Migrants’ experience of natural disasters: participants needed for study

A PhD study is looking at how migrants’ experience of natural disasters contributes to a sense of identity and belonging within the community and the Australian landscape and environment.

CRC Associate Student Gretel Evans is seeking participants who have migrated to Australia and have faced a natural disaster. In particular, Gretel would like to speak to those who have experienced a bushfire in Victoria.

The study is part of Gretel’s PhD thesis, undertaken at the University of Melbourne, and will form part of a history project to investigate and document migrants’ memories of natural disasters in Australia. Volunteers must be willing to participate in a recorded interview.

While Gretel’s PhD is predominately focused on bushfire experiences of migrants, she is also interested in stories about flood from across Australia, not just in Victoria.

If you are interested in finding out more information about participating in the study, please contact Gretel on gretele@student.unimelb.edu.au