Publications

Our research looks at Indigenous knowledge systems, how they shaped ancient technologies, and their capacity to inform new technologies that embody a spirit and connection to Country and kin.

Report Publications

Cover of the International AI Safety Report for January 2025, featuring a grid pattern with white dots on a blue background, and the text 'AI Action Summit' at the top.

International AI Safety Report

Lead Author: Prof. Yoshua Bengio

Contributing Author: Angie Abdilla

Special Thanks: Angie Abdilla

Date Published: 2025

Publisher: UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Cover of GPAI report titled 'Towards Real Diversity and Gender Equality in Artificial Intelligence: Advancement Report,' November 2023, with blue geometric design.

Towards Real Diversity and gender Equality in Artificial Intelligence

Lead Authors: Paola Ricaurte Quijano, Benjamin Prud’homme

Contributing Author: Angie Abdilla

Date Published: 2024

Publisher: The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence

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A Blueprint for Equity and Inclusion in Artificial-Intelligence

Lead Authors: Global Future Council

Contributing Author: Angie Abdilla

Date Published: 2022

Publisher: World Economic Forum

Cover of 'Australia’s National Science and Research Priorities' August 2024 report by Australian Government, featuring abstract patterns and web address industry.gov.au/NationalScienceResearchPriorities.

Australia’s National Science and Research Priorities

Lead Author: Australian Chief Scientist, Prof. Cathy Foley

Contributing Author: Angie Abdilla

Date Published: 2024

Publisher: Australian Department of Industry, Science and Resources

Research Publications

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Performing Climates

Author: ‘Tree’ chapter by Angie Abdilla

Date Published: 2025

Publisher: Routledge

Document titled "Envisaging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander AI Futures" by Angie Abdilla, Rose Barrowcliffe, Ben Hutchinson. It is a communique about a 2025 gathering on AI futures, Indigenous Data Sovereignty, and cultural property principles at Macquarie University in Sydney.

Envisioning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander AI Futures

Authors: Rose Barrowcliffe, Ben Hutchinson and Angie Abdilla

Date Published: Coming soon, 2025

Publisher: The Journal of Global Indigeneity

Decolonising the Digital: Technology
as Cultural Practice

Edited by: Josh Harle, Angie Abdilla, and Andrew Newman

Date Published: 2018

Book cover for "Decolonising the Digital: Technology as Cultural Practice" with abstract orange and white design.
Poster for 'Reflections: Indigenous Protocols for Artificial Intelligence (IP//AI) Workshop #3' by Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker, featuring a forest background with an abstract overlapping circle design.

Reflections: Indigenous Protocols for Artificial Intelligence (IP//AI)

Author: Kathyrn Gledhill-Tucker

Date Published: 2024
Document with the title "Out of the Black Box: Indigenous protocols for AI" and abstract text explaining the need for Indigenous AI to follow localized Indigenous laws and principles for development, as discussed by authors Angie Abdilla, Megan Kelleher, Rick Shaw, and Tyson Yunkaporta.

Out of the Black Box: Indigenous Protocols for AI

Authors: Angie Abdilla, Megan Kelleher, Rick Shaw, Tyson Yunkaporta

Date Published: 2021

Cover of a position paper titled 'Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence' by the Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence Working Group. It features a gradient background from green to blue and includes details about a meeting held on January 30, 2020, in Honolulu, Hawai’i, with contact information for indigenous-ai.net.

Position Paper: Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence

Authors: Angie Abdilla, Jason Edward Lewis, Noelani Arista

Date Published: 2020

Beyond Imperial Tools

From the book, Decolonising the Digital

Chapter Author: Angie Abdilla

Date Published: 2018

First page of a journal article titled 'Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Pattern Thinking: An Expanded Analysis of the First Indigenous Robotics Prototype Workshop' by Angie Abdilla, published in The Fibreculture Journal, issue number 1449-1443. The document includes an abstract discussing the integration of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in robotics, and an introduction exploring Indigenous robotics and technology.

Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Pattern Thinking

Authors: Angie Abdilla and Robert Fitch

Date Published: 2016