Professor Emma Lee
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Professorial Research Fellow
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Biography
Professor Emma Lee OAM is a trawlwulwuy woman from tebrakunna country, north-east Tasmania, and resides in north-west Tasmania. She holds a Doctorate in Regional Development from the University of Tasmania. She joined Federation University in March 2023 to further the research and social impacts of the National Centre for Reconciliation, Truth, and Justice.
Emma is an internationally recognised expert on Indigenous methodologies, especially as applied to land and sea management. She has written books, papers and reports on Indigenous rights, democracy, government policy and regional development. Her favourite research areas are democracy, tourism, fisheries and the Blue Economy.
In transforming research into rights and regional development opportunities through her domestic and international collaborations, Emma is a sought-after advisor to provide expert advice to state and federal governments, ocean industries, Aboriginal communities, businesses and organisations, and UN Bodies. She sits on numerous Federal Government councils, committees and advisory groups and has had several roles in Tasmanian Aboriginal organisations. Emma often provides expert media commentary for print, radio and tv.
More about Emma
- Publications
Indigenous Peoples' rights and tourism: thinking about colonisation
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/14616688.2024.2395469
Fair winds: Foregrounding equity within the emerging Australian offshore wind industry
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104284
An emerging vision for post-mining land use: a synthesis of three community deliberations in the Latrobe Valley, Australia