[9] She completed her PhD at the University of Tasmania in Geography and Environmental Studies.
[9] Brinklow sold her publishing company, Acorn Press, in 2010 to pursue her PhD at the University of Tasmania.
[12][13] In 2015, Laurie was the chair of the Building Community Resilience Conference for the 10th North Atlantic Forum in Summerside, Prince Edward Island.
[9] She was in the steering committee of Building Small Island Resilience to Global Climate Change in 2016.
[14] She received the Hessian Merit Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Sessional Instructor in 2018.