A warm welcome to Susan Edwards 🎉 Susan joins the NI family as Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of the Master of Public Policy. Research interests: Public policy & governance, early childhood, social inclusion, policy reform. #CDUResearch #PublicPolicy #Welcome

Huge congratulations to Sharon Lockyer👏🏼 on receiving the 2025 Healthway Aboriginal Research Training Scholarship 🎉 She’ll study the Diploma of Indigenous Research with Northern Institute🤩, strengthening Aboriginal-led research & community-driven health outcomes🌱 📰 go.cdu.edu.au/f7mq #CDUresearch

📣We’re calling for EOI's to temporarily fill an Administration Officer role in our Research Support Service team until 30 June 2026. The role suits someone who is IT savvy, computer literate, creative & brings energy + initiative to their work. Learn more 🔗 go.cdu.edu.au/f7pq #greatopportunity

🤔Want to lead research that shapes the north & the nation? 🌏 ✔️Professor / Director role based in Darwin 🌴☀️🌊🐊🎣🥭🍹 😎Sunsets guaranteed🎴 🔗 go.cdu.edu.au/f7ia

🛑Northern Institute will be taking a short end-of-year break from 19 Dec & will reopen on 8 Jan 2026. We wish our friends & supporters a joyful holiday season and a healthy, successful new year 🎄✨ Thank you for being part of our story this year🙏🏼 See you in 2026! 🎉📘 #happyholidays🤩

NI's Linda Payi Ford features in the latest issue of the 'world of music (new series)' on ecomusicology, Indigenous performance, & relationships with Country + preface is written by her daughter, Emily Ford, weaving an intergenerational thread through the volume. 🌏🎵 🔗 wom-journal.org/wom/issue/vi...

ATSI artists are invited to enter the AIATSIS International Women’s Day 2026 Poster Comp! Theme👉🏼Give to Gain – honouring values that keep communities strong💰Prize: $5000 + national promotion⏰Entries close 18 Jan 2026 🔗http://go.cdu.edu.au/f7iq🎨Image: 2024 winner Leah Cummins (Mayi-Kulan & Kalkadoon)

🗣️Help shape the future of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) languages. The Fourth National Indigenous Languages Survey (NILS4) is OPEN & AIATSIS invites ATSI language respondents to take part by sharing knowledge & experiences to strengthen + celebrate languages for generations to come.

🗣️'Projecting Voices' is out now. A 2025 ANUPress volume honouring linguist Jane Simpson, with cutting-edge research on Australian Indigenous languages & 2 chapters by CDU academics. 🔗 doi.org/10.22459/PV.2025 @anupress.bsky.social @charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social #CDUResearch #FirstNationsLanguages

🌿 NI News: Balnba Edition 2025🌿 Balnba — a season of renewal and growth in the Larrakia calendar — marks a time of momentum at Northern Institute. 📖 Read the Balnba edition: go.cdu.edu.au/f7fa

🎉 #Congratulations to 3 Northern Institute academics on their promotions announced this week.🤩🥳 Their dedication to research, community & teaching keeps lifting the Northern Institute’s work higher. Well done!👏 #CDUResearch #AcademicExcellence #ResearchExcellence @charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social

🚨MORE ABORIGINAL TEACHERS ARE NEEDED NOW! Latest research by Aspro Tracy Woodroffe explores why more Aboriginal teachers are urgently needed & Aboriginal role models are one of the most powerful ways to inspire the next generation of educators. #CDUresearch #AboriginalTeachers #FirstNationsteachers

🚨NI researcher Dr Deepika Mathur & colleagues highlight why #disasterwaste planning ⬅️BEFORE⬅️ disasters hit is crucial for faster, safer recovery. Their research shows how smarter governance ➕ empowered local councils = more resilient communities. 👉 go.cdu.edu.au/f7hq 💡 #CDUresearch #cyclonefina

'Northern Territory: Challenging Differences' Politics and Policy in Australia's States and Territories Journal Will Sanders + Rolf Gerritsen Springer Nature | 21 November 2025 | pp 197–227 Link to chapter 👉🏼 go.cdu.edu.au/f7ga #CDUResearch #ntpolitics #territorypolitics #ntlegislativeassembly

