SAINT LUCIA | AUSTRALIA

AECHTNER, THOMAS

MEDIA AND CULTURE, RELIGIOUS STUDIES

Tom Aechtner is Senior Lecturer in Religion and Science in the School Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland.

He is currently a Westpac Research Fellow, working on the project “Improving Vaccination Rates in Australia: Analysing Media, Religion and Policy.” This involves researching Australian-specific sources of vaccine hesitancies, including media persuasion and religious concerns, while considering how to positively deliver vaccination information.

Tom’s other research interests focus on contemporary science-and-religion discourse, antievolutionism, scientism, mass persuasion, and public perceptions of science. He is also interested in religion in the African diaspora, Pentecostalism, and Global Christianity.