Research in Indigenous knowledges

Research groups and labs

• Archaeological Science

  Our research uses a variety of analytical methods from the earth sciences to address key questions in archaeological science in Australia and worldwide, and the deep history of Indigenous cultures.

• Cities and Urban Life

  Research in the Cities and Urban Life cluster investigates how cities and urban areas are being transformed at a time of rapid urbanisation, global environmental change, technological advancement, economic and political restructuring, and growing social and economic inequality.

• Cultural and Indigenous Astronomy

  Our research explores the role of astronomy in history, culture, and society, how this can be passed on through education and communication programs, and the ways our collective astronomical heritage can be safeguarded for future generations.

• Environmental Social Science

  Solutions to environmental and sustainability challenges require an understanding of their economic, social and psychological dimensions. Research disciplines in the group include environmental sociology, environmental psychology, economics, forest management and policy.

• Human Geography Lab

  As a collective, we support the Human Geography Lab (Room 2.11 of 221 Bouverie Street), a place for thinking, collaborating and training in qualitative, creative, performative and post-qualitative research methodologies.

• Integrated Forest Ecosystem Research (iFER)

  Enhancing the evidence base for managing the impacts of fire, climate and management regimes on multiple forest values in Victoria’s forest ecosystems now and into the future.

• Melbourne Analytical Geochemistry

  Melbourne Analytical Geochemistry—MAG—builds on over 20 years of field-leading trace element and isotope geochemistry.

• Palynology, Palaeoecology and Biogeography

  Palaeoecological and biogeographic research developing and integrating high-resolution palaeoenvironmental records from across the Southern Hemisphere, primarily in Australia, providing comprehensive reconstructions of environmental change over time.

• Quantitative and Applied Ecology

  QAEco work on a range of topics, species and locations related to ecosystem management. We are committed to research regarding conservation and management decisions and passionate about modelling using a range of methods to understand more about the natural world.

• Rural Innovation Research Group

  The Rural Innovation Research Group (RIRG) is a social science group that researches and designs innovative pathways for facilitating change and enabling social-ecological resilience.

• Water and Society

  Research in the Water and Society cluster tackles cutting-edge problems of water as an environmental, socio-cultural, economic and political entity. We make key contributions to understanding pressing environmental problems at the interface of water use, water health, water management, and different kinds of water demand.

• Waterway Ecosystem Research Group (WERG)

  Studying the interactions between landscapes and running waters. We aim to generate knowledge and tools for achieving healthy streams and rivers in urban and rural landscapes.