Contributors

Sally Ferguson

Director, Appleton Institute, CQUniversity Australia

Sally has spent the last fifteen years investigating the influence of circadian rhythms on human activities. Her particular focus is the interaction between work hours, sleep and wake patterns and what that means for people's safety, health and well-being. Sally publishes, supervises students and gets out of the office as often as possible

Rebecca Buys

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Monash University

Dr Rebecca Buys is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre. Her research offers new ways of approaching political, policy and activist processes to make social change through the framework of critical relationism. Rebecca's work examines forms of violence and practices of care. Her current research includes an exploration of the experiences and insights of those who engaged with the 2016 Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence and its subsequent implementation processes, a critical examination of the facilitation of organised encounters to heal individual and group relations, and a focus on intimate partner violence through the Australian Research Council funded Discovery Project, ‘Securing women’s lives’. Rebecca has a BA (Hons) in Political Science from the University of Canterbury (Aotearoa/New Zealand), a MSc in Comparative Politics - Conflict Studies from the London School of Economics and a PhD in Public Policy/Social Theory from Deakin University, alongside extensive experience working in government and for non-government organisations.

Tahlia Johnson

Cultural Navigator and Community Researcher, Flinders University

Tahlia Johnson is a proud Warramunga midwife with clinical experience from Kaurna Country, passionate about Indigenous women’s health, particularly birth and postpartum. Tahlia works as an academic teacher and cultural navigator at Flinders University, educating health students around incorporating culture in practice. She works as a researcher focusing on Indigenous curriculum, women’s and family health, as well as researching colonisation in health systems and services. She specialises in implementing qualitative Indigenous research methods across research teams. Tahlia’s goal is to find the evidence we need to make positive changes to the health services we provide Indigenous families in mainstream health.

Courtney Ryder

Discipline Lead Injury Studies, Flinders University

Dr Courtney Ryder is an ECR injury epidemiologist, Aboriginal academic and Discipline Lead for Injury Studies in the College of Medicine and Public Health at Flinders University. Her research is leading new ways of working with Indigenous Data through knowledge interface methodology and Indigenous Data sovereignty to change the deficit discourse surrounding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health statistics, particularly in injury. Ryder has made a substantial contribution to scholarship through building high-impact cross-disciplinary education teams as a previous Teaching Program Director (TPD) of Public Health at Flinders University. Ryder was also involved in establishing a Community of Practice in Indigenous Knowledge which supports staff across the University. With over a decade’s experience in higher education, Ryder is viewed as a leader transforming student learning in Cultural Safety and Aboriginal health. Work which has been recognised nationally and internationally, through keynote addresses, congress papers, good practice case studies, teaching innovation and scholarship awards and a Churchill Fellowship. Outside of teaching and research, Ryder sits on a range of committees: South Australian Public Health Council Indigenous Engineering Group Executive (Engineers Australia) Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA) Indigenous Genomics Steering Committee Ryder is an advisory group member for Sex and Gender Policies in Medical Research, Nasal Oxygen Therapy After Cardiac Surgery, and Safer Pathway Project. She is a Research Fellow with The George Institute for Global Health, and Senior Lecturer at the School of Population Health UNSW.

Nina Sivertsen

Senior Lecturer (Nursing), Flinders University

Dr Nina Sivertsen is an Indigenous Sámi woman living and working on Kaurna Lands in Australia. She holds a position as Senior Lecturer (Nursing), Flinders University, and Associate Professor, Arctic University of Norway. Her academic work encompasses curriculum design and implementation, with cultural responsiveness in the centre to positively engage students in learning about First Nations health. In her research, she focuses on community and health systems research in partnership with First Peoples and contributes to restorative policy and practice, especially around women’s health in a socio-political context of assimilation and colonisation. She works in inter-Indigenous settings together with First Nations health professionals from around the world to improve healthcare and health outcomes for all First Nations people. Nina’s work in the nexus of Indigenous women’s identities, culture, health, and education has led to international recognition as evidenced by her partnerships in Norway, Canada and Australia. She is the recipient of numerous awards; amongst them the 2021 Women in Innovation Award, the 2020 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Innovation in Teaching, as well as being a finalist of the 2021 AFR National Teaching Excellence Awards. Dr Sivertsen is an active member of many community organisations and academic committees providing space for Indigenous voices within strategic planning, governance, and curriculum. She works with research higher degree students to create new knowledge and build capacity enabling students to fulfil their potential as independent academics and researchers of the future.

Michael Naylor

Senior Lecturer in Economics, Massey University

Senior Lecturer in Economics, Massey University Michael has lectured in New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia, as well as working in distribution, international trade, and economic consultancy. Michael's main research interest is asset market dynamics; including market crises, currency hedging, ETFs, international financial management, exchange rate dynamics, complex networks and econophysics. He also has research interests in insurance, technological disruption, financial planning, and international investment. He has published in internationally respected academic journals.He is the author of a widely read book on the technologocal transformnation of insurance.