QUT Indigenous Research Strategy 2022-2025

Our strategy presents a vision for the university that is focused on building and supporting Indigenous Australian research excellence and innovation.

Supporting

Investing in Indigenous Australian research talent and excellence.

Growing

Indigenous Australian-led and co-designed research.

Building

Institutional capability to foster Indigenous Australian research excellence.

Developing

Cohort support to enable Indigenous Australian intellectual excellence.

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QUT is committed to investing in research partnerships with Indigenous Australian communities that are meaningful, respectful and mutually beneficial.

The Indigenous Australian Research Strategy capitalises on the progress QUT has already made, and outlines actions the university will take now and into the future to deliver our vision.

Download the QUT Indigenous Australian Research Strategy 2022-2025 (PDF file, 1.6 MB)

Dr Ali Drummond

Advocating for better health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is the aim of Dr Ali Drummond, a Meriam and Wuthathi man who is a trained nurse, a former QUT senior lecturer, researcher and the current CEO of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM).

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Katrina Wruck

Katrina Wruck is a PhD student in the Resource Transformation group in the School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering. Her research aims to deliver high-tech, innovative solutions in wastewater treatment.

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Gina Masterton

Gina Masterton is a proud Gubbi Gubbi/Wakka Wakka woman and an Indigenous Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the QUT Centre for Justice, the Carumba Institute and CARRS-Q, who is taking a lead role in implementing QUT’s cross Faculty Indigenous Research Capability Building strategy.

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Professor Grace Sarra

Grace Sarra has extensive experience working with schools in Indigenous and low socioeconomic communities to improve educational outcomes. She is of Aboriginal heritage from Bindal and Birri clan groups of the Birrigubba nation and Torres Strait Islander heritage of Mauar, Stephen and Murray Islands. Grace is based in the QUT School of Early Childhood.

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Carumba Institute

The Carumba Institute provides an Indigenous research and education environment that emphasises deep community engagement, transdisciplinary practice, supervisory excellence and enhanced engagement of Indigenous research students in academic career preparation.

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National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network

The National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network (NIRAKN) is a national, inclusive, multidisciplinary hub and spokesmodel network of Indigenous researchers at various stages of their careers. The network is led by Indigenous senior scholars with strong research track records who bring extensive experience in collaborative and community-based research.

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