Jane Palmer

Jane Palmer is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Southern Queensland's Centre for Heritage and Culture and Adjunct Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney. With academic backgrounds in science, philosophy, and architecture, her work bridges Futures Studies, Indigenous Studies, and Environmental Ethics.

• BSc (University of Sydney, 1994)
• BA(Hons) (University of Queensland, 1976)
• BArch(Hons) (University of Newcastle, 1997)
• PhD (University of Technology Sydney, 2011)

Her research explores:

• Indigenous cultural preservation
• Environmental law and ethics
• Post-conflict trauma in Aceh
• Transdisciplinary climate adaptation
• More-than-human relations
• Decolonizing methodologies

Recent publications examine Nature positive environmental law, plant-human futurisms, and trauma in textile art. She co-edited Transdisciplinary Research and Practice for Sustainability Outcomes (Routledge, 2017).

• Editorial Board, Qualitative Research Journal (2023)
• Community Futures Research Program leader (2016)

Jane supervises doctoral research on:

• Indigenous health
• Rural community resilience
• Autoimmune disease ethics

Her work integrates architectural practice with ethnographic methods, specializing in collaborative projects with Aboriginal communities and environmental policy analysis.