Congratulations to Dr Anna Florin, from the School of Archaeology and Anthropology, who has been awarded a three-year Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) from the Australian Research Council (ARC).

With her project Co-investigating Deep Time Plant Use in Sahul for Sustainable Food Futures, Dr Florin aims to provide new evidence for the nature and deep-time development of plant use and landscape management practices across Australia and New Guinea. The project will support Indigenous partner communities to apply their biocultural heritage to create sustainable food futures, and provide a deepened understanding of the ancient and dynamic history of our continent.

The DECRA scheme supports outstanding early-career researchers to undertake excellent and innovative research designed to address a significant problem or gap in knowledge. Anna was one of only three CASS early career researchers to be awarded a DECRA. Read more about the other recipients here.