Tom Doig

Dr. Tom Doig is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Queensland's School of Communication and Arts, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. He is affiliated with multiple research centers including the Centre for Communication and Social Change, Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies, Research Centre in Creative Arts and Human Flourishing, and Centre for Critical and Creative Writing.

Dr. Doig is a creative nonfiction author, investigative journalist, and scholar with a focus on interdisciplinary approaches to the climate crisis. His research particularly examines the cultural, social, and psychological aspects of climate breakdown. He is currently researching a new book titled We Are All Preppers Now (forthcoming with Scribe Publications), documenting survivalists, doomsday preppers, climate activists, and other subcultures of imminent collapse around the world. His previous works include Hazelwood (2020), which was a finalist for the Walkley Book Award and the Ned Kelly Awards, and The Coal Face (2015), which won the Oral History Victoria Education Innovation Award.

His recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on climate crisis narratives, prepper subcultures, and the intersection of environmental disaster with social dynamics. His scholarly work spans media analysis of climate anxiety, creative nonfiction approaches to environmental issues, and examinations of survivalist movements across different social classes. His research reveals how climate breakdown is reshaping cultural narratives, social behaviors, and individual psychologies across diverse communities.

• 2023 CLNZ-NZSA Writer's Award for work on prepper subcultures in Aotearoa New Zealand
• 2020 Walkley Book Award finalist (Journalism)
• 2021 Ned Kelly Awards, Best True Crime finalist
• Highly Commended in the 2020 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, Non-Fiction
• Joint winner of the 2015 Oral History Victoria Education Innovation Award

Dr. Doig supervises PhD and Master's students at UQ, with current projects including research on "Chasing the Light," "The Problem of Living," and "Cognitive Conversations: Science-informed storytelling in the FND clinic." His influential work on the Hazelwood mine fire disaster contributed to policy changes, including pressure on the Victorian Labor government to reopen the Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry, which ultimately contributed to the early closure of Hazelwood Power Station in 2017. While no specific labs or research teams are mentioned, his work connects with multiple interdisciplinary research centers at UQ focused on communication, climate action, and creative arts.