Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Translational Fellow Nulungu Research Institute, University of Notre Dame Australia
Kathryn has been a researcher in the Kimberley for the previous 18 years, working across a number of discipline areas including Indigenous policy and its impacts, Indigenous governance and empowerment, exploring opportunities for traditional owners in the emerging renewables space, social histories of ALT reserves in Broome and remote child health services. She has worked with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations for a number of years, including at Marninwarntikura Fitzroy Women's Resource Centre in Fitzroy Crossing, and more recently as Senior Policy Advisor to the CEO of Nyamba Buru Yawuru in Broome.
Experience
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2022–2022Translational Fellow, University of Notre Dame Australia - Nulungu Research Institute
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2020–2021Senior Research Fellow , University of Notre Dame Australia - Nulungu Research Institute
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2018–2020Senior Policy Advisor, Nyamba Buru Yawuru
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2017–2018Research fellow, Australian National University Zero Carbon Energy for the Asia Pacific Project
Education
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2013Australian National University, PhD
- Broome, Yawuru country
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- kathryn.thorburn@nd.edu.au
- ORCID
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