Chantal Bourgault Du Coudray

Chantal Bourgault Du Coudray is a Professor and Convenor of Gender Studies at The University of Western Australia's School of Humanities. She chairs the Bachelor of Arts Standing Working Group and leads research on gender, climate change, and mining industry social dynamics. Her work bridges humanities and STEM through experiential learning, psychotherapy, and community collaboration. She holds a PhD in History and Women’s Studies and has industry experience in film and screenwriting.

Education:

• PhD in History and Women’s Studies
• Bachelor of Arts (History and English)

Research Interests:

• Relational philosophy and gestalt therapy applications in education
• Climate change adaptation and socio-environmental resilience
• Mining industry’s socio-cultural impacts in Western Australia
• Interdisciplinary methodologies and feminist cultural histories

Recent Articles: Focus on climate psychology, community resilience, and the intersection of gender theory with environmental and cultural studies. Her work explores emotional labor in climate adaptation and the role of listening in experiential learning.

Awards:

• UWA Teaching Fellowship (2007)
• UWA Research Collaboration Award (2013)

Grants & Projects:

• Driving Transitions for Mine Closure (CRC TiME, 2022–2027)
• Locating Loss from Climate Change (ARC, 2018–2022)
• Cross-Faculty Wheatbelt Service Learning (UWA Alumni Fund, 2014)

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams on mine closure, climate adaptation, and humanities-STEM partnerships.