Meet the people who are making a difference at the Northern Institute. Find a profile or get in touch with a researcher.
Our research teams
![Anne Lowell and Elaine L Maypilama discussing project](/files/styles/mask_column_narrow_1x/public/2022-08/Anne%20Lowell%20and%20Elaine%20L%20Maypilama%20Small.png?h=691965cb&itok=NuNECl6Y)
Contemporary Indigenous knowledge, governance and science
Meet the team![Researcher Fiona Shalley next to Nightcliff sandstone cliffs](/files/styles/mask_column_narrow_1x/public/2022-10/Fiona_small.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=yU6jwwJH)
Demography and growth planning
Meet the team![Researcher Deepika Mathur in front of Solar Panel in Alice Springs](/files/styles/mask_column_narrow_1x/public/2022-10/RISK%20Deepika%20Small.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=t80zY_sd)
Risk, resilience and sustainability
Meet the team![Gill Westhrop & Emma Williams against orange Indigenous painting by Linda Ford](/files/styles/mask_column_narrow_1x/public/2022-10/RRELI_Team_Small.jpg?h=af069948&itok=z7ip014b)
![Researcher Pascal Tremblay](/files/styles/mask_column_narrow_1x/public/2022-10/REWD%20Pascal%20Tremblay%20small.jpg?h=844e58fa&itok=k9e-NcMt)
Regional, economic, education and workforce development
Meet the team![Greg Williams](/files/styles/mask_column_narrow_1x/public/2019-06/Greg%20Williams%201.jpg?h=8a0e1746&itok=DaSWaZFY)
Teaching and education
Meet the Northern Institute's teaching and education-focused researchers and lecturers
![NI Honorary Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann AM](/files/styles/mask_column_narrow_1x/public/2023-02/Miriam%204.jpg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=6jV0PTbG)
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Northern Institute Governance
The Northern Institute Advisory Committee provides overarching advice to the Director, related to the Northern Institute’s strategic research directions and connections.
![Professor Kim Humphery standing on a Northern Institute staircase](/files/styles/mask_column_narrow_1x/public/2023-11/ni-staff-kim-humphery.png?h=fd920bc7&itok=cHdP8YsI)
Director and Research support services
The Research Support Service Team (RSS) collectively provides Northern Institute researchers & research teams assistance and support that ensures successful research project completion & outcomes whilst expanding NI’s reach and profile nationally and globally.
![Sandstone rocks at Nightcliff Beach](/files/styles/divider_image_mobile/public/2022-05/Darwin_Nightcliff_CropSandstone6_Julianne.jpg?h=b93327fb&itok=j8nT3dKr)