Dr Sophie Pascoe
Research Fellow
Qualifications:
PhD, University of Melbourne, 2020; Bachelor of International Studies (Honours), University of Queensland; 2013
Location:
Darwin - Royal Darwin Hospital campus
Dr Sophie Pascoe is a qualitative researcher focused on consumer-led and locally-grounded projects that directly inform health policy and practice. She has experience collaborating with communities in Northern Australia, Papua New Guinea and Bougainville. Her research interests include Indigenous health, climate change and gender. She lectures in Global Health and Qualitative Research and supervises both Masters and PhD students.
Sophie has a PhD in Anthropology and Geography from the University of Melbourne.
- Evaluation of Territory Kidney Care (TKC)
- Renal Wellbeing Project
- Piloting the What Matters 2 Adults (WM2A) Wellbeing Measure Tool with Renal Patients
- CVD Check NT: Understanding and addressing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in a diabetes epidemic
- The Big-RIVERS Project: Regional Integrated Vision for Effective Renal Support
- Waugh EB, Hefler M, Pascoe S, Mayo M, Hare MJL, Story DA, Wilkshire N, Henwood P, Ross J, Croker D. (2025), What do Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory value during the operation journey? A qualitative study. Med J Aust. 223(1):30–37. doi:10.5694/mja2.52695
- Pascoe S, Croker D, RossL, Henwood P, Wilkshire N, Algy C, Bob S, Hall H, Misener M, Gorham G. (2025), The Role of Aboriginal Kidney Health Mentors in the Transplant Journey: A Qualitative Evaluation. Health Promot J Austral, 36: e70000.
- Pascoe S, Gillon DA, Kamler P, Abeyaratne A, Pavlin N, Gorham G. (2025), Implementing a clinical decision support system in an Aboriginal health service – A qualitative case study, Health Policy and Technology, 14 (3).
- Gorham G, Abeyaratne A, Heard S .. Pascoe S. et al. Developing an integrated clinical decision support system for the early identification and management of kidney disease—building cross-sectoral partnerships. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 24, 69 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-024-02471-w
- Pascoe S, Magini C, (2025). The Gendered Slow Violence of Global Environmental Governance in Suau, Papua New Guinea, The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, DOI: 10.1080/14442213.2025.2494208
- Pascoe S, Sanders A, (2025). Frictions around rendering technical: Land disputes over climate change mitigation projects in Suau, Papua New Guinea. The Australian Journal of Anthropology, 36, 157–174. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/taja.70000
- Pascoe S, Minnegal M. (2023). Paying attention to pigs: Negotiating equity and equality in global environmental governance in Suau, Papua New Guinea. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 29(2), 286-305. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.13913
- Pascoe, S. (2021). Stealing Air and Land – The Politics of Translating Global Environmental Governance in Suau, Papua New Guinea. Conservation and Society, 19(1), 34–43.
- Pascoe, S., Dressler, W., & Minnegal, M. (2019). Storytelling Climate Change – Causality and Temporality in the REDD+ Regime in Papua New Guinea. Geoforum, 124, 360–370.
- Pascoe, S., Brincat, S., & Croucher, A. (2019). The discourses of climate change science: Scientific reporting, climate negotiations and the case of Papua New Guinea. Global Environmental Change, 54, 78-87.