Publications

Harris, J., van der Watt, P., Marais, L., Owen, J.R., Kemp, D. (2026) Recovery without recovery: Adaptation and unresolved loss following the Jagersfontein mine tailings disaster, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, pub. Elsevier, Vol 146, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2026.106525

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Article

Africa

Holcombe, S., Keenan, J. & Witt, K. (2026) Pathways for Aboriginal socio-economic development in the Beetaloo (NT): Voices from the region. Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.

Centre for Social Responsibilty in Mining

Report

Australia

Holcombe, S., Parmenter, J., Dalaibuyan, B., Worden, S., Bourke, P.

CRC TiME

Report

Australia

Burton, J. & Keenan, J. (2024) A literature review of the social performance of carbon-offsetting projects with special reference to Indigenous participation. Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland: Brisbane.

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining

Report

Global

Worden, S. and Holcombe, S. (2025). Drone technology and Indigenous Australians: A scan of current uses. Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland: Brisbane.

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining

Report

Australia

Kemp, D., Loginova, J., Lechner, A.M., Ang, M.L.E., Kuswati, R.A., Saputra, M.R.U., Unger, C.J., Bebbington, A., Owen, J.R. (2026) The rise of brownfield mining is reshaping global mineral supply and intensifying social and environmental risk, One Earth 9, 101563, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101563

One Earth

Article

Global

Holcombe, S. (2025) ‘IBN Irtiya: A History of the IBN Group’. Part 1 of 3 project parts. In Collaboration with the Yinhawangka, Banyjima and Nyiyaparli (IBN) Board and participating IBN Group members. Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland.

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining

Report

Australia

Bedu-Addo, K. (2025) Managing Governance Risks in Mining and Minerals Investments: A reflection on national versus subnational governance in Ghana. Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland: Brisbane.

Centre for Social Responsiblity in Mining

Occasional Paper

Africa

Parmenter, Joni and Holcombe, Sarah. (2025) Healing Country: Indigenous cultural wellbeing indicators and mined land rehabilitation: literature review and wellbeing impact evaluation framework. Research Report, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, the University of Queensland, Brisbane.

Report

Global

Sharma, Vigya and Dalaibuyan, Byambajav. (2025) "Mongolia's Critical Minerals and Shifting Geopolitical Alliances." Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, vol. 26 no. 1, 2025, p. 211-219. Project MUSE, https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/gia.2025.a965797.

Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

Article

Mongolia

Barnes, R., Holcombe, S., Helms, K., Yunupingu, D. and Mununggirritj, D. (2024) ‘Gulkula Mining: Indigenous Landowners in Control. A Collaborative Case Study with Gumatj Corp’. Research Report, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, the University of Queensland: Brisbane.

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining

Report

Australia

Barnes, R., Keenan J., Williams C. and Hamilton B. (2025). Restoring Country: Exploring Indigenous-led participation in mine closure and environmental services: Report on the collaborative webinar series. CRC TiME Ltd, Perth, Australia.

Cooperative Research Centre for Transformations in Mining Economies (CRC TiME)

Report

Australia

Lèbre, E., Czarnota, K., Walsh, S.D.C., Haynes, M., Ufer, N., Sonter, L.J., Sreekar, R., Bolz, P., Bulovic, N., Côte, C., Kunz, N.C., Micklethwaite, S., Northey, S.A., Rochford, L.M., Schodde, R., Seligmann, B., Sturman, K. (2025) ESG mapping of the Australian mining sector – The state of play on mobilising spatial datasets for decision making, Resources Policy, Volume 105, 105592, ISSN 0301-4207, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105592. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301420725001345)

Resources Policy

Article

Australia

Vivoda, V., Loginova, J, Kemp, D. (2025). Geopolitics and mine waste: An overview and future research directions. Journal of Environmental Management Volume 385, June 2025, 125545.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125545

Journal of Environmental Management

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Global

Unger, C.J, Burton, J., Kemp, D. (2025). Abandoned mine clusters and their intersection with Indigenous peoples’ land rights in Australia. Journal of Environmental Management Vol 385. 125357 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125357

Journal of Environmental Management

Article

Australia

Worden, Sandra (2019). The construction and assessment of social risk: perspectives from Australian coal mining project teams. PhD Thesis, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland. https://doi.org/10.14264/uql.2019.354

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, the Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland

Thesis

Australia

Wang, Y., Zhang, R., Worden, S., Cao, H., and Li, H. (2021). Public participation in environmental governance initiatives of chemical industrial parks. Journal of Cleaner Production 305 127092 127092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127092

Journal of Cleaner Production

Article

Global

Worden, S., Neme Gaviola, L., Munguia Llort, P., Tapia Rivera, R. (2022). Mine Closure Hub - resources for communities. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining.

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, the Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland

Educational Resource

Global

Worden, Sandy, Holcombe, Sarah, and Keeling, Arn (2024). How do Queensland’s mining closure regulations stack up on the social front?. Chermside, QLD Australia: Bowen Basin Minnig Club.

Bowen Basin Mining Club

Article

Australia

Loginova, J., Landauer, M., Joona, J., Datta, R., Joona, T. (2025) Enabling Indigenous-centred decision-making for a just energy transition? Lessons from community consultation and consent in the circumpolar Arctic

Energy Research & Social Science

Article

Global

Harris, J., Kemp, D., Owen, J.R. (2024) Private commissions of public inquiry: Community conflict and multilayer dissonance in the mining industry, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute, Brisbane

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Article

Global

Doomadgee, A. & Holcombe, S. E., (2024) “"What does Closure even mean?" at Century Mine: Multiple companies, mine closure trajectories and disputation”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 6200

Journal of Political Ecology

Article

Global

Keenan, J. & Hannay, L. (2024). Returning land to local communities: A Tanzanian case study and lessons for responsible land divestment. Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland. https://arcg.is/TbGi40 Keenan, J. & Hannay, L. (2024).

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining

Educational Resource

Global

Dowell, K. & Holcombe, S. E., (2024) “Reasserting Gija women's role in mine site reclamation: A perspective from the Argyle Diamond Mine”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 6219.

Journal of Political Ecology

Article

Global

Sharma, V., Aggarwal, M. (2024) Can meaningful consultation and consent advance fair and equitable large-scale renewable energy development? Reflections from India.

Energy for Sustainable Development

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Global