Affiliate of Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies
Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Affiliate of Research Centre in Creative Arts and Human Flourishing
Research Centre in Creative Arts and Human Flourishing
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Affiliate of Centre for Communication and Social Change
Centre for Communication and Social Change
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Affiliate of Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Lecturer in Creative Writing
School of Communication and Arts
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Availability:
Not available for supervision
Media expert
Dr Tom Doig is a creative nonfiction author, investigative journalist and scholar. Tom was the recipient of the 2023 CLNZ-NZSA Writer's Award for his work on prepper subcultures in Aotearoa New Zealand. He has written two books about the unprecedented 2014 Hazelwood mine fire disaster: Hazelwood (Penguin Random House, 2020) and The Coal Face (Penguin Books Australia, 2015). Hazelwood was a finalist for the 2020 Walkley Book Award, Journalism and the 2021 Ned Kelly Awards, Best True Crime and Highly Commended in the 2020 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, Non-Fiction. The Coal Face was joint winner of the 2015 Oral History Victoria Education Innovation Award. Dr Doig has also written a humorous travel memoir, Mörön to Mörön: Two men, two bikes, one Mongolian misadventure (Allen & Unwin, 2013). He is the contributing editor of the interdisciplinary collection Living with the Climate Crisis: Voices from Aotearoa (Bridget Williams Books, 2020).
Dr Doig teaches creative nonfiction and poetry.
As a scholar, Dr Doig is interested in interdisciplinary approaches to the accelerating climate crisis, with a focus on the cultural, social and psychological aspects of climate breakdown. He is currently researching a new book: We Are All Preppers Now (forthcoming with Scribe Publications), documenting survivalists, doomsday preppers, climate activists and other subcultures of imminent collapse around the world.
Dr Wendy Pham is a Research Fellow at UQ Business School, specialising in individual and organisational resilience to disasters and crises. Her current research integrates disaster management, risk mitigation and insurance risk pooling against the increasing challenges posed by climate risks, with a strong focus on resilience and capability building for communities and small businesses.
Wendy holds a joint PhD from the University of Queensland (Australia) and the University of Exeter (UK), where her doctoral research examined the disaster management practices of tourism-hospitality SMEs and the role of social networks in building organisational resilience. With extensive experiences in both academic and applied research, she is committed to advancing knowledge that supports businesses and communities in creating sustainable and resilient futures.Wendy has collaborated on consulting projects for various government and industry partners, including Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation, Natural Hazards Research Australia, Parks Australia, and Brisbane City Council, contributing to policy-relevant insights and practical strategies for disaster preparedness and sustainable development.
In addition to her research, Wendy is actively engaged in teaching across undergraduate and postgraduate programs at the Business School. She has been recognised with the Higher Education Academy (HEA) Fellowship.
