Professor Katherine Daniell
2005
John Monash Scholar
PhD
Water management
AgroParisTech(ENGREF)/ANU
France
Political Science, Education, Arts and Humanities, Building and Planning, Energy and Environment, Engineering
Water management, governance, environmental policy, climate change adaptation and sustainability; cybernetics and systems; collaboration and participatory processes; international science and technology policy and cooperation; politics and cultures of innovation; multi-level governance; management and decision sciences; interdiciplinarity/transciplinarity; research policy and practice; social and environmental aspects of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence.
Prof Katherine A. Daniell is a transdisciplinary academic at the Australian National University's School of Cybernetics, Fenner School of Environment and Society, and Institute for Water Futures. Katherine's work focusses on collaborative approaches to policy, education and action for sustainable development. Trained in engineering, arts and public policy, her work now bridges multiple domains including governance, risk management, politics and cultures of innovation, and international science and technology cooperation. Katherine has published over 100 academic works including the recent ANZSOG ANU Press book “Multi-Level Governance: conceptual challenges and case studies from Australia” (2017). She has previously worked in the ANU Centre for European Studies, HC Coombs Policy Forum, ANU Centre for Policy Innovation and IRSTEA in France. Katherine completed a co-tutelle PhD at AgroParisTech in France and ANU under her John Monash Scholarship. She serves in multiple external roles including as Director and Board member of the Peter Cullen Water and Environment Trust, a Member of Australia’s National Committee on Water Engineering, and President of the Australian-French Association for Research and Innovation (AFRAN) Inc. She is a Chevalier (Knight) in the French Ordre du Mérite.
ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (2022) 3rd order cybernetics: on the renaissance of a discipline, interview with Mariann Unterluggauer, 16 May. https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20220516/678842/Kybernetik-3-Ordnung Algorithmic Futures Podcast (2022) Artificial intelligence policy approaches in the Australia and European Union, with Katherine Daniell and Flynn Shaw; input to the Social Responsibility of Algorithms Conference, May 11, https://algorithmicfutures.org/episode-5/ Nature Index (2021) The challenge of leading interdisciplinary research projects: Consensus is not always possible, interview by Shipra Jane, 17 August, https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/challenge-of-leading-interdisciplinary-research-projects Cosmos Magazine (2021) Interview with Jamie Seidel on complexity and futures related to Asimov's Foundation series, Story published in Issue 93, Dec, pp.104-107. Galah Magazine (2021) Interview with Ryan Butta on the Brewarrina Fish Traps and Cybernetics. Published in Issue 4. Water. Pp. 170-3 ABC Radio National (2021) Australia's relationship with France 'can't be defined by one submarine contract', interview by Thomas Oreti, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-21/australias-relationship-with-france-cant-be/13551392