Dr. Matthew Abunyewah holds a PhD from Newcastle University and is a research-focused Lecturer at the Australasian Centre for Resilience Implementation for Sustainable Communities within the College of Health and Human Sciences and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He leverages participatory and interdisciplinary research approaches to inform government policies on disaster management and resilience, circular economy and sustainability, community development, industry and business development, and climate change and variability. Before joining Charles Darwin University, he worked as a community and industry development practitioner researching workforce and training development, public policy development and disaster resilience across Africa and Australia for over eight years. He has also published his research outputs in world class, reputable academic outlets and translated findings from most of his research into simple and plain language, accessible to industry practitioners in outlets such as the Conversation.