John Pisaniello

Prof John Pisaniello

School of Accounting and Finance

College of Business and Law

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr John Pisaniello is a Research Professor of Engineering Law within the UniSA Business Academic Unit. As a Research Professor John undertakes transdisciplinary research primarily in the water resources engineering, management, policy and law fields, aiming to translate findings and developed technologies into safe and sustainable real world outcomes through national and international government, industry and community partnerships.
John holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering (Hons 1), a Bachelor of Laws (Hons A), a PhD in Engineering Law, and is also a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia. John’s current research focuses on the global imperative of achieving safe, sustainable and equitable water storage and delivery. Through the Sustainable Engineering, Accounting and Law (SEAL) Group that John founded and leads, this research is finding clever solutions, creating new tools and developing modern legal, regulatory, institutional and financial frameworks through cutting-edge multidisciplinary projects. John’s research has resulted in over 150 publications including journal and conference papers and industry reports, many in leading international refereed outlets including Water Resources Research (3rd highest impact factor and ranked the 2nd most cited in the water resources field), Journal of Business Ethics and Journal of Hydrology.
Since 2000 John’s research has been awarded over $2M in funding. This includes $600,000 in national competitive funds from the Australian Research Council (2 x Discovery Grants plus APD Fellowship) and the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, and over $400,000 in grants from other organisations such as state governments, councils, water boards, industry and professional bodies. Internationally, John has received several assignments from development organisations and the Chinese and Vietnamese governments worth over $1M, including a $800,000+ grant from the World Bank to undertake a global study and comparative analysis of 51 countries to inform the development of legal, institutional, technical and financial models for dam safety management for varying country circumstances.
Possessing both the policy understanding of a lawyer and the inventive skills of an engineer and the necessary transdisciplinary PhD experience to interweave them to solve various complex sustainability problems, John has been able to develop cost-effective tools and policy models to help farmers, communities and policy makers globally. Such tools and models allow for better understanding of water related issues at the farm, catchment and regional levels and enable stakeholders to design solutions to improve productivity, equity and safety. John brings more than 25 years experience of doing this work to UniSA Business.

Current Research

I am a lawyer and engineer possessing engineering, law and policy modelling experience developed from a law degree (Hons A), a civil engineering degree (Hons 1), a trans-disciplinary PhD, an ARC APD Fellowship, 2 x ARC Discovery Projects (DP0210229 and DP0987825), a large RIRDC project and many other national and international water projects over the past 20 years.

I am currently a Research Professor in the UniSA Business Academic Unit at the University of South Australia. I am Research Leader of the Sustainable Engineering, Accounting and Law Group that focuses mainly on trans-disciplinary research projects in the water sector both in Australia and internationally. My research has always been trans-disciplinary in nature as I am both a Civil Engineer and a Lawyer, and in recent years I have also gained expertise in social science, accountability and sustainability accounting type research. In summary, my research and consulting capabilities comprise:

  • developing and integrating best-practice engineering design/review, accountability and legal compliance into cost-effective models, coupled with
  • comparative analysis of international systems (eg review and comparison of engineering technologies, processes and standards used, and the policies, laws, regulations, institutions and financing arrangements adopted in varying contexts and jurisdictions) to identify lessons, benchmarks and elements of better practice, and
  • consultation and engagement of communities and policy makers (eg quantitative and qualitative surveys/research of stakeholder attitudes, perceptions and behaviours to determine necessary behaviour change), to assist Australian or overseas government policy and law reform, thereby
  • overall promoting and facilitating equity, sustainability and safety in areas such as water resources and conservation, planning, development and environmental law, dam management and flood safety, and water-related public and environmental protection policy. 

