Steve Salisbury
Steve Salisbury is of Dutch-Indonesian and English descent, but was born and grew up in the cool, misty mountains of Dharug and Gandangarra Country. He lived in Europe (the UK and Germany) for five years while he completed his PhD, before settling in Yagara-speaking Country in SE Queensland with his family in the early 2000s. He is currently an Associate Professor in the School of the Environment at The University of Queensland, and the school’s Director of Indigenous Engagement. He is also Chair of the Faculty of Science Indigenising Curriculum Working Group. For over fifteen years, Steve has partnered with First Nations communities in the Saltwater Sundown Country of the West Kimberley to better understand the region’s natural and cultural heritage, in particular its dinosaur tracks. He is passionate about decolonising and transforming palaeontology and giving First Nations peoples a stronger voice in the natural sciences. He is now trying to use some of his experiences in palaeontology to help develop and implement teaching and research practices that are more respectful and understanding of First Nations sovereignty, perspectives and ways of knowing.
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