Alister Thorpe

Supervisors:

A/Professor Jane Freemantle, Professor Rachel Nordlinger, Professor Ian Anderson

Title: 

Decolonising ethics? Acritical analysis of researchers intended ethical research practices and the role of Indigenous communities in ensuring ethical research.

Alister Thorpe is a proud Aboriginal man from the Gunai (East Gippsland) Yorta Yorta (Goulbourn Valley), and Gunditjmara (Western Districts) clans in south-eastern Australia with many family and connections throughout Victoria.

Alister is currently a PhD candidate with the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne and a recipient of a Lowitja Institute PhD scholarship. His research will incorporate a decolonising methodological approach from an Indigenous standpoint and aims to explore how Indigenous communities ensure researchers adhere to Indigenous health research ethical principles. Alister intends to use the skills and knowledge he has acquired to contribute to positive outcomes around health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.