Kirrilly Thompson

My work with NCETA focusses on workplace interventions and workforce development in the Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) sector.

Since graduating with a PhD in Cultural Anthropology, I have been conducting applied ethnographic and mixed methods research projects to identify the socio-cultural dimensions of complex human, animal and environmental issues. Essentially, I research why people think they do what they do, to develop novel and effective initiatives for behaviour change.

I have researched a diverse range of topics including the culture of alcohol in Australian rules football, organisational risk management, natural disaster preparedness, train driver fatigue, passenger railway crowding, domestic food waste, risk perception, personal protective and biosecurity practices, One Health and academic leadership.

My publications portfolio includes over 100 peer-review articles, chapters, edited volumes, manuscripts, reports and magazine articles (h index = 17). I have published five articles in The Conversation, co-authored the book ‘(Un)Stable Relations: Horses, Humans and Social Agency’ (Routledge, 2018) and co-edited two volumes.

For a full list of publications, please refer to https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kirrilly-Thompson