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Personal profile
Biography
Kat is a Research Fellow at the Nulungu Research Institute in Broome, at the University of Notre Dame and an Honorary Lecturer at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University. Through her work and research in Central Australia and Western Australia, she has experience in water policy, governance and drinking water risk management. Kat has a BSc (Hons) Environmental Science and Conservation Biology. Her PhD explored water security, water governance and decolonisation pathways in the West Kimberley, Western Australia.
Qualifications
BSc Env.Sci (hons), BSc Cons Biol, Murdoch University; PhD, ANU
Research interests
- Water governance & co-governance
- Australian water reform
- Water policy in northern Australia
- Groundwater
- Water property rights, responsibilities and alternative economies
- Environmental/social/climate/ water justice
External Scholarly Memberships and Affiliations
Research Fellow, University of Notre Dame Australia
3 Dec 2025 → …
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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Integrating hydrogeology and water justice for more effective and equitable groundwater planning
Taylor, K. S., Poelina, A., Moggridge, B. J., Bourke, S., Manero, A., Williams, J. & Grafton, R. Q., 30 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Hydrogeology Journal. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
A tale of two rivers – Baaka and Martuwarra, Australia: Shared voices and art towards water justice
Bates, W. B., 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., Apr 2024, In: Anthropocene Review. 11, 1, p. 228-261 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access15 Citations (Scopus) -
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, P., Wyrwoll, P., Horne, J., Lansbury, N., Creamer, S., Taylor, K., Fanaian, S. & Grafton, R. Q., 2024, In: Nature Water. 2, p. 31–40 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
11 Citations (Scopus) -
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, R. Q., Apr 2022, In: Ecosystem Services. 54, 18 p., 101417.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access41 Citations (Scopus) -
Measuring the gaps in drinking water quality and policy across regional and remote Australia
Wyrwoll, P. R., Manero, A., Taylor, K. S., Rose, E. & Quentin Grafton, R., Dec 2022, In: npj Clean Water. 5, 1, 32.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access39 Citations (Scopus)