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Joseph Christensen completed a BA (Hons) and PhD at the University of Western Australia and has spent the next decade at Murdoch University, primarily as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Asia Research Centre. His research sits at the intersection of maritime environmental history, focusing on both Western Australia and broader global contexts, with a proven track record of multidisciplinary collaboration. He has engaged in individual and team-based research into various subjects, including fisheries histories, tropical weather phenomena such as cyclones, the pearling industry, and environmental conservation. Joseph has authored biographies and undertaken commissioned projects related to Western Australian history. He continues to collaborate with the Asia Research Centre as well as with researchers in the United Kingdom, Singapore, and India, particularly on the 'Appraising Risk, Past Present' Partnership based at the Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill University. His expertise is aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals established in 2015, which aim to end poverty and protect the planet, focusing on areas where his work contributes meaningfully to these goals.
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