NEW documentary 'Careless' features a cast of older Aussies faced with leaving their beloved homes, it incl First Nations Elder & NI researcher Linda Ford, who notes remote communities often have no at-home care provision, reliable phone or internet connection. go.cdu.edu.au/f7gq #agedcareaustralia

🌟 NT Human Rights Awards – The Fitzgeralds 2025 🌟 📅 10 Dec 2025 ⏰ 5:30pm refreshments & networking | 6:00pm awards 📍 Community Learning Space, CDU Danala City Campus This plastic-free event is free — please register via Humanitix: go.cdu.edu.au/f7aq

✨New research out now!✨“Voice: A Third Space in Archaeology to Advance Indigenous Emancipation” — first-authored by Dr Kellie Pollard, an NI Indigenous archaeologist & researcher — is now published in the latest Australian Archaeology Journal (Volume 91, 2025 - Issue 3). 📖 doi.org/10.1080/0312...

✨NEW✨Croakey Health Media article highlights a unique Indigenous art research project created & led by Prof Linda Ford with Sharna Motlap,both NI #firstnations researchers & talented artists.🖤❤️💛 #CDUresearch @charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social @croakeynews.bsky.social 📰 www.croakey.org/powerful-art...

🌿 NT Communities of Practice Online Event 🌿 Join us to explore key innovations in health, climate, and environmental challenges across the NT and Australia. 🆓 Free online event — no registration needed. 🔗 Learn more & join: go.cdu.edu.au/f7bq 🌱 Part of HEAL 2025 Conference | healnetwork.org.au

🌿 NI News: Dinidjanggama – Gurrulwa guligi – Dalirrgang Edition 2025 🌿 We’re celebrating NI’s achievements across three Larrakia seasons, highlighting our work from May–Oct 2025 — research, events, exhibitions, awards & our big move to CDU Danala City Campus. 👉 Online edition: go.cdu.edu.au/f7da

TODAY❗️International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women🛑25 November 🚫Digital violence is real violence ❌There is #NoExcuse for online abuse. 🚩 38% of women have experienced online violence & 85% have witnessed digital violence against others. ⛔️ www.un.org/en/observanc...

🛑 EVENT CANCELLATION 🛑 With Cyclone Fina approaching Darwin and some wild weather expected, we’ve decided to play it safe and cancel our Pop-Up Indigenous Art Exhibition at CDU Danala tomorrow (21 November). We appreciate your understanding. Please stay safe, everyone!🙏🏽

📊 Join us for the CDU & NT Treasury and Finance Demographics Seminar 2025! Explore new insights into NT population research, projections, life expectancy, mobility data & climate vulnerability. 🗓️ 4 Dec | 10:30–12:00 ACST 📍 Room 32, Level 4, CDU Danala Precinct, Darwin 🔗 RSVP: go.cdu.edu.au/f75a

🌿 You're invited! 🌿 Join us Friday, 21 Nov, 8 am–5 pm for the HEAL Climate Impacts on Country Pop-Up Indigenous Art Exhibition 🎨✨ 📍 CDU Danala, Room 1.11 (Ground Floor) ☕ Morning tea at 10:30 am — meet the artists & researchers! Explore art, culture & climate resilience. ✨ All welcome! ✨

A powerful milestone for CDU, Northern Institute, and Australia. 🎓✨ The late Dr. Paul Gurrumuruwuy Wunungmurra is the first Yolŋu scholar to be awarded a PhD for his own original research. Read the full article: go.cdu.edu.au/f76a

Northern Institute with Menzies School of Health Research presents: Erica van Ash on Australian CBRN Health Systems Preparedness & Governance 🧬 🗓️ 26 Nov | 🕙 10:30–11:30 am (ACST) 📍 Red 9.1.48 (Menzies), CDU Casuarina + 💻 Zoom 🔗 Register & more info: go.cdu.edu.au/f7zq #CBRN #PublicHealth

