
Publications
Global producer responsibility for plastic pollution: W Cowger, KA Willis, S Bullock, K Conlon, J Emmanuel, LM Erdle, …Science advances 10 (17), eadj8275
Mopping up or turning off the tap? Environmental injustice and the ethics of plastic pollution KA Owens, K Conlon Frontiers in Marine Science 8, 713385
Circular economy: waste-to-wealth, jobs creation, and innovation in the global south K Conlon, R Jayasinghe, R Dasanayake World review of science, technology and sustainable development 15 (2), 145-159
Plastic Roads: Not all they’re paved up to be. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 2021
A social systems approach to sustainable waste management: leverage points for plastic reduction in Colombo, Sri Lanka. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 2021
A Journey to Understanding Sustainability. NELIS Global. Medium. 2020
Waste Management in the Global South: An Inquiry on the Patterns of Plastic and Waste Materials Flows in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dissertation, 2020.
“Evolving out of the collective pause” Medium. July 28, 2020.
“Adaptive Injustice: Responsibility to act in the plastics economy.” Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 153, 104563. Conlon, K.
“Do you know your waste?” May 24, 2019, Daily Express (Sri Lanka)
“Circular Economy: waste-to-wealth, jobs creation, and innovation in the global south.” (2019) World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, 15 (2), 145-59. Conlon, K., Jayasinghe, R., and Dasanayake, R.
“Plastic waste: We need a culture of Care” Turning Points Magazine: Global Agenda 2019. (Weekend Express with The New York Times). 84-86.
“Environmental Literacy” Chapter in Youth and Peacebuilding (2018) with Sri Lanka Unites
“Climate Change: A Crisis of Human Belonging and Connection” Pathos Literary Mag. and The Optimist, 2018 https://www.optimistdaily.com/2018/11/climate-change-human-connection/
Human Security and Social Justice Risks of Climate Change: Responses for Peace Practitioners. Masters Thesis.
“Mali is the Prime Place to Rethink Aid Practices” GlobalPost, Sept., 12 2012
“Hawaiian Sovereignty through the Lens of Strategic Nonviolent Resistance.” Beyondintractability.org
“Sustainability and Small Farming” Phi Planet, May 2012
“Attuning to Nature” Phi Planet, March 2012
“Finding Purpose in Nature” Phi Planet, Feb., 20, 2012
Ni Ga Saabu: Living in West Africa, Perspectives on People, Culture and Places 2008
MEDIA
Notre Dame Interview https://magazine.nd.edu/stories/questionnaire-katie-conlon-14m-a/
The Conversation https://theconversation.com/if-plastic-manufacturing-goes-up-10-plastic-pollution-goes-up-10-and-were-set-for-a-huge-surge-in-production-227365
Environmental Peacebuilding Podcast (2022) https://kroc.nd.edu/news-events/podcasts/topics/environmental-peacebuilding/
Contributor to BFFP India Brand Audit Report (2022) https://brandaudit.breakfreefromplastic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2021-unwrapped.pdf
Inspirators https://www.inspirators.org/inspirators-series/katie-conlon
Pushing Back Against Plastics, Portland State University Magazine (2020) https://content.library.pdx.edu/files/PDXScholar/Portland-State-Magazine-Spring-2020/10/
Climate Change: A Crisis of Human Belonging and Connection (2018) https://www.optimistdaily.com/2018/11/climate-change-human-connection/
A Journey to Understanding Sustainability https://socialmedia-nelis.medium.com/a-journey-to-understanding-sustainability-20ca3911cd8
COURSES
Voices from the Himalayas for Understanding Plastic Pollution: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b47d9a3d7add4e4889b9256c7e49e9f1
Teaching About Plastic Waste Sri Lanka: https://www.aisls.org/resources/teaching-about-sri-lanka/teaching-about-plastic-waste/
AFFILIATIONS
National Geographic Explorer Profile (2019 – ) https://explorers.nationalgeographic.org/directory/katie-ann-conlon
NOAA Marine Debris Foundation Board of Directors, 2022- https://marinedebrisfoundation.org/our-team/
Save Our Snow (2025- ) https://saveoursnow.earth/sos-champion/dr-katie-conlon/
WINGS Women of Discovery (2024) https://wingswomenofdiscovery.org/explorer/katie-conlon/
Royal Geographic Society Fellow (2024- )
Oxford University Exploration Club (2024- )
IHOPE Research Network, Member (2024- )
Indian Ocean World Centre (IOWC) McGill University, Affiliate Member, 2024-
Society of Environmental Journalists. Associate Member, 2024-
Fulbright Specialist, 2022-
Sustainability Advisor, World Beat Center, San Diego (2003- https://www.worldbeatcenter.org/about-us/people/