Staff profile

I work with Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities to develop a more integrated understanding of ecological violence, trauma, and healing that moves beyond anthropocentric and compartmentalised frameworks. My research focuses on identifying and working through patterns of relational violence that limit humanity’s capacity to engage in more regenerative ways of living. Central to this is the exploration of peacebuilding as a scalable process, extending from personal perception and interpersonal relationships to broader ecological and planetary dynamics. This approach recognises that human, ecological, and planetary health are not merely interconnected but fundamentally inseparable. My work also explores more generative interfaces between Indigenous and relational cosmologies and scientific paradigms. I adopt an approach that does not aim to ‘include’ Indigenous perspectives in Western research, but rather examines how research itself can be ‘indigenised’—that is, reintegrated into a broader ethical relationality. By foregrounding attunement, reciprocity, accountability, and ecological responsibility, my work seeks to illuminate pathways toward more convivial futures—ones that move beyond maintaining ‘sustainable’ levels of planetary exploitation and instead cultivate humanity’s potential as a regenerative ecological force.