“CDU understands Northern Australia. They understand the distance, the diversity & the determination it takes to live & learn here,” Yvette Douglas, addresses the Nhulunbuy graduation. 👉 go.cdu.edu.au/f72a #NThighereducation #remotehighered #highereducation @charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social

🎉 BIG CONGRATS to Northern Institute researcher Sharna Motlap for winning a HEAL Innovation Fund* Grant for her 'Exploring Career Pathways of NT Indigenous Community Researchers' project.👏 ➡️ healnetwork.org.au #HEAL2025 #CDUResearch #IndigenousResearch @charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social

📢 The NT Gender Equity & Diversity Knowledge Hub is NOW LIVE!🤩This is your go-to space for resources & insights around #genderequity, #inclusion & #diversity in the #NT. 🤲🏼Together we can build more equitable and diverse futures for the Territory. 🔗Jump in and explore go.cdu.edu.au/f7va #CDUresearch

Record-breaking heat in the NT: nearly 8 million ha burnt in October. NI Fire researcher Rohan Fisher warns of shifting fire regimes & remote lightning ignitions⚡🔥🌏 #CDUresearch Full #ABCdarwin story👉🏼go.cdu.edu.au/f72q #bushfireresearch

The Rollercoaster CDU Book Launch has been postponed, but don't worry! 😀We’ll keep you updated and let you know as soon as we have a new date.👍🏼 We’re hoping to schedule it for early 2026. Thanks for your understanding!🙏🏼 @charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social

📊 Visiting Academic Seminar 2025 Join Dr. Kazumasa Hanaoka from Ritsumeikan Univ., Japan, for insights on mobile phone big data & COVID-19 mobility patterns. 🗓️ Wed 12 Nov 2025 | 🕥 10:30–11:30am (ACST) 📍 CDU Danala or 💻 Zoom 🔗 Learn more and register: go.cdu.edu.au/f4la #BigData #Geography #COVID19

Join author Salli Cohen as she unveils her book 📘'Rollercoaster: How to be a bloody good policy officer' 📅Tuesday 4 November ⏰ 5pm 📍 Danala, Darwin City 🎟️ go.cdu.edu.au/f4oa FREE 🪑 in-person only event 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 All Welcome 🎤 Hosted by Prof Ruth Wallace ✍🏼 Book can be purchased & signed by Salli at event

NI's Dr Tracy Woodroffe joins Ebe Ganon on the 'Higher Hopes' Podcast to discuss what it really means to embed Indigenous knowledge in universities — & why tokenism & performative allyship still hold institutions back. #aboriginalresearch Listen 👉 go.cdu.edu.au/f7sq @charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social

📻Missed it? NI PhD candidate Sam Williams spoke with #ABCDarwin’s Rick Hind about his #3DMapping project with Elders in #Maningrida, combining tech & #traditionalknowledge to preserve stories for future generations. 🎧 go.cdu.edu.au/f4na (scroll to 1:19:20) 📰 go.cdu.edu.au/f4aqe #CDUResearch

💡Report highlights ways to increase Aboriginal teachers in the NT!💡 The Australian Centre for Student Equity & Success has released a First Nations Fellowship report by NI's Tracy Woodroffe, exploring how Aboriginal students & teachers view teaching as a career.📄👉 go.cdu.edu.au/f4mq #CDUResearch

🚀 NEW Realist Economic Evaluation (REE) v3.0 is here — built by an international team (incl NI's Gill Westhorp👏🏼) to help researchers & decision-makers apply realist approaches in economic evaluation. Free to access 👉 go.cdu.edu.au/f4lq #Research #Impact #Evaluation @reemecon.bsky.social

Over the five days to Wednesday, this 🔥Mega-blaze🔥 has burned 6,700 square kilometres across the NT. Northern Institute researcher & #firemapping expert, Dr Rohan Fisher said,“I’ve never seen a fire that big suddenly appear”. 👉 au.news.yahoo.com/mega-blaze-i... #CDUresearch #fireresearch

NI researcher Alicia Boyle has been working with Tiwi Plantations Corp co-designing the Tiwi Forestry Workforce Plan 2026–2030➕collating Tiwi forestry worker stories — a project especially for Tiwi families & communities - that will form part of her PhD.🌳🎓 #CDUresearch #collaborativeresearch

