Mieke Snijder

Background

About Mieke Snijder

My career objective is to undertake research with real-world impacts and direct relevance to the communities I work with. My goal is to use research as a tool to improve outcomes for those living at the margins by developing, using and promoting participatory approaches. o I have over a decade of experience in designing and implementing methodologies to evaluate interventions for various marginalised communities. o My doctoral research bridged the tensions between the use of participatory approaches and evaluation of complex community-based interventions with three Australian Aboriginal communities. o In my post-doctoral research to date I have developed participatory methods to inform the development of an intervention for Australian Aboriginal adolescents. These methods integrated action research and visual and digital approaches such as photovoice, role-playing, digitial story telling, focus groups and semi-structured interviews. For the next stage of my research career I am eager to expand my growing expertise in participatory methods in the development and evaluation of complex interventions. I am particularly interested in continuing to explore the use of culturally appropriate, decolonising and creative research designs that align with participants’ world views and can make research an empowering process.