Researcher

Biography

I am a Pairrebenne Trawlwoolway woman from Tebrakunna Country in northeast Trouwerner (Tasmania). I am a Scientia Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in the UNSW School of Built Environment.

My research areas encompass human geography and Indigenous studies, developing original methodological approaches, and contending with ethics, climate change and land management issues. With an interest in Indigenous and decolonising methodologies, my...view more

I am a Pairrebenne Trawlwoolway woman from Tebrakunna Country in northeast Trouwerner (Tasmania). I am a Scientia Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in the UNSW School of Built Environment.

My research areas encompass human geography and Indigenous studies, developing original methodological approaches, and contending with ethics, climate change and land management issues. With an interest in Indigenous and decolonising methodologies, my research focuses on relationality with Country and climate change adaptation.

My research has influenced policy, academia, and higher education practice. It continues to bridge disciplinary boundaries, advance Indigenous-led methodologies, and reshape how Indigenous knowledges are integrated across both the social and natural sciences.

In 2026 I completed a First Nations Fellowship with the Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success (ACSES). This fellowship further developed the Kin and Country Framework (Bishop & Tynan, 2022) as a pedagogical tool for higher education teaching and learning.


My Grants

2026- Innovating a new framework for Indigenous-led climate adaptation strategies. Lead CI. DECRA Fellowship from ARC

2025- Kin and Country learning: developing Indigenous pedagogies for Australian higher education. Lead CI. Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success (ACSES)

2025- Sustainable Communities and Waste (SCaW) Hub, Impact priority area 1 (Sustainable people-environment interactions). CI. National Environmental Science Program (NESP)

2024- Changes to Country, changes to wellbeing: Insights from Tebrakunna community. Lead CI. Healthy Environments and Lives Network (HEAL), NHMRC

 


My Qualifications

PhD, MDS (International Development), BInSt (Development Studies),


My Awards

2025 Institute of Australian Geographers (IAG) Award for Dissertation Excellence

2025 Highly commended finalist, Macquarie University Excellence in Graduate Research Awards

2024 Highly commended publication, Cultural Geography Early Career Paper Prize

2023 Kathleen Fitzpatrick Bursary and Early Career Mentoring Program

2019 Andrea Durbach Prize for best article in human rights scholarship

2018 Best Student Paper Prize, Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) International Conference, Los Angeles, CA, USA

 


My Engagement

Professional / Academic Engagement roles

Bushfire and Natural Hazards Research Centre, Steering Committee (2023 - current)

IAG Indigenous Geographies Study Group Co-convenor (2024 - current)

Development Studies Association of Australia, Executive Committee (2019 - 2021)

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