Our team
Meet the people behind the National Centre for Reconciliation Practice.
The National Centre for Reconciliation Practice team brings together expertise in cultural safety, Indigenous Knowledges, Indigenous Rights and reconciliation movements.
Leadership team
Research affiliates
Professor Kath Albury
Department of Media and Communication
Professor Mirko Bagaric
Dean, Swinburne Law School
Professor Matthew Bailes
Director, Data Science Research Institute
Dr Jill Bamforth
Department of Management and Marketing
Karnika Bansal
Swinburne Law School
Dr Sarah Barradell
Department of Nursing and Allied Health
Dr Rowan Bedggood
Department of Management and Marketing
Professor Amanda Benson
School of Health Sciences
Maya Borom
Swinburne Law School
Associate Professor Philip Branch
Department of Engineering Technologies
Suzette Cameron
Department of Health, Science and Community (Vocational Education and Training)
Professor Therese Davis
Chair, Department of Media and Communication
Dr Robyn Delbridge
Dietetics, Latrobe University
Dr Krzysztof Dembek
Centre for Social Impact
Professor Alan Duffy
Director, Space Technology and Industry Institute
Professor Doa El-Ansary
Department of Nursing and Allied Health
Dr Samantha Edwards-Vandenhoek
Centre for Transformative Media Technologies; Centre for Design Innovation; Department of Communication Design
Professor John Evans
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Indigenous Engagement
Professor Robyn Eversole
Centre for Social Impact
Professor Jane Farmer
Director, Social Innovation Research Institute
Dr Rosemary Fisher
Department of Business Technology and Entrepreneurship
Dr Loretta Garvey
Department of Nursing and Allied Health
Professor Susie Garvis
Chair, Department of Education
Dr Vincent Giarrusso
Department of Film, Games and Animation
Rachel Gilder
Department of Health, Science and Community (Vocational Education and Training)
Dr Stephen Glackin
Centre for Urban Transitions
Jeremy Glover
Department of Business, Design, Media and ICT (Vocational Education and Training)
Dr Asanka Gunasekara
Department of Management and Marketing
Dr Freya Higgins-Desbiolles
UniSA Business, University of South Australia
Dr Jill Holt
Department of Film, Games and Animation
Kaz Horsley
Department of Media and Communication
Associate Professor Karen Hughes
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences; Centre for Transformative Media Technologies
Professor Jarrod Hurley
Department of Physics and Astronomy; Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
Associate Professor Amirul Islam
Department of Health Sciences and Biostatistics
Professor Christine Jubb
Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance; Centre for Transformative Innovation
Associate Professor Therese Keane
Department of Education
Dr Evie Kendal
Department of Health Sciences and Biostatistics
Dr Julie Kimber
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Dr Faith Kwa
Department of Health Sciences and Biostatistics
Dr Richard Laferriere
Department of Business Technology and Entrepreneurship
Professor Gavin Lambert
Director, Health Innovation Research Instutite
Associate Professor Emma Lee
Centre for Social Impact; Swinburne Business School
Professor Dean Lusher
Centre for Transformative Innovation
Dr Jessica Mackelprang
Department of Psychological Sciences
Dr François Malherbe
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology
Professor Karen Malone
Centre for Urban Transitions
Professor Tim Marjoribanks
Swinburne Business School
Associate Professor Chris Mason
Centre for Social Impact
Professor Rachael McDonald
Chair, Department of Nursing and Allied Health
Dr Katya Pechenkina
Learning Transformations
Dr Adi Prananto
Department of Business Technology and Entrepreneurship
Dr Scott Rayburg
Department of Civil and Construction Engineering; Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure and Digital Construction
David Reid
Department of Media and Communication
Anne Rohde
Department of Education
Associate Professor Stephane Shepherd
Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science
Professor Emma Sherry
Department of Management and Marketing
Professor Wendy Stone
Centre for Urban Transitions
Professor Milé Terziovski
Chair, Department of Business Technology and Entrepreneurship
Professor Monica Thielking
Chair, Department of Psychological Sciences
Dr Justin Trounson
Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science
Jenny Turner
School of Engineering
Associate Professor Lorenzo Veracini
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Associate Professor Sam Wilson
Department of Management and Marketing, Co-lead Public Interest Technology program, Social Innovation Research Institute
Dr Armita Zarnegar
Department of Computing Technologies
Professor Jun Zhang
Director, Cybersecurity Lab; Department of Computing Technologies
Contact the National Centre for Reconciliation Practice
If you would like to work with us on nationally transformative reconciliation projects, we would like to hear from you. Email us at reconciliation@swinburne.edu.au.