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PhD (University of Tech., Sydney)
Verena Thomas is Senior Research Fellow in the School of Design, Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University of Technology. She holds a PhD in Communication from the University of Technology Sydney. Her research interests include communication and social change, communication for development, health communication, arts-based research approaches, visual methodologies and participatory design. Verena has developed innovative and creative approaches to localising research in cross-cultural contexts. She is the founding Director of the Centre for Social and Creative Media at the University of Goroka, Papua New Guinea, which she led from 2012-2016. Verena has led over 20 projects funded by donor agencies, government and non-government partners. She has extensive experience in research and media capacity building in the Pacific region.
Projects (Chief investigator)
- Bougainville Audience Study
- Communicating the Law Toolkit
- GBV Data Analysis (Oxfam)
- Pikinini Kisim Save
- Yumi Sanap Strong
Additional information
- Kauli, J. & Thomas, V. (2019). Media practice and theatre in conversation: Creating narratives for positive social change. ArtsPraxis, 5(2), 225–242. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/128183
- Eggins, J., Papoutsaki, E. & Thomas, V. (2018). Engaging youth in community action research: a visual methods approach to HIV and AIDS awareness. Whanake: The Pacific Journal of Community Development, 4(2), 48–66. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/128181
- Borrey, A., Thomas, V. & Kauli, J. (2018). Harnessing community-led innovations: the role of participatory media in addressing gender-based violence. Development in Practice, 28(3), 345–357. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/118395
- Kauli, J. & Thomas, V. (2018). Communicating the law: A participatory communication toolkit for human rights defenders in Papua New Guinea. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/123048
- Inamara, A. & Thomas, V. (2017). Pacific climate change adaptation: The use of participatory media to promote Indigenous knowledge. Pacific Journalism Review, 23(1), 113–132. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/110221
- Thomas, V. & Eby, M. (2016). Media and public health communication at the grassroots: Village cinemas and HIV education in Papua New Guinea. In RK. Vemula & SM. Gavaravarapu (Eds.), Health communication in the changing media landscape: Perspectives from developing countries [Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series] (pp. 115–133). Palgrave Macmillan. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/99653
- Papoutsaki, E., Thomas, V., Horst, H., Tacchi, J., Noske-Turner, J. & Eggins, J. (2016). A review of the Pacific media landscape: A baseline study. Asia Pacific Media Educator, 26(2), 270–287. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/102357
- Eby, M. & Thomas, V. (2016). Haus Piksa: The informal economy of film distribution in Papua New Guinea. Information Technologies and International Development, 12(4), 23–33. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/102359
- Thomas, V., Papoutsaki, E. & Gouda, H. (2016). Integrating ICTs in communication campaigns for noncommunicable diseases in the Pacific. Information Technologies and International Development, 12(4), 35–45. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/102361
- Thomas, V., Eggins, J. & Papoutsaki, E. (2016). Relational accountability in indigenizing visual research for participatory communication. SAGE Open, 6(1), 1–11. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/92732
- UNDERSTANDING TRANSFORMED PERPETRATORS OF SORCERY VIOLENCE AND THEIR ROLES IN DEVELOPING PREVENTION STRATEGIES IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Christina Spurgeon, Adjunct Associate Professor Jackie Kauli - THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY BASED ARTS IN SUPPORTING SURVIVORS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA (PNG)
PhD, Mentoring Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Associate Professor Jackie Kauli