'Water regulation: compliance and enforcement in NSW', presented at Water Law & Policy 2012: The State of National Water Resources Management, ANU, Canberra, 07 December 2012 - 07 December 2012
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    Holley C; Sinclair D, 2012, 'When Does Agricultural Management of Groundwater Work?', presented at National Groundwater Association, Groundwater Summit, Innovate and Integrate, Garden Grove, California, 08 May 2012 - 08 May 2012
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    Holley C, 2012, 'Design Principles for "Good" Collaborative Governance: Empirical Insight from Environmental, Natural Resource and Water Management in Australia and New Zealand', presented at International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 17 June 2012 - 22 June 2012
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    Holley C, 2012, 'Modelling for the complex issue of groundwater management', presented at SIMULTECH 2012 - 2nd International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications, Rome, Italy, 28 July 2012 - 31 July 2012
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Jakeman A; Kelly R; Ticehurst J; Blakers R; Croke B; Curtis A; Fu B; Gardner A; Guillaume J; Hartley M; Holley C; Hutchings P; Pannell D; Powell S; Ross A; Sharp E; Sinclair D; Wilson A, 2012, 'Modelling for the complex issue of groundwater management', in SIMULTECH 2012 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications
    Reports | 2012
    Thorpe A; Holley C; Sherry C, 2012, Submission to the NSW Government on the New Planning System for NSW Green Paper, Australia
    Reports | 2011
    Holley C; Nagarajan V, 2011, Submission to the ALRC on the National Classification Scheme Review, Australia
    Conference Presentations | 2011
    Holley C, 2011, 'Environmental NGOs and the Dilemma of Collaborative Environmental Governance', presented at CSIRO and University of Oregon Symposium on ‘The Limits of Collaborative Approaches to Environmental Governance’, Brisbane, 20 December 2011 - 20 December 2011
    Conference Presentations | 2011
    Holley C, 2011, 'Existing and Innovative Approaches to Groundwater Governance', presented at Groundwater for Decision Makers, National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Canberra, 01 September 2011 - 01 September 2011
    Conference Presentations | 2011
    Holley C, 2011, 'The Administrative State and Participatory Decision-Making: Empirical Insights from the New Environmental Governance', presented at Annual National Administrative Law Conference, Australian Institute of Administrative Law, Canberra, 21 July 2011 - 22 July 2011
    Conference Presentations | 2011
    Holley C, 2011, 'The New Environmental Governance', presented at Centre for Criminology, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 28 July 2011 - 28 July 2011
    Conference Presentations | 2010
    Holley C, 2010, 'Too Hard, Too Remote, Too Cosy? Lessons From International Experiences With Participatory Multi-level Environmental Governance', presented at GoverNat Conference, Leipzig, Germany, 20 January 2010 - 22 January 2010
    Conference Presentations | 2009
    Holley C, 2009, 'Bringing the ‘R’ word back in: regulation, environment protection and NRM', presented at Academy of Social Sciences Roundtable, Canberra, 01 August 2009 - 01 August 2009
    Conference Presentations | 2009
    Holley C, 2009, 'Regional Collaborative Environmental Governance in Practice', presented at Annual Conference of the Environment Institute of Australia & New Zealand, Canberra, 01 October 2009 - 01 October 2009
    Preprints |
    Holley C; Mutongwizo T; Pucci S; Castilla Rho J; Sinclair D, Groundwater Regulation, Compliance and Enforcement: Insights on Regulators, Regulated Actors and Frameworks in New South Wales, Australia,

  • 2024-2027, Australian Research Council LinkageGrant, 'Non urban water regulation: next generation compliance and enforcement', $723,753 ($423,753 ARC& $210,000 NRAR partner organisation)(with Darren Sinclair, Juan Castilla Rho)

  • 2021-2022, Australian Public Service Commission, 'Regulatory Foundations Training' (with Darren Sinclair, Juan Castilla Rho and Brendan McCaffrie)

  • 2019-2021, Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, 'Non-urban water governance: rethinking compliance and enforcement', $338,000 (with Darren Sinclair, Juan Castilla-Rho, Jean-Daniel Rinaudo and Rhett Larson)

  • 2017-2019, Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, 'Integrated governance of water and coal seam gas', $291,914 (with Amanda Kennedy and Clifford Shearing)

  • 2016, Embassy of France Scientific Mobilisation Program - 'Decentralised Groundwater Management: Comparative Lessons from France and Australia'

  • 2014-2016, Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award - 'Revitalising Collaborative Water Governance: Lessons from Water Planning in Australia', $356,291

  • 2013-2016, Australian Research Council Linkage Grant - 'Compliance and enforcement in non-urban water extraction in NSW' - Partner Organisation, DPI Water, $236, 394 from ARC; $90,000 from DPI Water plus in-kind contributions (with Neil Gunningham; Partner Investigator, Susan Pucci)

  • 2015 UNSW Learning and Teaching Innovation Grant (with Amelia Thorpe),

  • 2013 UNSW Faculty Research Grant, Water Law and Regulation

  • 2013 UNSW Workshop Support Scheme, Transjurisdictional Water Governance (with J Gray and R Rayfuse)

  • 2011 Macquarie University New Staff Grant

  • 2011 Concentration of Research Excellence funding in Legal Governance, Macquarie University

My Research Supervision

  • Kathryn Jurd (PhD, Animal Welfare Law)

  • Chris Kelly (PhD, Blended Finance and Low Carbon Shipping)

  • Carley Bartlett (PhD, PFAS Science and Law)

  • Alice Bleby (PhD, Nature Rights)