DR CHLOE WATFERN AND DR PRIYA VAUGHAN

Dr Chloe Watfern works across the social sciences, humanities, and creative arts to tackle the big and interconnected challenges of our time, from social inclusion and mental health to climate change. Dr Priya Vaughan takes an interdisciplinary, and participatory approach to health research, utilising arts-based and socially informed methodologies, knowledge translation (KT) strategies, and interventions to learn about and support mental health and wellbeing.

Chloe and Priya are collaborating with other researchers, artists, and service providers to explore creative approaches to climate distress, and the ethics of care for place, self, and community in the context of ecological crisis. Both are currently working at Black Dog Institute (UNSW) and Maridulu Budyari Gumal SPHERE (Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise)’s Knowledge Translation Strategic Platform.