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Dr Petra Buergelt

Dr Petra BuergeltDr Petra Buergelt is an A/Prof at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓÆµ, an award winning interdisciplinary social scientist and Sylff Fellow.

Petra serves on the Executive Committees of the Collaborative Indigenous Research Initiative ('º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓÆµ CIRI)' and International Transformative Learning Association. Using qualitative and Indigenist research, she is working at the nexus of disaster risk reduction and recovery, Indigenous/ancient worldviews-knowledges-practices and transformation to contribute to creating a paradigm shift from Western to ancient/Indigenous paradigms.

Petra has been co-leading research with Indigenous communities in Australia and Taiwan since 2014. She is also a CI on a NHMRC MRFF bushfire project.