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David Palmer is a Senior Lecturer in Community Development in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Murdoch University, a position he has held since October 1999. He completed his PhD in Sociology and Anthropology at Murdoch University from 1995 to 1999. Palmer's academic background is rooted in social sciences, with prior qualifications including a B.Soc.Sc. (Hons). His career at Murdoch has focused on teaching and research in community development, sociology, and related fields, contributing to the university's Community Development major.

Palmer's research specializations include Indigenous methodologies, place-based learning, transformative sustainability education, community development, intergenerational exchange, arts and wellbeing projects, participatory mapping, Indigenous youth engagement, and cultural knowledge integration, particularly Noongar intelligence. He has investigated relationships between culture, on-country activities, and positive social outcomes for Indigenous young people; Atraumatic Restorative Treatment for early childhood caries in Aboriginal communities; spatial planning for coastal tourism using public participation GIS; valuing wild coastal environments in the Kimberley; and collaborations between Noongar and non-Aboriginal people. Key publications encompass 'Sharing a place-based indigenous methodology and learnings' (2020), 'Atraumatic Restorative Treatments in Australian Aboriginal Communities: A Cluster-randomized Trial' (2020), 'Charting the coast: spatial planning for tourism using public participation GIS' (2017), 'Noongar and non-Aboriginal people going along together (Ngulla wangkiny, ni, katitjin Noongar nyidyung koorliny, kura, yeye, boorda)' (2015), 'Demonstrating the relationships between culture, on-country activity and positive social outcomes for Indigenous young people' (2013), and contributions to Noongarpedia and Yiriman Project evaluations. Palmer has supervised theses on youth work, Aboriginal communities, caste discrimination in Nepal, parental participation, and chiropractic history. His work impacts Indigenous health, education, environmental planning, and cross-cultural community building in Western Australia and remote areas.