Overview
Background
I am an Alyawarre arrehle with a large and extended family as much as I am research academic, these combine to shape the objectives and impact I have achieved in the research and policy work that I do. My personal and professional journey has always been grounded in the strength of First Nations knowledge systems and the imperative to foster inclusive, just, and culturally responsive education.
Availability
- Professor Kathryn Gilbey is:
- Available for supervision
Research impacts
I lead initiatives that integrate Indigenous knowledge into curriculum design, pedagogy, and institutional governance. I see policy and practice not as separate domains, but as interconnected levers for change. My research agenda focuses on inclusive practice where community voices are heard, systems of power critically examined and re-shaped, and real-world impacts are felt.
Works
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2026
Journal Article
EveryWhen: An Australian Indigenous Knowledge System and Methodology
Raciti, Maria M., Gilbey, Kathryn, Manathunga, Catherine and Qi, Jing (2026). EveryWhen: An Australian Indigenous Knowledge System and Methodology. International Journal of Market Research 14707853261434276. doi: 10.1177/14707853261434276
2025
Journal Article
First Nations and transcultural counter-imaginaries in doctoral education
Manathunga, Catherine, Qi, Jing, Raciti, Maria, Gilbey, Kathryn, Stanton, Sue, Tuxworth, Jiao and Whop, John (2025). First Nations and transcultural counter-imaginaries in doctoral education. Studies in Philosophy and Education. doi: 10.1007/s11217-025-10014-7
2025
Journal Article
A desk audit of perimenopause and menopause resources on ACCHO websites for Indigenous women
Best, Odette, Nielsen, Anne-Maree, Ward, Aletha, Gilbey, Kathryn, Blackman, Renee and Bunda, Tracey (2025). A desk audit of perimenopause and menopause resources on ACCHO websites for Indigenous women. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 42 (2) 2025.422.2093, 2. doi: 10.37464/2025.422.2093
2025
Journal Article
Community linguascapes and epistemic linguascapes: making a case for multilingual doctoral education in Australia
Qi, Jing, Manathunga, Catherine, Raciti, Maria and Gilbey, Kathryn (2025). Community linguascapes and epistemic linguascapes: making a case for multilingual doctoral education in Australia. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 46 (4), 477-489. doi: 10.1080/01596306.2024.2431030
2024
Book Chapter
Engaging Indigenous Australian students: the I-Place Ecology Tool
Raciti, Maria, Carter, Jennifer, Hollinsworth, David and Gilbey, Kathryn (2024). Engaging Indigenous Australian students: the I-Place Ecology Tool. Research handbook on student engagement in higher education. (pp. 225-240) edited by Cathy Stone and Sarah O'Shea. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781035314294.00027
2023
Journal Article
Indigenous knowledge systems in South Africa and Australia: transforming doctoral education
Keane, Moyra, Raciti, Maria, van der Westhuizen, Gert, Motala, Shireen, Stanton, Sue, Gilbey, Kathryn, Manathunga, Catherine, Qi, Jing and Msimango, Sindi (2023). Indigenous knowledge systems in South Africa and Australia: transforming doctoral education. Curriculum Perspectives, 43 (S1), 83-93. doi: 10.1007/s41297-023-00183-1
2023
Book Chapter
Making Australian universities culturally safe places for first nations peoples
Raciti, Maria, Carter, Jennifer, Hollinsworth, David and Gilbey, Kathryn (2023). Making Australian universities culturally safe places for first nations peoples. Social marketing: principles and practice for delivering global change. (pp. 204-208) edited by Gerard Hastings and Christine Domegan. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003200086-15
2023
Journal Article
Listen with your heart: auto-ethnographic reflection on the Wandiny creative gathering
Willis, Alison, Manathunga, Catherine, OChin, Hope, Davidow, Shelley, Williams, Paul, Raciti, Maria M. and Gilbey, Kathryn (2023). Listen with your heart: auto-ethnographic reflection on the Wandiny creative gathering. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 44 (4), 607-623. doi: 10.1080/01596306.2022.2077702
2022
Journal Article
Decolonising Australian doctoral education beyond/within the pandemic: foregrounding Indigenous knowledges
Manathunga, Catherine, Qi, Jing, Raciti, Maria, Gilbey, Kathryn, Stanton, Sue and Singh, Michael (2022). Decolonising Australian doctoral education beyond/within the pandemic: foregrounding Indigenous knowledges. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South, 6 (1), 112-137. doi: 10.36615/sotls.v6i1.203
2022
Journal Article
Decolonising the school experience through poetry to foreground truth-telling and cognitive justice
Manathunga, Catherine, Davidow, Shelley, Williams, Paul, Willis, Alison, Raciti, Maria, Gilbey, Kathryn, Stanton, Sue, O’Chin, Hope and Chan, Alison (2022). Decolonising the school experience through poetry to foreground truth-telling and cognitive justice. London Review of Education, 20 (1) 6. doi: 10.14324/lre.20.1.06
2021
Book Chapter
Black warrior women scholars speak
Bunda, Tracey, Gilbey, Kathryn and Monnapula-Mapesela, 'Mabokang (2021). Black warrior women scholars speak. Reimagining the Academy: ShiFting Towards Kindness, Connection, and an Ethics of Care. (pp. 19-27) edited by Alison L. Black and Rachael Dwyer. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-75859-2_2
2020
Journal Article
Decolonisation through poetry: Building first nations’ voice and promoting truth-telling
Manathunga, Catherine, Davidow, Shelley, Williams, Paul, Gilbey, Kathryn, Bunda, Tracey, Raciti, Maria and Stanton, Sue (2020). Decolonisation through poetry: Building first nations’ voice and promoting truth-telling. Education as Change, 24 7765, 1-24. doi: 10.25159/1947-9417/7765
2020
Book Chapter
We Speak : Indigenous voices redefine the doctoral experience
Bunda, Tracey, Gilbey, Kathryn, Heckenberg, Robyn, Ward, Raelene and Ava, Aue te (2020). We Speak : Indigenous voices redefine the doctoral experience. Indigenous postgraduate education: intercultural perspectives. (pp. 119-129) edited by Karen Trimmer, Debra Hoven and Pigga Keskitalo. Charlotte, NC, United States: Information Age Publishing. doi: 10.1108/978-1-64802-111-420251011
2018
Journal Article
Academic ‘place-making’: fostering attachment, belonging and identity for Indigenous students in Australian universities
Carter, Jennifer, Hollinsworth, David, Raciti, Maria and Gilbey, Kathryn (2018). Academic ‘place-making’: fostering attachment, belonging and identity for Indigenous students in Australian universities. Teaching in Higher Education, 23 (2), 243-260. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2017.1379485
2017
Journal Article
Indigenous cultural competence in Australian Universities: challenges and barriers
Hollinsworth, David, Carter, Jennifer, Gilbey, Kathryn and Raciti, Maria (2017). Indigenous cultural competence in Australian Universities: challenges and barriers. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, 20 (3), 27-43. doi: 10.3316/informit.149492347030991
2017
Book Chapter
The pleasure and pain of Aboriginal being in the university
Gilbey, Kathryn and Bunda, Tracey (2017). The pleasure and pain of Aboriginal being in the university. Producing pleasure in the contemporary university. (pp. 185-199) edited by Stewart Riddle, Marcus K. Harmes and Patrick Alan Danaher. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. doi: 10.1007/978-94-6351-179-7_14
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