Dr Bep Uink is Dean of Indigenous Knowledges and a Senior Lecturer in the College of Law, Arts and Social Sciences at Murdoch University.
Bep's research focuses on understanding how socially determined disadvantage impacts the social emotional wellbeing of young people, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, and how social systems such as higher education can support young peoples’ wellbeing. Her work spans investigations into adolescent emotion regulation, the barriers and enablers of Indigenous student success in higher education, gendered barriers to higher education, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQA+ youth mental health. She currently leads an ARC Discovery Indigenous grant investigating the impact of daily racism and microaggressions on Aboriginal adolescents' wellbeing and how non-Indigenous adults can interrupt and dismantle such racism.