My Expertise
Climate change and mental health, arts-based research, creative wellbeing, arts for social change, craftivism, neurodiversity and intellectual disability.
Biography
Dr Chloe Watfern is senior research associate in the Vitalities Lab at the Centre for Social Research in Health and the Social Policy Research Centre. She is also a postdoctoral fellow in the AKT Lab at the Black Dog Institute, and a conjoint lecturer in the UNSW School of Population Health. Chloe is experienced in qualitative research, co-design and arts-based methods, working with schools, community organisations, health professionals and...view more
Dr Chloe Watfern is senior research associate in the Vitalities Lab at the Centre for Social Research in Health and the Social Policy Research Centre. She is also a postdoctoral fellow in the AKT Lab at the Black Dog Institute, and a conjoint lecturer in the UNSW School of Population Health. Chloe is experienced in qualitative research, co-design and arts-based methods, working with schools, community organisations, health professionals and policy partners across Australia and internationally. She is particularly interested in how climate emotions and more-than-human relationships shape wellbeing, and in developing practical tools that build resilience, care, and collective agency.
For her art and writing, visit: https://www.chloewatfern.com/