She has been involved in the administration of the Dr. R. Marika Visiting Chair of Australian and Indigenous Studies from 2012-2014 and has co-organised several workshops and guest lectures about Indigenous languages of Australia. After studying English and Biology at the University of Cologne and the University of Manchester, she conducted a dissertation project (funded by DAAD) in which she investigated multimodal reference marking in Kreol Seselwa. Currently she is working on several projects focusing on language contact in PNG and Indigenous Australia. One of her most recent contributions to Australian Studies is her presentation with Prof. Dany Adone and Dr. E. L. Maypilama on Anchoredness in nature and environment – linguistic evidence from Aboriginal Australia given at the GASt Conference on Nature and Environment.

David focuses on Indigenous Australian and Canadian narrative writing and his PhD project explores the significance of narrative fiction in the context of environmental and social justice activism in Australia and Canada. He has taught English and Philosophy in different contexts. His research interests include Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Australian and Indigenous Canadian Literature, Ecocriticism, Post-colonial Theory, Discouse Analysis and Cultural Studies, Indigenous research methodologies and decolonization strategies in the humanities.