Natale Froia
About
Natale Froia is a PhD Candidate with the School of Agriculture, Food, and Ecosystem Sciences at the University of Melbourne.
Natale is a political ecologist whose work interrogates temporal manifestations of uneven power dynamics within water-society relationships. Natale utilises ethnographic methodologies to elicit experiences of community inclusion in floodplain management practices across Australia and the United Kingdom. He traces the impact of colonial ideologies within historical and contemporary environmental practice. His work is driven by spatially overlooked and otherwise hidden narratives of inequality to contribute to a more inclusive and equitable relationship with water and the environment.
Natale is a researcher and teaching assistant who applies an intersectional and de-colonial approach to disaster studies and geography. His research contributions have supported the establishment of the Built Environment Disability Inclusion Hub in the School of Architecture, Building, and Planning at the University of Melbourne. Natale has training in person-centred emergency management to support the translation of research to practice to support community members exposed to disasters.