Dr Tui Crumpen
2026 Fellow
Dr. Tui CRUMPEN (BA Hons, MHSS, PhD) Zenadth Kes (living on Yorta Yorta Country)
Tui is a Torres Strait Islander who is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne (PhD conferral 2021 (UniMelb) with 28 years expertise in program delivery, strategic planning, partnership facilitation and governance. An Indigenous consultant and founder of Mopas Consultancy, Tui was the Director of the Kaiela Institute; a First Nations-led analysis and policy think tank from 2021 to 2023. Tui is Chief Investigator for the Developing Yorta Yorta Measures for Shared Prosperity, Repositioning Value and a Thriving Community with Strong Foundations project, Kaiela Institute. Tui is on the Faculty Museums Committee for the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, and in 2022 became an Atlantic Senior Fellow, joining an international community of global changemakers. She has also been deeply involved in the Rumbalara Football Netball Club for more than 25 years.