Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content
Wendy van Duivenvoorde

View Scopus Profile

Professor Wendy van Duivenvoorde

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0770-3123
20072026

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Research Biography

Dr Wendy van Duivenvoorde is a professor in maritime archaeology and the Research Section Head, History, Archaeology, Indigenous Studies & Geography at Flinders University. She is a leading expert in the areas of seafaring, shipbuilding, technology and knowledge transfer, culture contact, and maritime cultural heritage. Her studies primarily focus global seafaring and include historical and archaeological studies related to Western Australia's early European shipwrecks and shipbuilding in the Australian colonies. She has an additional research interest in ancient ships and seafaring and has been a team member of the 3rd-century Kyrenia Ship project for over 20 years. Her regional focus is mainly Australasia, the Indian Ocean region, and Europe. She also has specialist knowledge of legacy data, maritime landscape studies, archaeological artefacts, maritime museum collections, waterlogged conservation, in-situ conservation, dendrochronology, archaeometallurgy and archaeometry.

Research Interests

Nautical archaeology, classical archaeology, computer applications in archaeology, archaeobotany, archaeometallurgy, technological advancement, dendro-archaeology, ancient Mediterranean ship construction and technologies, ancient Mediterranean seafaring and seamanship, and European shipbuilding (in particular that of the Dutch United East India Company), seafaring, and seamanship.

Supervised Students Successes

  • Mar 2023 Peta Straiton - 2022 Vice-Chancellor's Prize for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
  • May 2022 Mick de Ruyter - 2021 Vice-Chancellor's Prize for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
  • Mar 2021 Omaima Eldeeb - 2020 Vice-Chancellor's Prize for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
  • Mar 2021 Enrique Aragon Nunez - 2020 Vice-Chancellor's Prize for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
  • Mar 2021 John McCarthy - 2020 Vice-Chancellor's Prize for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
  • Jan 2017 Jason Raupp - 2017 SHA Kathleen Kirk Gilmore Dissertation Award
  • Apr 2016 Jason Raupp - 2015 Vice-Chancellor's Prize for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
  • Apr 2016 Maddy Fowler - 2015 Vice-Chancellor's Prize for Doctoral Thesis Excellence

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisions:
  • Maritime Archaeology (10)
Associate Supervisions:
  • Maritime Archaeology (7)

Supervision

  • Registered

Research Areas

  • Archaeology

Supervisory Interests

  • East Asian maritime archaeology
  • Maritime cultural heritage
  • Maritime archaeology
  • Australian maritime archaeology
  • Traditional boatbuilding
  • Material studies in maritime archaeology
  • Indian Ocean shipbuilding and seafaring
  • North-western European shipbuilding and seafaring
  • Museum studies in maritime archaeology
  • Experimental archaeology
  • Nautical archaeology

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  2. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  3. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  4. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  5. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  6. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics where Wendy van Duivenvoorde is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
  • 1 Similar Profiles
View full fingerprint

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
Explore network further
View all 64 research outputs

  • LP21: Mobilising Dutch East India Company collections for new global stories

    Paterson, A. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), Broomhall, S. (Chief Investigator), van Duivenvoorde, W. (Chief Investigator (Flinders Lead)), Konishi, S. (Chief Investigator), Green, J. (Chief Investigator), Witcomb, A. (Chief Investigator), Franklin, D. (Chief Investigator), Quigley, K. (Chief Investigator), Flannery, K. (Chief Investigator), Suvorova, A. (Chief Investigator), Wattel, A. (Chief Investigator), Woods, A. (Associate Investigator), Van Gent, J. (Associate Investigator), Uhlmann, P. (Chief Investigator), Burrows, T. (Associate Investigator), Jeurgens, C. (Chief Investigator), Krause-Kyora, B. (Associate Investigator), Linaa, J. (Associate Investigator), Persak, E. (Associate Investigator), Belcher, C. (Associate Investigator), Souter, C. (Associate Investigator), Anderson, R. (Associate Investigator), Shefi, D. (Associate Investigator), Hunter, J. (Associate Investigator), Rostek-Robak, A. (Associate Investigator), Patton, M. (Associate Investigator), Boshoff, J. (Associate Investigator), Hocker, F. (Associate Investigator), Forssberg, A. M. (Associate Investigator), Manders, M. (Associate Investigator), Hill, J. (Associate Investigator), Jansen, L. (Associate Investigator), Davidowitz, T. (Associate Investigator), ter Brugge, J. (Associate Investigator), Ewing, A. (Associate Investigator) & McCarthy, J. (Chief Investigator)

    Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands Embassy

    1/06/23 → 1/06/27

    Project: Research

  • LP21: Reuniting orphaned cargoes: Underwater Cultural Heritage of the Maritime Silk Route

    Polkinghorne, M. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), van Duivenvoorde, W. (Chief Investigator), Pearson, N. (Chief Investigator), Forrest, C. (Chief Investigator), Nayati, W. (Partner Investigator), Tan, N. (Partner Investigator), Popelka-Filcoff, R. (Chief Investigator), Yukongdi, P. (Partner Investigator), Sato, Y. (Partner Investigator), Chandler, T. (Chief Investigator) & Staniforth, M. (Chief Investigator)

    1/01/22 → 4/12/26

    Project: Research

  • The Stradbroke Island Dutch Aircraft Wreck

    van Duivenvoorde, W. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), Stelten, R. (Chief Investigator) & de Ruyter, M. (Chief Investigator)

    15/08/25 → 15/08/26

    Project: Research

  • TIMAP: Torrens Island Maritime Archaeology Project

    van Duivenvoorde, W. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead))

    20/05/25 → 19/05/26

    Project: Research

  • Maritime Cultural Heritage: Protection, Conservation, Tourism, and Management

    van Duivenvoorde, W. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)) & Benjamin, J. (Chief Investigator)

    20/01/24 → 30/06/24

    Project: Research

View all 7 projects
  • 1 Converted from research output