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ERIC Number: EJ1486613
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1360-080X
EISSN: EISSN-1469-9508
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Indigenous Data Sovereignty in Australian Higher Education: Paving the Way for First Nations' Self-Determination
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, v47 n3 p426-434 2025
The Australian Universities Accord Final Report offers a historic yet insufficient opportunity to advance Indigenous self-determination in higher education. Its goals will remain hollow without dismantling the entrenched colonial foundations embedded in universities' governance and data practices. This paper demands that Indigenous data sovereignty -- the inherent right of Indigenous peoples to control data about their communities, knowledge systems, and territories -- become the unyielding cornerstone of university transformation. Building on the critical work of Indigenous scholars and decolonial theorists, it presents a radical agenda: (1) advance Indigenous data governance despite systemic constraints, (2) overhaul exploitative research protocols, (3) embed Indigenous knowledge systems, (4) invest in Indigenous data infrastructures, and (5) forge alliances that centre Indigenous nationhood. This agenda challenges universities to abandon symbolic reforms and confront their colonial legacies. By embracing Indigenous data sovereignty, universities can honour their obligations and lead the charge towards a just, humane, and decolonised future.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Australia
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Author Affiliations: 1College of Business, University of Doha for Science and Technology, Doha, Qatar; 2Department of Business Strategy and Innovation, Griffith Business School, Brisbane, Australia; 3Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia