Jumbunna Institute
The Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education and Research is unique in Australia. Our Indigenous led Research team operates throughout Australia, with staff working in communities in Victoria, South Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales, and collaborators in all States and Territories. Operating in the domestic and international spheres, the team prides itself on frank and fearless research and advocacy driven by the Indigenous communities it serves.
Our vision is to promote, support and embody the exercise and recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sovereignty and Self-Determination.
To this end, we seek to:
Promote innovation and undertake best practice research and disseminate the outcomes of that Research widely
Respond to and empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Develop Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers, Indigenous Research and the reputation of the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research and through it, the University of Technology, Sydney
We do this through taking an integrated and innovative research approach that focuses on community empowerment, taking integrated and innovative approaches to Indigenous community empowerment.
The Institute has nine research hubs: