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.
Experience
2018–present
Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Tasmania
Education
2018
University of Tasmania, PhD, Geography
2003
James Cook University, Master of Applied Science Natural Resource Management
1997
University of Edniburgh, Master of Arts English Literature
Publications
2018
Lucas CH and Davison A, Not 'getting on the bandwagon': When climate change is a matter of unconcern, Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space
2018
Lucas CH and Warman RD, Disrupting polarised discourses: Can we get out of the ruts of environmental conflicts?, Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 36(6): 987–1005.
2018
Lucas CH, Concerning values: What underlies public polarisation about climate change? , Geographical Research 56(3): 298–310.
2015
Lucas C, Leith P and Davison A, How climate change research undermines trust in everyday life: a review. , Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 6(1): 79–91.
Professional Memberships
International Environmental Communication Association (IECA)