Research Career and Highlights

Since obtaining my PhD in 1998 until 2006, I was predominantly a Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Centre for Comparative Water Policies and Laws in the School of Commerce at the University of South Australia. In 2007 I was appointed a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Accounting, Governance and Sustainability (CAGS) in the School of Commerce. In 2008 I was competitively awarded a place in UniSA’s inaugural Research Leadership and Development Program. In 2010 I was appointed an ARC Assessor by the Australian Research Council. In 2012 I was also appointed Associate Director of CAGS. In 2014 I founded the Sustainable Engineering, Accounting and Law Group in the UniSA Business School which I have led to date. In late 2016 I was appointed Associate Research Professor at UniSA and in 2022 I was promoted to Research Professor of Engineering Law. My work has been in the areas of water management and resource sharing, hazard and risk assessment, safety assurance policy, dam safety, sustainable development, environmental management, comparative law, and stakeholder consultation and attitudinal surveys. I have worked tirelessly to educate State Government representatives in Australia on the latent issues and associated policy needs in the area of private dam management and flood safety: this has led to securing $600,000 of national competitive core research funds from the Australian Research Council (2 x Discovery Grants) and the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, as well as over $400,000 of collaborative support from other organisations including state government departments, councils and water boards and Australian industry and professional bodies to undertake necessary research. I have developed a cost-effective flood safety design/review model for private dams based on my PhD work leading to trademarking of the SpillwaySafeâ technology and subsequent commercialisation. At the international level I have worked with the World Bank and Vietnamese and Chinese governments to undertake comparative law studies in the dam safety area. As a result the Australian Water Partnership in 2015 endorsed me to partner on their improved water resource management projects in the Indo-Pacific region. In 2016-2020 I was awarded $800,000+ to undertake a global study involving 51 country case studies and comparative analysis to inform the development of legal, institutional, technical and financial frameworks and models for dam safety management appropriate for varying country circumstances.

