Biography
Timothy Neale is an anthropologist and STS scholar whose research addresses two overlapping fields of inquiry. The first focuses on the politics of settler and Indigenous relations to lands and waters, and the second examines natural hazards and disasters with a particular interest in the social and cultural life of their technical infrastructures.
Timothy is currently an Editor of the journal Science, Technology & Human Values, and was a Global Editor (2019-2021) of the journal Postcolonial Studies. He is also a producer the podcasts Conversations in Anthropology and Technoscience and was the Deputy Convener (2017-2020) and Convener (2020-2023) of the Deakin Science and Society Network.
Currently, Timothy is interested in supervising postgraduate projects only related to the fields of inquiry noted above. More information on his publications is available here and on his website.
Read more on Timothy's profileAffiliations
Society for Social Studies of Science
American Anthropolical Association
Australian Anthropological Society
Institute of Australian Geographers
Knowledge areas
My current areas of interest include:
- Settler-colonialism, including settler and Indigenous relations to lands and waters
- Science and technology studies, including environmental hazards, disasters and climate change
- Politics of infrastructure, including environmental monitoring and activism
Projects
Chief Investigator, 'Pyrosecurity: understanding and managing bushfires in a changing climate', Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), Australia Research Council, 2019-2022
Chief Investigator, 'Hazards, culture, and Indigenous communities', Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre, 2017-2021
Publications
What Tradition Affords Articulations of Indigeneity in Contemporary Bushfire Management
Timothy Neale
(2023), Vol. 64, pp. 1-32, Current Anthropology, Chicago, Ill., C1
A Rawluk, T Neale, W Smith, T Doherty, E Ritchie, J Pascoe, M Murray, R Carter, M Bourke, S Falconer, D Nimmo, J Price, M White, P Bates, N Wong, T Nelson, A Atkinson, D Webster
(2023), pp. 1-16, Geographical Research, London, Eng., C1
Converging old and new carbon frontiers in northern Australia
Timothy Neale, Kari Dahlgren, Kirsty Howey, Matthew Kearnes
(2023), pp. 1-9, Area, London, Eng., C1
Timothy Neale, Gabrielle Miller, Chloe Begg, Paula Dootson, Erica Kuligowski, Amy Griffin, Graham Dwyer, Angela Gardner
(2023), Melbourne, Vic., A6
T Neale
(2022), pp. 34-46, An Anthropogenic Table of Elements: Experiments in the Fundamental, Toronto, Ont., B1
Jessica Weir, Timothy Neale, Elizabeth Clarke
(2022), Vol. 5, pp. 1-24, Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, London, Eng., C1
Divisible Governance: Making Gas-fired Futures during Climate Collapse in Northern Australia
K Howey, T Neale
(2022), pp. 1-30, Science Technology and Human Values, London, Eng., C1
A Meeting Point for STS Interventions and Conversations
T Neale, C Addison, K Lancaster, M Kearnes
(2022), Vol. 47, pp. 664-669, Science Technology and Human Values, London, Eng., C1
T Neale
(2022), pp. 1-20, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, London, Eng., C1
An anthropogenic table of elements: Experiments in the fundamental
T Neale, C Addison, T Phan
(2022), pp. 1-239, An Anthropogenic Table of Elements: Experiments in the Fundamental, A7
Mining Indigenous Alterity: A Critique
Eve Vincent, Timothy Neale
(2021), pp. 52-57, Feminist, Queer, Anticolonial Propositions for Hacking the Anthropocene: Archive, London, Eng., B1
W Smith, T Neale, J Weir
(2021), Vol. 120, pp. 82-92, Geoforum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
T Neale, M Vergani, C Begg, M Kilinc, M Wouters, S Harris
(2021), Vol. 30, pp. 946-953, International Journal of Wildland Fire, Melbourne, Vic., C1
Hazards, Culture and Indigenous Communities: Final project report
Timothy Neale, Will Smith, Jessica Weir
(2021), [Canberra, A.C.T.], A6
Established and emerging uses of predictive services in Victoria: final report
Chloe Begg, Graham Dwyer, Timothy Neale, Ian Pollock
(2021), East Melbourne, Vic., A6
Michelle McKemey, Timothy Neale, Oliver Costello
(2021), East Melbourne, Vic., A6
Fuzzy boundaries: Simulation and expertise in bushfire prediction
T Neale, D May
(2020), Vol. 50, pp. 837-859, Social Studies of Science, United States, C1
5. "RELATED" HISTORIES: ON EPISTEMIC AND REPARATIVE DECOLONIZATION
T Neale, E Kowal
(2020), Vol. 59, pp. 403-412, History and Theory, C1
Mysterious Motions: A Genealogy of 'Orbiting' in Australian Indigenous Affairs
Timothy Neale
(2019), pp. 259-277, Labour lines and colonial power : Indigenous and Pacific Islander labour mobility in Australia, Canberra, A.C.T., B1
A Thomassin, T Neale, J Weir
(2019), Vol. 57, pp. 1-14, Geographical Research, London, Eng., C1
J Sherry, T Neale, T McGee, M Sharpe
