DrTyson Yunkaporta
Senior Lecturer, Indigenous Knowledges
Faculty of Arts and Education/NIKERI Institute
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- Senior Lecturer, Indigenous KnowledgesFaculty of Arts and Education/NIKERI Institute
- +61 3 522 73081 (Work)
- Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216
BIO
Indigenous skolar (Apalech clan (Wik) Lostmob Nungar) working with Indigenous Systems Knowledge and collective Indigenous inquiry methods inflected with complexity science to resolve global existential threats and issues in regenerative design responses to crises. Works across disciplines in literature/creative writing, sociology of religion (disinformation/conspirituality/IO's), history, Indigenous Knowledges, psychology, environmental studies, architecture/engineering/Indigenous design and technology. Founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab. Author of Sand Talk, Right Story Wrong Story, Snake Talk.
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT
- Senior Lecturer, Indigenous KnowledgesDeakin University, National Indigenous Knowledges Education Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Post-Doctoral Research FellowSwinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia2016 - 2016
- Senior LecturerMonash University, Melbourne, Australia2016 - 2018
- Senior LecturerDeakin University, Geelong, Australia2018 - 2021
- Senior Research FellowDeakin University, Geelong, Australia2021 - present
DEGREES
- Doctor of EducationJames Cook University
- Master of EducationGriffith University, Brisbane, Australia
- Bachelor of EducationQueensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
CERTIFICATIONS
- Advanced Certificate Choice Theory, Reality Therapy and Quality ManagementWilliam Glasser Institute, United States
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Doctor of EducationJames Cook University, Townsville, Australia
- Master of EducationGriffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
LANGUAGES
- ItalianCan read, write and speak
FIELDS OF RESEARCH
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental knowledges and management
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sciences
- Specialist studies in education
- Information systems for sustainable development and the public good
- Sustainable design
- Design
- Indigenous methodologies
- Other Indigenous data, methodologies and global Indigenous studies not elsewhere classified
- Indigenous data and data technologies
- Sociology of religion
- Systems biology
AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION
- Masters by Research and PhD supervision
AREA/FACULTY
- Faculty of Arts and Education
DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE
- NIKERI Institute