Keynote Speaker

Dr Bridget Backhaus is an ARC DECRA Fellow and Senior Lecturer in journalism and media studies in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University, Australia. A former community radio journalist and producer, her research explores the role of community radio in social and environmental change with particular focus on issues of voice, listening, identity, and participation. Her work employs critical, participatory, and practice-based methodologies to explore the impacts and interconnections of community media within society. Bridget is the author of Polyphony: Listening to the listeners of community radio (Routledge, 2021). She lives and works on the unceded lands of the Jagera and Turrbal people.