(2019), Vol. 234, pp. 494-502, Journal of environmental management, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Walking together: a decolonising experiment in bushfire management on Dja Dja Wurrung country
T Neale, R Carter, T Nelson, M Bourke
(2019), Vol. 26, pp. 341-359, Cultural geographies, London, Eng., C1
A Sea of Gamba: Making Environmental Harm Illegible in Northern Australia
T Neale
(2019), Vol. 28, pp. 403-426, Science as Culture, London, Eng., C1
Permits to burn: weeds, slow violence, and the extractive future of northern Australia
T Neale, J Macdonald
(2019), Vol. 50, pp. 417-433, Australian geographer, Abingdon, Eng., C1
An eternal flame: The elemental governance of wildfire's pasts, presents and futures
T Neale, A Zahara, W Smith
(2019), Vol. 25, pp. 115-134, Cultural Studies Review, C1
Indigenous people in the natural hazards management sector: Examining employment data
T Neale, W Smith, A Leavesley
(2019), Vol. 34, pp. 15-20, Australian Journal of Emergency Management, C1
Bounds, Governance, Epistemes A Response to Manifiesto Anthropoceno
Timothy Neale
(2019), Vol. 11, pp. 485-492, Environmental Humanities, Durham, N.C., C1
Scientific diversity, scientific uncertainty and risk mitigation policy and planning: final report
Jessica Weir, Timothy Neale, Liz Clarke
(2019), [Canberra, A.C.T.], A6
Avatars: Addressing Racism and Racialized Address
Robbie Fordyce, T Neale, Thomas Apperley
(2018), pp. 231-251, Woke Gaming: Digital Challenges to Oppression and Social Injustice, Seattle, Wash., B1
'Are we wasting our time?': bushfire practitioners and flammable futures in northern Australia
T Neale
(2018), Vol. 19, pp. 473-495, Social and cultural geography, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Bushfire simulators and analysis in Australia: insights into an emerging sociotechnical practice
T Neale, D May
(2018), Vol. 17, pp. 200-218, Environmental Hazards, C1
Digging for fire: finding control on the Australian continent
T Neale
(2018), Vol. 5, pp. 79-90, Journal of contemporary archaeology, Sheffield, Eng., C1
Expanding the role of targets in conservation policy
Tim Doherty, Lucie Bland, Brett Bryan, Timothy Neale, Emily Nicholson, Euan Ritchie, Don Driscoll
(2018), Vol. 33, pp. 809-812, Trends in ecology and evolution, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Wild articulations : environmentalism and indigeneity in Northern Australia
T Neale
(2017), Honolulu, Hawaii, A1
Mining, indigeneity, alterity: or, mining Indigenous alterity?
T Neale, E Vincent
(2017), Vol. 31, pp. 417-439, Cultural studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
E Vincent, T Neale
(2017), Vol. 28, pp. 301-323, Australian journal of anthropology, London, Eng., C1
Australia's national climate: learning to adapt?
L Rickards, T Neale, M Kearnes
(2017), Vol. 55, pp. 469-476, Geographical research, Chichester, Eng., C1
T Neale
(2016), pp. 29-46, Biopolitics and memory in postcolonial literature and culture, Abingdon, Eng., B1-1
Re-reading the Wild Rivers Act controversy
T Neale
(2016), pp. 25-53, Unstable relations: environmentalism and indigenous people in contemporary Australia, Perth, W.A., B1
T Neale, E Vincent
(2016), pp. 1-24, Unstable relations: environmentalism and indigenous people in contemporary Australia, Perth, W.A., B1
T Neale, J Weir, T McGee
(2016), Vol. 72, pp. 16-25, Geoforum, Oxford, Eng., C1-1
Burning anticipation: Wildfire, risk mitigation and simulation modelling in Victoria, Australia
T Neale
(2016), Vol. 48, pp. 2026-2045, Environment and Planning A, C1-1
Locating the intangible: integrating a sense of place into cost estimations of natural disasters
L Magee, J Handmer, T Neale, M Ladds
(2016), Vol. 77, pp. 61-72, Geoforum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Modelling systemic racism: mobilising the dynamics of race and games in everyday racism
R Fordyce, T Neale, T Apperley
(2016), pp. 1-1, Fibreculture journal, Sydney, N.S.W., C1-1
T Neale, J Weir, S Dovers
(2016), Vol. 31, pp. 13-17, Australian Journal of Emergency Management, C1-1
An experimental act: formations of wildness and indigeneity in far North Queensland
T Neale
(2016), Vol. 19, pp. 249-269, Postcolonial studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Roads to coen: Cape York and the infrastructure of wilderness
T Neale
(2016), Vol. 75, pp. 124-132, Meanjin, C1
Unstable relations: Indigenous people and environmentalism in contemporary Australia
E Vincent, T Neale
(2016), Crawley, W.A., A7
Other people's country: law, water and entitlement in settler colonial sites
T Neale, S Turner
(2016), London, Eng., A7-1
A critical review of the application of environmental scenario exercises
J Wodak, T Neale
(2015), Vol. 73, pp. 176-186, Futures, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
First law and the force of water: law, water, entitlement
S Turner, T Neale
(2015), Vol. 5, pp. 387-397, Settler colonial studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Navigating scientific uncertainty in wildfire and flood risk mitigation: a qualitative review
