The Climate Systems Hub’s Indigenous Partnerships team ensures First Nations’ knowledge, priorities and perspectives are embedded across all hub activities. The team:
- leads and advises on Indigenous policy, engagement and governance
- supports Indigenous-led and co-designed research
- builds capacity and mentors researchers and communities
- facilitates networks, gatherings and cross-hub collaboration.
Indigenous Partnerships team members
Damian Morgan-Bulled: Team Lead
Damian leads and facilitates Indigenous engagement across the hub, ensuring cultural protocols, safety and leadership are respected throughout all research activities.
Mandy Hopkins
Mandy supports inclusive co-design processes and helps embed Indigenous perspectives through knowledge brokering and strong relationships with First Nations people.
Simon Marsland
Simon leads the scientific contribution for one of Project 5.10’s case studies, helping ensure the hub’s research aligns with and supports Indigenous priorities and co-designed approaches.
Supporting the National First Peoples Platform on Climate Change
The Indigenous Partnerships team also supports the National First Peoples Platform on Climate Change, which plays a central role in guiding the hub’s work with First Nations communities. The Platform promotes Indigenous-led decision-making, provides strategic advice on co-designed research and engagement and ensures the hub’s climate research reflects Indigenous worldviews, knowledge systems, and cultural authority.
The Platform, supported by the Indigenous Partnerships team, also leads the National First Peoples Gatherings on Climate Change events. These events bring Indigenous leaders and researchers together to shape the national climate science agenda. Gatherings have been held in 2018 (Yorta Yorta Country), 2021 (Gimuy Walubara Yidinji and Yirrigandji Country), and 2024 (Tubba-Gah Country).
Read more about the National First Peoples Platform on Climate Change here.