At UNRISD Juliet Willetts was undertaking research to further the role of the social and solidarity economy in reducing inequalities in access to water and sanitation services. This work built on her research on institutional and governance aspects of water and sanitation service delivery, including the roles of private and social enterprise and civil society organizations.
At the time of her stay at UNRISD, Juliet was Associate Professor and Research Director at Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), leading applied interdisciplinary research, analysis and evaluation. She holds an undergraduate double degree from University of Sydney and a doctorate from University of New South Wales. Her research engaged closely with policy and practice, addressing the human right to water and sanitation in the context of sustainable development, and combining socio-cultural, institutional and technical dimensions to facilitate change.
Selected recent publications
Murta, J. and Willetts, J. 2014, "Incentives for enterprise engagement in Indonesia," Private and social enterprise engagement in water and sanitation for the poor – Working Paper 2a, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney. Available at:
www.enterpriseinwash.info
Gero, A. and Willetts, J. (2014) "Incentives for enterprise engagement in Vietnam", Private and social enterprise engagement in water and sanitation for the poor – Working Paper 2b, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney. Available at:
www.enterpriseinwash.info
Murta, J. and Willetts, J. (2014) "Incentives for enterprise engagement in Timor-Leste, "Private and social enterprise engagement in water and sanitation for the poor – Working Paper 2c, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney. Available at:
www.enterpriseinwash.info
Willetts, J. Cheney, H., Ovington, K., and Winterford, K (2015) Working in decentralised service systems: challenges and choices for the Australian aid program, Evaluation Report prepared for Office of Development Effectiveness (ODE), January 2015, Available at
http://dfat.gov.au/aid/how-we-measure-performance/ode/odepublications/Pages/strategic-evaluations.aspx
Gero, A., Fletcher, S.M., Rumsey, M., Thiessen, J., Kuruppu, N., Buchan, J., Daly, J. & Willetts, J.R. (2015), "Disasters and climate change in the Pacific: Adaptive capacity of humanitarian response organisations," Climate and Development, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 35-46.
Gero, A., Carrard, N.R., Murta, J. & Willetts, J.R. (2014), "Review Paper: Private and social enterprise roles in water, sanitation and hygiene for the poor: a systematic review," Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, vol. 4, No. 3., pp331-345
Willetts, J., Asker, S., Carrard, N. and Winterford, K. (2014), "The practice of a strengths-based approach to community development in Solomon Islands," Development Studies Research: An Open Access Journal, 1:1, pp 354-367.
Willetts, J.R., Carrard, N.R., Crawford, J., Rowland, C. & Halcrow, G. (2013), "Working from Strengths to Access Gender Equality," Development in Practice, vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 991-1006.
Carrard, N.R., Crawford, J., Halcrow, G., Rowland, C. & Willetts, J.R. (2013), "A framework for exploring gender equality outcomes from WASH programmes," Waterlines: international journal of water, sanitation and waste, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 315-333.
Willetts, J.R., Paddon, M., Nguyen, D.G.N., Nguyen, H. & Carrard, N.R. (2013), "Sustainability assessment of sanitation options in Vietnam: Planning with the future in mind," Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 262-268.