DrMichelle O'Toole

Research Fellow, CRIS

Faculty of Arts and Education/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation

  • Research Fellow, CRIS
    Faculty of Arts and Education/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Community‑led disaster preparedness and recovery
  • Social dimensions of resilience, crisis response, and humanitarian practice
  • Volunteering
  • Community engagement
  • Co-design and participatory research
  • Decolonial approaches to research and engagement
  • Trust‑building between governments, organisations, and communities
  • Cross‑cultural relationships and intercultural collaboration
  • Ethnographic and qualitative research methods
  • Ethical practice in cross‑cultural, community‑based, and participatory research
  • Non‑Indigenous engagements with Indigenous cultures and languages, including decolonial and anticolonial approaches
  • Research translation

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    CRIS 2.0 The future of the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies
    1 Jan 2024 - 30 May 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Premier and Cabinet Vic - $1,018,000.00