Deanna Kemp

Co-Chair of Trustees, IHRB; Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining


Professor Deanna Kemp is the Director of the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM) – part of the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) at the University of Queensland (UQ). She leads an international programme of work enabling a team of over twenty applied social researchers. Deanna has worked on mining and social performance for eighteen years, in corporate, operational, consulting and research roles. Her research focuses on company-community conflict, displacement and resettlement, and human rights and development challenges. Deanna serves on the International Council of Mining and Metals' (ICMM) New Member Review Panel and is a member of the International Association of Impact Assessment (IAIA). She was recently appointed a Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership.