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Sean’s research focuses on cultural and environmental change in coastal regions of the Pacific Basin over the last 10,000 years. Dr Sean Ulm (BA Hons, PhD Qld, MAACAI) is a Lecturer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies at the University of Queensland. Since 1995 he has published more than 40 refereed papers and 4 books (1 sole authored, 3 edited). He is a named investigator on competitive grants totaling more than $1.8 million. He has supervised the completion of 1 PhD, 2 Masters and 10 Honours projects (9 with Class I) spanning topics from Mayan figurine use to contemporary Aboriginal place-making. Sean specialises in coastal archaeology, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, and his work has been funded by the Australian Research Council, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Australian Institute of Nuclear Sciences and Engineering and French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Sean has undertaken research throughout Australia as well as parts of the western Pacific, South America, Central America and Europe. Sean has a special interest in improving archaeology learning outcomes through membership of the teaching and learning committees of national and international professional bodies. Sean is currently Editor of Australian Archaeology and Junior Representative for South-East Asia and the Pacific for the World Archaeological Congress. He is a past National President of the Australian Archaeological Association Inc.
Sean’s research focuses on cultural and environmental change in coastal regions of the Pacific Basin over the last 10,000 years. His work concentrates on detailed local chronology-building in order to increase scientific confidence in the data used to develop models of past human behaviour. A particular concern is to develop and apply novel analyses to archaeological assemblages, including the use of isotopic techniques and studies of the deposition and disturbance of cultural material, to create robust models of regional occupation, emphasising the diversity of pre-European life. The research thus addresses both basic questions, such as the age of human occupation, as well as high-level theoretical questions about cultural change.
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