She leads several projects assessing the effectiveness of Australian laws and policies for supporting adaptation to climate change and increasing resilience to natural disasters. She also studies technology integration in the national electricity market and the energy-water nexus. For several years, Karen was based in Brussels as the ANU Representative in Europe, where she was responsible for developing research relationships between ANU and European institutions. Dr. Hussey is co-author of Environment and Sustainability: A Policy Handbook, published by Federation Press (2013, 2nd edition) and a forthcoming book Climate, Energy and Water: Managing trade-offs, seizing opportunities (2014, Cambridge University Press).