Year Citation
2025 Pisaniello, J. D., & Tingey Holyoak, J. L. (2025). Growing peri-urban developments downstream of farm dams: exploring how to best manage increasing dam safety and cumulative flood risks. Natural Hazards Review, 26(2, article no. 03124004), 1-15.
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2024 Tingey Holyoak, J., Cooper, B., Crase, L., & Pisaniello, J. (2024). Business strategies to counter climate change risks to long lived production assets. Journal of Cleaner Production, 459(142553), 1-23.
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2024 Tingey Holyoak, J., Cooper, B., Crase, L., & Pisaniello, J. (2024). A framework for supporting climate-exposed asset decision-making in agriculture. Land Use Policy, 137(106989), 1-11.
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2024 Pisaniello, J. D., & Tingey Holyoak, J. L. (2024). Farm dams and the need for integrated water storage safety, equity and land-use policy: comparative case study evidence from Australia. Journal of Cleaner Production, 476(143707), 1-20.
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2023 Pisaniello, J. D., Tingey Holyoak, J. L., Wishart, M. J., Lyon, K. N., & Garcia, E. B. (2023). Funding dam safety regulation: an international comparative analysis and example application in Australia. International Journal Of Water Resources Development, 39(4), 637-662.
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2023 Tingey Holyoak, J. L., & Pisaniello, J. D. (2023). Farm dam accounting for healthy and safe agricultural catchments. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 30(3-4), 367-392.
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2021 Tingey Holyoak, J. L., & Pisaniello, J. D. (2021). The need for accounting-integrated data streams for scenario-based planning in primary production: responding to COVID-19 and other crises. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 12(5), 898-912.
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2021 Tingey Holyoak, J., Pisaniello, J., Buss, P., & Mayer, W. (2021). The importance of accounting-integrated information systems for realising productivity and sustainability in the agricultural sector. International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, 41(100512), 1-19.
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2021 Tingey Holyoak, J. L., Pisaniello, J. D., & Buss, P. (2021). Embedding smart technologies in accounting to meet global irrigation challenges. Meditari Accountancy Research, 29(5), 1146-1178.
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2020 Tingey Holyoak, J. L., Pisaniello, J. D., Buss, P., & Wiersma, B. (2020). Water productivity accounting in Australian agriculture: the need for cost-informed decision-making. Outlook on agriculture, 49(2), 172-184.
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2019 Tingey Holyoak, J., & Pisaniello, J. D. (2019). Water accounting knowledge pathways. Pacific accounting review, 31(2), 258-274.
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2017 Pisaniello, J. D., & Tingey Holyoak, J. L. (2017). Growing community developments causing 'hazard creep' downstream of farm dams - a simple and cost-effective tool to help land planners appraise flood safety. Safety science, 97, 58-72.
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2017 Pisaniello, J. D., & Tingey Holyoak, J. L. (2017). Water storage equity and safety assurance policy to mitigate potential 'dual-extreme cumulative threats' in agricultural catchments. Journal of hydrology, 545, 55-71.
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2017 Pisaniello, J. D., & Tingey Holyoak, J. L. (2017). How to achieve best-practice integrated land-use and safety assurance policy for hazardous on-farm water storage. Land use policy, 62, 268-279.
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2017 Tingey Holyoak, J. L., & Pisaniello, J. D. (2017). Strategic responses to resource management pressures in agriculture: institutional, gender and location effects. Journal of business ethics, 144(2), 381-400.
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2016 Pisaniello, J. (2016). Helping farmers and regulators manage and assure the cumulative flood safety of agricultural dams: a cost-effective regionalised review/design tool from Australia. Hydrology research, 47(5), 996-1013.
