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Dr. Cristy Clark is an Associate Professor at the University of Canberra's Canberra Law School, specializing in environmental law, human rights, and legal geography. She holds a BA/LLB (Hons) from ANU, a Master’s in International Social Development from UNSW, and a PhD from UNSW’s Australian Human Rights Centre. Her research focuses on the intersection of human rights and environmental governance, particularly Indigenous rights, water justice, and climate equity.
Clark’s work includes co-authoring The Lawful Forest: A Critical History of Property, Protest and Spatial Justice and her upcoming monograph Legal Geographies of Water (Routledge, 2025). She is affiliated with the Centre for Environmental Governance, Berkeley’s Climate Equality Working Group, and the Australian Discrimination Law Experts Group. Her current projects address gender-diverse climate action in the Pacific and adapting anti-discrimination law to climate change.
Her research spans legal pluralism, water governance, and the human right to water, with case studies in Chile, South Africa, and Aotearoa. Recent publications emphasize relational ontologies in environmental law and prefigurative legal alternatives to climate crises.
- Education:
- BA/LLB (Hons), Australian National University
- Master of International Social Development, UNSW
- PhD, UNSW Australian Human Rights Centre
Clark’s grants include ACIAR-funded work on Pacific climate action and projects with the Berkeley Center. She actively participates in inquiries (e.g., human rights and environmental law) and organizes conferences on climate justice. Her advocacy extends to legal reforms for water equity, Indigenous ontologies, and anti-discrimination frameworks.
Her lab affiliations and collaborations include the Climate Equality Working Group and Legalities editorial board, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to law and environmental justice.
