Associate ProfessorMichael Mossman

Dr Michael Mossman is a Kuku Yalanji man from Far North Queensland who currently lives and works on the Country of the Gadigal Peoples in Sydney. Michael is a Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning and holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture. His current role as DAATSIA Fellow for the Australian Research Council Discovery Indigenous project, Indigenising the Built Environment in Australia from 2024-2026.He is also the Associate Dean Indigenous and project leader for the ADP Indigenous Knowledge Place to facilitates meaningful dialogue and exchange of First Nations discourse in architecture teaching, student experience, research and industry engagement. Michael champions Country and First Nations cultures as agents for structural change in the broader architectural profession at educational, practice and policy levels. His expertise relating to First Nations community-focused outcomes provides a basis for his distinct thinking for ways environments are designed in relation to Country and First Nations cultures.