Michael Mitchell is a Research Fellow with Charles Sturt University’s Institute for Land, Water and Society (ILWS). He helps coordinate a four-year ACIAR project on improving groundwater management in Pakistan for enhanced farming family livelihoods. Michael was previously employed as a Research Fellow with the National Environmental Research Program’s Landscapes and Policy Hub (2012-2015), and as a Research Fellow with Australia’s National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (2009-2012). Michael’s doctoral dissertation (CSU, 2005-2008) involved collaboration with Murrumbidgee Irrigation in NSW to improve the company’s use of ‘triple bottom line’ reporting. ORCiD 0000-0002-1082-3073 http://www.csu.edu.au/research/ilws/team/profiles/adjuncts/michael-mitchell https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Mitchell18