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2016 Pisaniello, J. D., & Tingey Holyoak, J. L. (2016). Best practice land use planning and cost-effective tools to assure safety downstream of private dams. Water resources, 43(4), 730-742.
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2015 Tingey Holyoak, J., & Pisaniello, J. D. (2015). The challenge of balanced policy and law for socially responsible water storage management. Social responsibility journal, 11(4), 764-779.
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2015 Pisaniello, J. D., Dam, T. T., & Tingey Holyoak, J. L. (2015). International small dam safety assurance policy benchmarks to avoid dam failure flood disasters in developing countries. Journal of hydrology, 531(3), 1141-1153.
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2014 Pisaniello, J. D. (2014). A comparative analysis of dam safety assurance laws: what are 'appropriate' legislative arrangements for jurisdictions with hazardous private dams?. European journal of comparative law and governance, 1(1), 59-87.
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2013 Carter, A. J., Burritt, R. L., & Pisaniello, J. D. (2013). The dual roles for accountants in sustaining rural communities. Accounting research journal, 26(2), 130-153.
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2013 Tingey Holyoak, J. L., Pisaniello, J. D., Burritt, R. L., & Spassis, A. (2013). Incorporating on-farm water storage safety into catchment policy frameworks: International best practice policy for private dam safety accountability and assurance. Land use policy, 33, 61-70.
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2013 Carter, A. J., Burritt, R. L., & Pisaniello, J. D. (2013). Accountants as emotional wellbeing counsellors in rural areas. Australian accounting review, 23(2), 151-162.
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2013 Pisaniello, J. D., Tingey Holyoak, J. L., & Burritt, R. L. (2013). Dual-extreme cumulative impacts and threats in agricultural catchments: The need for effective integrated policy. Agricultural water management, 118, 103-112.
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2013 Tingey Holyoak, J., Burritt, R. L., & Pisaniello, J. D. (2013). Living with surface water shortage and surplus: the case of sustainable agricultural water storage. Australasian journal of environmental management, 20(3), 208-224.
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2012 Tingey Holyoak, J., & Pisaniello, J. D. (2012). Implications of biomass production and accountability for 'water grabbing'. Sustainability accounting, management and policy journal, 3(2), 262-275.
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2012 Pisaniello, J. D., Tingey Holyoak, J. L., & Burritt, R. L. (2012). Appropriate small dam management for minimising catchment-wide safety threats : international benchmarked guidelines and demonstrative cases studies. Water resources research, 48(1), article no. W01546.
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2012 Dam, T. T., Burritt, R. L., & Pisaniello, J. D. (2012). Adequacy of policy and practices for small agricultural dam safety accountability and assurance in Vietnam. Agricultural water management, 112, 63-74.
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2012 Tingey Holyoak, J., Pisaniello, J. D., & Linnenluecke, M. (2012). Resilience policy for flood risk transferred from private to public dams : insurance and accounting issues. Journal of the Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability, 18(4), 222-250.
2012 Carter, A. J., & Pisaniello, J. D. (2012). Moving from rhetoric to effective implementation for Australian governments' sustainability policies. Journal of the Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability, 18(1), 25-55.
2011 Pisaniello, J. D., Burritt, R. L., & Tingey Holyoak, J. (2011). Dam safety management for sustainable farming businesses and catchments. Agricultural water management, 98(4), 507-516.
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2011 Dam, T. T., Pisaniello, J. D., & Burritt, R. L. (2011). Small dams: a big cause for concern in Vietnam. International water power and dam construction, 63(4), 18-22.
2011 Dam, T. T., Pisaniello, J. D., & Burritt, R. L. (2011). Small dam safety problems in Vietnam and associated responsibility and accountability: evidence from a rural commune. Journal of the Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability, 17(3), 154-181.
