Dr Katie Woolaston
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Personal details
Keywords
Environmental Law, ILGG, International Law, Wildlife Law, Vulnerability Theory, Ecofeminism
Research field
Other law and legal studies
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Griffith University)
- Master of Laws Human Rights and Social Justice (University of New South Wales)
Professional memberships and associations
- Director - National Environmental Law Association
- Associate Editor - Asia-Pacific Journal of Environmental Law
- Member - IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law
- Member - International Law Association (Australian Branch)
- Adjunct Research Fellow - Law Futures Centre, Griffith University
Teaching
Katie is currently teaching:
- LLB 102: Torts
- LLB 141: Introduction to International Law
- LLB 247: Animal Law
Publications
- Woolaston, K., (2018). A voice for wild animals: Collaborative governance and human-wildlife conflict. Alternative Law Journal, 43(4), 257–262. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/128344
- Deane, F. & Woolaston, K. (2017). Coal mines and wild law: a judgment for the climate. In N. Rogers & M. Maloney (Eds.), Law as if earth really mattered: The wild law judgement project (Law, Justice and Ecology) (pp. 125–142). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/110751
- Hamman, E., Woolaston, K. & Lewis, B. (2016). Legal responses to human-wildlife conflict: The precautionary principle, risk analysis and the 'lethal management' of endangered species. IUCN Academy of Environmental Law eJournal, 7, 57–83. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/99924
- Woolaston, K. & Hamman, E. (2015). The operation of the precautionary principle in Australian environmental law: An examination of the Western Australian White shark drum line program. Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 32(4), 327–345. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/100886
- Hamman, E., Woolaston, K., Koroglu, R., Johnson, H. & Lewis, B. (2015). Managing the impacts of sugarcane farming on the Great Barrier Reef: An evaluation of the implementation of the Polluter Pays Principle. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/90024
- Hamman, E., Woolaston, K., Koroglu, R., Johnson, H., Lewis, B., Evans, B. & Maguire, R. (2014). The effectiveness of the Precautionary Principle in protecting Australia's endangered species: Testing methods for evaluating environmental law - Final Report. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/92562
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