CSIRO Indigenous Engagement

Mr Jim Walker is working to generate employment and education opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in CSIRO. He has worked with Indigenous peoples and communities across Australia and has extensive knowledge of cultures and contemporary issues within Indigenous societies.

Dr Alan Andersen is a Chief Research Scientist with CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems in Darwin, where he studies ant community ecology, the use of ants and other invertebrates as indicators of ecosystem health, and fire ecology and management in tropical savannas.

Dr Ben Hoffmann contributes to several highly successful pest ant eradication programs in northern Australia and is also researching land use effects on several native ant species.

Dr Dan Metcalfe's research on plant distribution and regeneration aims to help understand and manage weed impacts on Australia's wet tropics ecosystems.

Dr Daniel Walker is Deputy Chief of CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences.

Dr Westcott is an expert in the ecology and conservation management of endangered species such as the southern cassowary and the spectacled flying fox. He also studies seed and weed dispersal in tropical rainforests and the influence of landscape change on this process.

Dr Dick Williams is a plant ecologist investigating the movements, or flux, of carbon through vegetation and tropical soils in the Top End of Australia.

Dr Frederieke Kroon's research informs rehabilitation of coastal zones using a collaborative and integrated approach to both catchment management and aquatic health, to improve water quality, aquatic biodiversity and fisheries production.

Dr James Butler’s research focuses on how to achieve win-win solutions to complex conflicts between sustainable livelihoods, economic development and the conservation of healthy ecosystems and iconic species.

Dr Marcus Finn is investigating the relationship between environmental flows and Indigenous livelihoods for waterways in northern Australia.

Dr Marcus Lane leads a group of researchers concerned with improving Australia's environmental policy and planning.

Dr Michael LaFlamme develops participatory research on how investing in Aboriginal livelihoods managing desert resources can improve ecological, cultural, family wellbeing, income, health and other outcomes, to benefit local people and Australia as a whole.

Stefan's research helps government and industry make wiser choices and plan for an uncertain future.

Dr Sue Jackson is researching Indigenous natural resource management and has interests in the social and cultural dimensions of marine, coastal and water resource management.

Dr Tom Measham is working to identify and understand the human and social dimensions involved in regional environmental challenges and how they affect natural resource management.

Ms Emma Woodward is working on the Howard River environmental flows and social values project which is identifying the social and cultural values of surface and groundwater to key user groups in the Howard River catchment: an area in rural Darwin, Northern Territory (NT).

Ms Liana Williams is a human geographer working to understand the factors contributing to community engagement in regional natural resource management.

Dr Erin Bohensky’s research integrates social and ecological information to understand and enhance the resilience of complex systems in Northern Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

Dr Fiona Walsh works closely with Aboriginal communities to deliver strategies that bring stronger recognition and return to Aboriginal people, and improve their livelihoods, wellbeing and ‘country’.

Dr Cathy Robinson is a geographer who studies decentralised environmental governance systems, with a focus on cross-cultural and regional planning arrangements in Northern Australia.

Dr Kirsten Maclean is a human geographer who uses participatory methodologies to investigate the role of diverse people, knowledge and values in regional natural resource management in Australia.

Dr Rosemary Hill is a human geographer specialising in collaborative environmental governance and planning research with a particular focus on Indigenous systems.