2011 Pisaniello, J. D. (2011). A comparative review of environmental protection policies and laws involving hazardous private dams: 'appropriate' practice models for safe catchments. William & Mary environmental law and policy review, 35(2), 515-581.
2011 Pisaniello, J. D. (2011). Big problems for Australia's small dams. International water power and dam construction, 63(3), 1-5.
2011 Tingey Holyoak, J. L., Pisaniello, J. D., & Burritt, R. L. (2011). Analysis and application of international dam safety policy benchmarks. Benchmarking: an international journal, 18(2), 301-317.
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2010 Pisaniello, J. D. (2010). Attitudes and policy responses to Australian farm dam safety threats: comparative lessons for water resources managers. International journal of water resources development, 26(3), 381-402.
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2010 Pisaniello, J. D. (2010). The need for 'adequate' farm dam safety management accountability to avoid dam failure emergencies. The Australian journal of emergency management, 25(3), 31-38.
2009 Pisaniello, J. D. (2009). How to manage the cumulative flood safety of catchment dams. Water SA, 35(4), 361-370.
2007 Pisaniello, J. D., & McKay, J. M. (2007). A tool to aid emergency managers and communities in appraising private dam safety and policy. Disasters, 31(2), 176-200.
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2006 McKay, J. M., & Pisaniello, J. D. (2006). The need for private dam safety assurance : a follow-up 'model' policy from Tasmania. The Australian journal of emergency management.
2006 Pisaniello, J. D. (2006). Dam safety. Small Talk.
2006 Pisaniello, J. D., Wu, Z., & McKay, J. M. (2006). Small dams safety issues : engineering/policy models and community responses from Australia. Water policy, 8(1), 81-95.
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2005 Pisaniello, J. D., & McKay, J. M. (2005). Australian community responses to upgraded farm dam laws and cost-effective spillway modelling. International Journal of Water Resources Development.
2005 Pisaniello, J. D., & McKay, J. M. (2005). The need for private dam safety assurance policy - demonstrative case studies 10 years later. The Australian Journal of Emergency Management.
2003 Pisaniello, J. D., & McKay, J. M. (2003). A farmer-friendly dam safety evaluation procedure as a key part of modern Australian water laws. Water International.
2002 Pisaniello, J. D., McKay, J. M., Reedman, G., Stephenson, M., & Mitchell, L. (2002). Effectively involving an Australian rural community in a risk management process: a 'community partnerships' approach. Australian journal of emergency management.
2002 Pisaniello, J. D., & McKay, J. M. (2002). A simple and cost-effective spillway design/review tool for farm dam owners. Water.
2001 Pisaniello, J. D., McKay, J. M., & Perera, S. (2001). Cost-effective spillway design/review for small dams in Victoria: avoiding dam failure emergencies. The Australian journal of emergency management.
2000 Pisaniello, J. D., McKay, J. M., & Perera, S. (2000). Cost-effective Spillway Design/Review for Small Dams in Victoria: Avoiding Dam Failure Emergencies. Australian journal of emergency management.
2000 Pisaniello, J. D., McKay, J. M., & Perera, S. (2000). Cost-effective spillway design/review for small dams in Victoria: Avoiding Dam Failure Emergencies. Australian journal of emergency management.
1999 McKay, J. M., & Pisaniello, J. D. (1999). Models of 'appropriate' practice in private dam safety assurance. Water policy.
1999 Pisaniello, J. D., & McKay, J. M. (1999). Cost effective private dam safety assurance policy and spillway design/review. International journal of water resources development.
1999 Pisaniello, J. D., McKay, J. M., & Argue, J. R. (1999). Flood capability design/review of dams on small catchments - a simple and cost-effective regionalised procedure. Australian Journal of Water Resources.
1999 Pisaniello, J. D., Argue, J. R., & McKay, J. M. (1999). Flood Capability Design/Review of Dams on Small Catchments-A Simple and Cost-Effective Regionalised Procedure. Australian Journal of Water Resources.
1998 Pisaniello, J. D., & McKay, J. M. (1998). The need for private dam safety assurance policy - a demonstrative case study. Australian journal of emergency management.

