CSIRO Winanga-y Postdoctoral Fellowship in Indigenous Food Systems

• Do you have a PhD in nutrition, food security, public health, food systems, healthy and sustainable diets, or socio-ecological systems?
• An exciting opportunity at the interface between public health/nutrition, Indigenous empowerment, and food systems science
• Focus on research to achieve improvements in nutrition and health outcomes for Indigenous communities in Australia

CSIRO Early Research Career (CERC) Postdoctoral Fellowships provide opportunities to scientists and engineers who have completed their doctorate and have less than three years of relevant postdoctoral work experience. These fellowships aim to develop the next generation of future leaders of the innovation system.

We are thrilled to be able to deliver on the commitment we made in our strategy to invest in frontier science with the new CSIRO Agriculture & Food Winanga-y Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme. The word Winanga-y (pronounced win-na-gnay) is a cultural asset gifted by the Gomeroi Nation in Myall Vale to CSIRO's Agriculture and Food Business Unit to name the Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme. Winanga-y means to understand, know, remember, and think.

The CERC Fellow will primarily focus on research to achieve improvements in nutrition and health outcomes for Indigenous communities in Australia.  This role will leverage multiple knowledge systems including Indigenous knowledge and trans-disciplinary science to build an innovative model that strengthens the ability of traditional food systems to deliver healthy and affordable food to communities. 

The CERC Fellow will join the Agri-Food Systems research group within the Agriculture and Food (A&F) Business Unit at CSIRO. This research will articulate food systems pathways to improve the health of Indigenous Australians in a culturally recognised and appropriate way that aligns with Indigenous conceptualisations of health as more than a physical state, but intrinsically linked to culture and Country. Adopting a ‘whole-of-food-systems’ approach, this research will generate social, economic and environmental benefits, including strengthening Indigenous culture and heritage through the promotion of traditional foods, enhanced ecosystem health and integrity and improved sustainability of land and aquatic environments.