Caroline is a Kamilaroi researcher whose PhD is supervised by Associate Professor Veronica Matthews (UCRH), Simone Sherriff (University of Sydney), Professor Julie Brimblecombe (Monash University) and Dr Alana Gall (Southern Cross University). Her work is grounded in partnerships with CSIRO and two communities whose voices have historically been underrepresented in food security research: Masig Island (Yorke Island in the Torres Strait region) and Bundjalung Country (Northern Rivers).
Her project uses Indigenous research methodologies and systems thinking to co-create meaningful measures of success that reflect the priorities and knowledge of community members. These measures will help guide local food security strategies and strengthen state and national policy, monitoring and evaluation.