T Neale, J Weir
(2015), Vol. 13, pp. 255-265, International journal of disaster risk reduction, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
T Neale
(2015), [Sydney, N.S.W.], A6-1
Indigenous cultural studies: intersections between cultural studies and Indigenous studies
E Vincent, T Neale, C McKinnon
(2014), pp. 11-35, History, power, text: cultural studies and Indigenous studies, Sydney, N.S.W., B1-1
History, power, text: cultural studies and indigenous studies
T Neale, C McKinnon, E Vincent
(2014), Sydney, N.S.W., A7-1
T Neale
(2013), Vol. 27, pp. 177-192, Continuum: journal of media & cultural studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
'A substantial piece in life': viabilities, realities and given futures at the Wild Rivers inquiries
T Neale
(2012), pp. 1-1, Australian humanities review, Canberra, A.C.T., C1-1
Duplicity of meaning: wildness, indigeneity and recognition in the wild rivers act debate
T Neale
(2011), Vol. 20, pp. 310-332, Griffith law review, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
"... the credentials that would rescue me": Trauma and the fraudulent survivor
T Neale
(2010), Vol. 24, pp. 431-448, Holocaust and genocide studies, Oxford, Eng., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Pyrosecurity: Understanding and managing bushfire in a changing climate
A/Prof Timothy Neale
ARC DECRA - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
- 2021: $135,973
- 2020: $129,357
- 2019: $127,070
Other Public Sector Funding
Local SDGs: A general framework for charting pathways to sustainability to future-proof local communities
Prof Brett Bryan, Prof Rebecca Lester, Prof Euan Ritchie, A/Prof Kelly Miller, A/Prof Robert Faggian, Prof Emily Nicholson, Dr Asef Nazari, Dr Don Gunasekera, A/Prof Timothy Neale, Dr Michalis Hadjikakou
NCCMA Grant - Research - North Central Catchment Management Authority
- 2019: $15,000
Industry and Other Funding
Local SDGs: A general framework for charting pathways to sustainability to future-proof local communities
Prof Brett Bryan, Prof Rebecca Lester, Prof Euan Ritchie, A/Prof Kelly Miller, A/Prof Robert Faggian, Prof Emily Nicholson, Dr Asef Nazari, Dr Don Gunasekera, A/Prof Timothy Neale, Dr Michalis Hadjikakou
Ian Potter Foundation Grant - Research, Forrest District Community Group
- 2020: $190,000
- 2019: $205,909
- 2018: $195,000
Cultural land management research and governance in Southeast Australia.
A/Prof Timothy Neale
Natural Hazards Research Australia
- 2023: $40,000
- 2022: $30,000
Predictions in public: understanding the design, comunication and dissemination of predictive maps to the public.
A/Prof Timothy Neale
Natural Hazards Research Australia
- 2023: $4,500
- 2022: $40,884
Cross-cultural relationships in natural resource management: understanding the nature and experiences of partnership and collaboration
Mrs Louise Buckley, A/Prof Timothy Neale
Natural Hazards Research Australia
- 2023: $28,750
Evaluation of the Black Summer bushfire recovery program extension.
A/Prof Matteo Vergani, A/Prof Andrea Vocino, Prof Greg Barton, A/Prof Timothy Neale
Australian Red Cross Society
- 2023: $161,159
Awareness, education and communications for compound natural hazard events.
Dr Gabi Mocatta, Dr Erin Hawley, Prof Kristy Hess, Prof Joshua Newton, A/Prof Timothy Neale
Natural Hazards Research Australia
- 2023: $59,842
Predictions in public: Understanding the design, communication and dissemination of predictive maps to the public: Phase 2 and 3.
A/Prof Timothy Neale
Natural Hazards Research Australia
- 2023: $4,884
Other Funding Sources
Hazards, culture, and Indigenous communities
A/Prof Timothy Neale, Jessica Weir
Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC
- 2020: $60,096
- 2019: $80,128
- 2018: $80,128
- 2017: $20,032
Hazards, Culture and Indigenous Communities Utilisation project: Principles for Enhanced Collaboration.
A/Prof Timothy Neale, Dr Will Smith
Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC Ltd
- 2021: $36,463
Cultural land management in Southeast Australia
A/Prof Timothy Neale
Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC
- 2021: $7,250
Established and emerging uses of predictive services
A/Prof Timothy Neale
Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC - Commonwealth funding
- 2021: $25,000
Aboriginal relief and recovery - Inquiry into Victoria's Bushfires 2019-2020.
A/Prof Timothy Neale
Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC Ltd
- 2021: $1,759
Supervisions
Elizabeth Nicole Lara
Thesis entitled: Ambiguous Enclosures: Gardening at the Interfaces of California¿s Carceral and Abolition Geographies
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Lora Chapman
Thesis entitled: Growing up in Alice: Youth and Criminalisation in a Regional Australian Town
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences