Connor Weightman

Connor Weightman is a researcher at Charles Sturt University within the Faculty of Arts and Education. His work bridges literary analysis and environmental critique, focusing on the intersections of oil dependency, global narratives, and creative practice.

• Research Themes: Global South Studies, Poetry, Oil Dependency, Disaster Literature
• Recent Work: Explores oil's cultural impacts through petropoetry and apocalyptic cinema narratives

His 2023 publications in TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Programs and as a doctoral thesis examine how creative practices interrogate fossil fuel capitalism and environmental disasters. Weightman's research emphasizes the role of poetry and film in shaping collective understandings of ecological crises.