Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Tasmania
Chloe began her career as a documentary researcher and producer for the BBC. After a stint as a divemaster on the Great Barrier Reef, she moved to Australia in 2002, and became an environmental communications consultant.
Chloe recently completed a PhD on social polarisation about climate change. Focussing on the narratives and experiences of people who have tuned out from climate change messages, she looked at ways to rethink communication about climate change.
She is currently a postdoctoral research fellow on the ARC Discovery Project 'Geographies of house and contents under-insurance' (DP170100096), in which she is exploring how insurance and underinsurance affects people after climate-related natural disasters.
A crisis of underinsurance threatens to scar rural Australia permanently
Jan 07, 2020 15:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
Australia is in the midst of a bushfire crisis that will affect local communities for years, if not permanently, due to a national crisis of underinsurance. Already more than 1,500 homes have been destroyed with months...
Insurance is unaffordable for some, but it's middle Australia that is underinsured
Nov 26, 2018 17:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
House and contents underinsurance looks like a problem in need of a solution. It is estimated around half of Australians dont have an insurance policy that fully covers their assets. Without insurance, households are...