Year Citation
2023 Jordon, P., Stephens, D., Pisaniello, J., Wang, Q. J., Nathan, R., Cawood, M., . . . Huang, T. (2023). Considerations on the use of forecast rainfall for dam operations. In ANCOLD/NZSOLD 2022 Conference Proceedings: Sustainable Dams in a Climate of Change (pp. 532-540). Australia: Hydrology and Risk Consulting.
2021 Ram, R., Perera, S., Pearse, M., Pisaniello, J., McGrath, S., Tingey Holyoak, J., & Hill, P. (2021). A review of Victoria's dam safety regulatory framework. In ANCOLD 2021 Online Conference Proceedings on Dams: Perceptions of Realities and Risk (pp. 1-13). Australia: The Australian National Committee on Large Dams Incorporated.
2020 Pearse, M., Pisaniello, J., Banzi, S., & Hill, P. (2020). Implications of NSW dams safety regulation 2019 on dam safety risk management. In Papers from ANCOLD 2020 (pp. 29-37). Australia: Australian National Committee on Large Dams Incorporated (ANCOLD Inc).
2020 Tingey Holyoak, J. L., Pisaniello, J., Buss, P., & Wiersma, B. (2020). Development of a cost-effective water productivity accounting tool for agriculture. In 22nd International Farm Management Association IFMA Congress: Future technologies and implications for farm management Vol. 1 (pp. 1-10). Australia: IFMA.
2020 Tingey Holyoak, J. L., Pisaniello, J. D., & Buss, P. (2020). The need to embed 'agtech' in accounting to improve irrigation decision making. In Virtual AFAANZ Conference (pp. 1). Australia: AFAANZ.
2013 Tingey Holyoak, J. L., Burritt, R. L., & Pisaniello, J. D. (2013). Integration of macro and micro sustainability issues: the need for engineering accounting. In J. Hrebicek (Ed.), Environmental software systems: Fostering Information sharing (pp. 500-507). Berlin: Springer.
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2012 Tingey Holyoak, J., Pisaniello, J. D., & Burritt, R. L. (2012). Private dam safety accountability and assurance: moving from minimum to international best practice policy benchmarks. In Social and environmental accounting: research advances and new perspectives (pp. 199-222). Italy: Aracne.
2012 Pisaniello, J. D., Tingey Holyoak, J. L., & Burritt, R. L. (2012). Appropriate small dam management for minimising catchment-wide safety and drought threats. In GWF discussion paper (pp. 1-5). Canberra, Aust.: UNESCO.
2011 Dam, T. T., Burritt, R. L., & Pisaniello, J. D. (2011). How effective is small dam flood safety accountability and assurance policy in Vietnam?. In Acqua alta: exhibition and international conference on climate impact, flood protection and hydraulic engineering (pp. 1-15). Germany: Acqua Alta.
2011 Pisaniello, J. D., Tingey Holyoak, J., & Burritt, R. L. (2011). Accounting for on-farm water storage practices in the face of dual-extreme cumulative impacts and threats in catchments. In Acqua alta: exhibition and international conference on climate impact, flood protection and hydraulic engineering (pp. 1-12). Germany: Acqua Alta.
2011 Pisaniello, J. D., Spassis, A., & Burritt, R. L. (2011). An engineering/accounting tool for minimising the cumulative flood threats of rural catchment dams. In Acqua alta: Exhibition and International Conference on Climate Impact, Flood Protection and Hydraulic Engineering (pp. 1-14). Germany: Acqua Alta.
2008 McKay, J. M., Hurlimann, A. C., & Pisaniello, J. D. (2008). Do Australian water institutional governance regimes respond to rural and urban customer preferences?. In International water association conference (pp. 1-11). United Kingdom: International Water Association.
2003 Pisaniello, J. D., & McKay, J. M. (2003). Regulatory frameworks for dam safety: an Australian perspective for China. In Proceedings of Workshop on Dam Management. Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute.
2000 Pisaniello, J. D., & McKay, J. M. (2000). International Best Practice Safety Assurance Policy and Cost-effective Spillway Design/Review for Small Dams - Protecting Downstream Committee. In New Trends in Water and Environmental Engineering for Safety and Life. Rotterdam: Balkema.
1997 Pisaniello, J. D., & McKay, J. M. (1997). International Best Practice Safety Assurance Policy and Cost-effective Spillway Design/Review for Small Dams - Protecting Downstream Committees. In New Trends in Water and Environmental Engineering for Safety and Life: Eco-compatible Solutions for Aquatic Environment.. Balkema, Rotterdam.