🗺️ “You can click on places and watch Elders tell stories about their Country.” Northern Institute's PhD candidate Sam Williams, Dr Rohan Fisher and Maningrida Elders created a 3D interactive map sharing traditional knowledge through tech and storytelling. 📸 Credit: David Mason 🔗 go.cdu.edu.au/f4aq

🌟 Launching soon: The NT Gender Equity & Diversity Knowledge Hub — a new space to connect people, ideas & action for inclusion and leadership in the NT. 📅 24 Oct | 10am 📍 CDU Danala Precinct, Darwin City RSVP: go.cdu.edu.au/f44a Info: go.cdu.edu.au/f44q Morning tea is served!

📢 Assoc. Prof. Duygu Yengin (Uni of Adelaide) is unpacking how the Hydrogen & Renewable Energy Act 2023 (SA) affects Native Title Holders' bargaining power in clean energy deals. 🗓️ Event: go.cdu.edu.au/f42q 🔗 Online: go.cdu.edu.au/f4xa 🪑 RSVP: forms.office.com/r/k4K07EjgEP #IndigenousRights

🗣️ How does language fuel hate & legitimise violence? Join Dr. Awni Etaywe on 24 Sept 2025 for a seminar on extremist discourse, the Great Replacement manifesto & the power of words in radicalisation. 📍 RSVP: [email protected] 💻 Zoom: go.cdu.edu.au/f5ea #Seminar #HateSpeech

🌟 Join us for Master of Public Policy – Student Presentation 🌟 📅 Wednesday 17 September 2025 ⏰ 10:00 – 11:00 am 🎤 Presenter: Allana Brown 📍 Room 16, Level 4, CDU Danala City Campus go.cdu.edu.au/f4uq #PublicPolicy #StudentResearch #CDU

🎥 INSPIRATIONAL WATCH ALERT! 🎥 TEDxDarwin is now on YouTube! 🔥 Speakers include: Northern Institute's Sharna Motlap Brandon Sideleau and many more. Smart, local & future-focused. Don’t miss it 👇 📺 [go.cdu.edu.au/f5ma] #TEDxDarwin #WeekendWatch #Resilience #IdeasWorthSpreading

💧 Assessing Waterholes & Building Digital Confidence with Warddeken (Daluk) Rangers 💻🌿 Join Dr Cara Penton, Suzannah Nabulwad & Dr Jennifer Macdonald as they share their journey. In Person: RSVP 👉 [email protected] Zoom Webinar: 👉 go.cdu.edu.au/f5za Find out more: 👉 go.cdu.edu.au/f54a

🌏 Imagine the possibilities at CDU! ✨ 📅 Saturday, 16 August | 9 am – 1 pm 📍 Casuarina Campus 🔬 Meet our passionate researchers 🤝 Discover our positive community impact 🌱 Explore how you can be part of a vibrant CDU future Find out more go.cdu.edu.au/f56a

🛠️ Can regional construction go zero waste? A new CDU study says yes – but it starts from the top. 🧱♻️ 📍 Alice Springs 🔗 Read more: go.cdu.edu.au/f5xa #CDUResearch #CircularEconomy #WasteManagement #Sustainability

📸 Opening night at Midpul Art Gallery celebrated Yolŋu knowledge through two powerful exhibitions by Miyarrka Media: ✨ Milkum ga walŋa 🌊 Raŋipuy: the beach is breathing Art, story, and Country—alive and connected. 🔗 go.cdu.edu.au/f5va #DarwinFestival #YolŋuArt #NorthernInstitute #MiyarrkaMedia

🔥 Vincent Lingiari Memorial Gathering Yarn by Charlie King OAM AM 🎶 Music by Sara Storer + Sky Nelson 📅 Wed 6 Aug, 5.30–7.30pm📍 Orange 7 Amphitheatre, CDU Casuarina🎟️Free ALL welcome!👉Register go.cdu.edu.au/f5wq #vincentlingiari @charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social @abcnewsbot.bsky.social