Elfie Shiosaki

Elfie Shiosaki is an Associate Professor at The Australian National University, specializing in Indigenous rights, storytelling, and nation-building. Previously, she held roles as Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Australia (2018–2022) and a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Curtin University (2015–2018). Her work focuses on revitalizing Indigenous storytelling practices and advancing First Nations self-determination through decolonial theories.

Education: PhD in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Western Australia (2015).

Her research interests include First Nations Peace Poetics, Noongar Futurisms, and Indigenous Governance of Development. Key projects include Refugia (2024), exploring Noongar truth-telling, and Homecoming (2021), which won the Premier’s Prize for an Emerging Writer.

Grants & Projects: Led the Australian Research Council’s Ancestors’ Words project (2016–2018) and contributed to the National Online Survey on Racism in Australian Universities (2023–2025).

She has been recognized with multiple literary awards, including shortlists for the NSW Literary Awards and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.