Comics as research practice, research communication and knowledge exchange
VISUALISING RESEARCH
I work with researchers across disciplines and institutions to visualise their research for broader audiences. Sometimes it’s not enough to just have a journal article or report. You want your research to be read by the public too, in a way that they are able to quickly understand, regardless of their education level or walk of life.
SELECTED WORK
Can I Have a Pet and Be Housed, Too? It All Depends
Developed with researchers from five universities across Australia to communicate findings from a national study of animal-inclusive housing to a general audience.
How to Have Better Arguments
Working with a social psychologist and two ecologists I developed a comic to explain the toolbox of communication we need to resolve difficult issues
Kicked Out During Coronavirus
An autobiographical research comic published by ABC Radio National in 2020, documenting displacement and uncertainty during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The comic reached approximately 100,000 readers in its first month and was subsequently included in the Library of Congress Coronavirus art collection.
Developing Energy Literacies
I had the opportunity to facilitate a better understanding of three pivotal technologies: microgrids, hydrogen power, and advanced electricity networks. These technologies represent pragmatic solutions for a more sustainable future, which I was excited to share through a series of comics and illustrations.
Co-designed Digital Stories
I developed a comic and journal article with Swinburne University’s Centre for Social Impact about a regional organisation, made for regional audiences
PRACTICE-BASED RESEARCH
My autobiographical and fiction comics also form part of a broader practice-based research programme exploring comics, identity, truth and visual storytelling. Life in the Gutter, an unfinished 330-page autobiographical graphic novel, was developed as a major output of my Doctorate of Visual Arts.