Juliet Willetts
researcher
Juliet Willetts is a researcher in water advocacy and sanitation issues, Professor and Research Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology, Sydney. She was recognised as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology in 2025.
Early life and education
Willetts was motivated to work in sanitation and water control after a family trip to India at the age of 12. She was living close to an informal settlement, with people living in and near to drain pipes, with poor sanitation, which inspired her to pursue a career in sanitation and water.
Willetts has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Sydney, a Bachelor of Engineering (honours), also from the University of Sydney, and a PhD from the University of New South Wales, the latter for her thesis "Thermophilic decolourisation of textile dye wastewater".
Career
Willetts is a water researcher, and adviser in international development aid, in the field of water research. She works in the intersection of policy and practice, around human rights, sanitation and water. Her experience also involves sustainability, gender equality, as well as monitoring and evaluation of water and sanitation issues. She served on the Steering Committee of Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), as well as the Network for University and Executive Committee Reference Group for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.
Willetts is the Research Director at the University of Sydney's Institute for Sustainable Futures.
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