Year Citation
2023 Pisaniello, J., & Tingey Holyoak, J. (2023). Uganda dam safety assurance: a preliminary gap analysis. Australia: University of South Australia.
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2023 Pisaniello, J. (2023). Lao PDR dam safety regulatory framework: an evolution-based gap analysis to assess opportunities for enhancement. Australia: University of South Australia.
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2023 Tingey Holyoak, J., Cooper, B., Crase, L., & Pisaniello, J. (2023). Climate-proofing accounting standards: Developing a guidebook of options for accountants to improve the accounting for long-lived and climate-exposed assets. Australia: University of South Australia.
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2023 Pisaniello, J. (2023). Sri Lanka dam safety assurance: identifying opportunities for improvement through gap analysis. Australia: University of South Australia.
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2023 Pisaniello, J., & Tingey Holyoak, J. (2023). Sri Lanka dam safety assurance: country case study regulatory assessment. Australia: University of South Australia.
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2022 Wishart, M. J., Ueda, S., Pisaniello, J. D., Tingey Holyoak, J. L., Lyon, K. N., & Boj Garcia, E. (2022). Laying the foundations: decision support tool to inform and assess regulatory frameworks for dam safety assurance. US: World Bank.
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2022 Jordan, P., Pisaniello, J., Wang, Q. J., Stephens, D., Cawood, M., Mannix, R., & Nathan, R. (2022). Guideline for the use of rainfall forecasts to make releases from dams in Victoria. Australia: State of Victoria Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.
2021 Pisaniello, J., Ueda, S., Wishart, M., & Zielinski, P. (2021). Dam safety guidance: dam safety governance considerations. Australia: International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD).
2021 Wishart, M. J., Ueda, S., Pisaniello, J. D., Tingey Holyoak, J. L., Lyon, K. N., & Boj Garcia, E. (2021). Laying the foundations: essential elements for assuring the safety of dams and downstream communities - a policy note. US: World Bank.
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2021 Jordan, P., Pisaniello, J., Wang, Q. J., Stephens, D., Cawood, M., & Nathan, R. (2021). Guideline for the use of rainfall forecasts to make releases from dams in Victoria (version 1). Australia: Hydrology and Risk Consulting.
2021 Pearse, M., Pisaniello, J. D., Foster, M., & Hill, P. (2021). Water NSW SFAIRP framework development: part A. Australia: Hydrology and Risk Consulting Pty Ltd.
2020 Beatty, R., & Pisaniello, J. (2020). Review of NSW dam safety levy proposal: Corporate body:Hydrology and Risk Consulting Pty author. Australia: Hydrology and Risk Consulting.
2020 Pisaniello, J. D. (2020). Impact of enacted New South Wales Dam Safety Regulation 2019: a legal analysis. Australia: University of South Australia.
2020 Pisaniello, J. D., & Tingey Holyoak, J. L. (2020). Review of Victorian Dam Safety Regulation Framework: International jurisdiction reviews and preliminary comparative analysis. Australia: University of South Australia.
2020 Pisaniello, J. D., & Tingey Holyoak, J. (2020). Review of developments in Victoria dam safety regulation since 2010. Australia: University of South Australia.
2020 Pisaniello, J., Pearse, M., McGrath, S., & Tingey Holyoak, J. (2020). Review of Victorian Dam Safety Regulation Framework. Australia: Hydrology and Risk Consulting, University of South Australia and SGM Consulting (Aus).
2020 Pearse, M., Pisaniello, J., Hill, P., & Beatty, R. (2020). Review of the Dams Safety NSW draft guidelines on SFAIRP and CBA. Australia: Hydrology and Risk Consulting.
2020 Wishart, M. J., Ueda, S., Pisaniello, J. D., Tingey Holyoak, J. L., Lyon, K. N., & Boj Garcia, E. (2020). Legal and institutional frameworks for dam safety assurance: a comparative global assessment - volume 1 main report. US: The World Bank.
2019 Tingey Holyoak, J. L., Pisaniello, J. D., Mayer, W., Stumptner, M., Grossmann, G., & Buss, P. (2019). WaterLink: Development of an integrated water productivity and waste accounting tool. Australia: University of South Australia.
2019 Tingey Holyoak, J., & Pisaniello, J. D. (2019). Achieving water security for sustainable farming families and communities. Australia: University of South Australia.
2018 Pisaniello, J. D., & Tingey Holyoak, J. L. (2018). South Africa dam safety assurance: a country case study. Australia: University of South Australia.
2018 Pisaniello, J. D., & Tingey Holyoak, J. L. (2018). Vietnam dam safety assurance: a country case study. Australia: University of South Australia.
2018 Pisaniello, J. D., & Tingey Holyoak, J. L. (2018). Indonesia dam safety assurance: a country case study. Australia: University of South Australia.
2018 Pisaniello, J. D., & Tingey Holyoak, J. L. (2018). Nigeria dam safety assurance: a country case study. Australia: University of South Australia.
2017 Pisaniello, J., Tingey Holyoak, J., & Spassis, A. (2017). The sustainability of modern Greek education: policy factors and stakeholder perceptions of declining demand in South Australia. Australia: University of South Australia.
2016 Tingey Holyoak, J., & Pisaniello, J. (2016). Water management accounting in the agrifood sector: from innovation to action. Australia: CIMA.
2016 Tingey Holyoak, J., & Pisaniello, J. (2016). Water management accounting in the agrifood sector: from innovation to action - Final Report. Australia: University of South Australia.
2016 Pisaniello, J., & Tingey Holyoak, J. (2016). Dam safety issues and the case for regulation in South Australia: a discussion paper. Australia: University of South Australia.
2016 Pisaniello, J., & Tingey Holyoak, J. (2016). Inception report: comparative study of the legal and institutional frameworks for dam safety management. Australia: World Bank.
2016 Tingey Holyoak, J. L., Pisaniello, J., & Gunstone, A. (2016). Indigenous employment in the professions in local government. Australia: University of South Australia.
2012 Pisaniello, J. (2012). Safety monitoring program for tailings and water storages at a Victorian sand plant : review and benchmarking against best-practice guidelines : final report. Australia: University of South Australia.
2002 Pisaniello, J. D., & McKay, J. M. (2002). The development of a public and environmental health management plan for Berri SA and its application to the Emergency Risk Management Process: an effective approach. South Australia: University of South Australia.
2001 Bjornlund, H., McKay, J., & Pisaniello, J. (2001). Water : waste not - want not: Source details - Title: Water : waste not - want not. Australia: UniSA Water Policy and Law Group Business Services.

  • Advancing a digital tool for improved water decision-making in agriculture, Australia's Economic Accelerator Ignite Grant, 15/08/2025 - 14/08/2026

  • Understanding and enumerating water management options at the margin: a blueprint for achieving optimal outcomes in the CLLMM, Goyder Institute for Water Research, 31/07/2024 - 02/03/2026

  • Climate-proofing accounting standards: Developing a guidebook of options for Accountants for long-lived and climate-exposed assets, CPA Australia, 07/01/2022 - 30/06/2025

  • World Bank – Dams, Development and Downstream Communities – Assessment of Dam Safety Assurance Framework in Sri Lanka, World Bank, 14/09/2021 - 30/06/2023

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2025 Principal Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Hiba Ali

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