Appendix W: The Wallis Social Research Podcast: Alone Together: Unpacking the Loneliness Epidemic with Associate Professor Michelle Lim

In the eighth episode of our podcast, Anthony Frosh sits down with Professor Michelle Lim; Australia’s leading loneliness researcher, for a thoughtful and evidence-based discussion on one of the most misunderstood issues of our time: loneliness.

Timed with Loneliness Awareness Week and the #MomentsMatter campaign, this episode is a must-listen for anyone who has ever felt alone or worried about someone who is.

Dr Michelle Lim is the inaugural Chairperson and Scientific Chair of Ending Loneliness Together and CEO of Ending Loneliness Together.  https://endingloneliness.com.au/

Associate Professor Lim is also the Director of the Social Health and Wellbeing Group at the School of Public Health, the University of Sydney.

Associate Professor Lim led the development of the National Strategy for Loneliness and Social Isolation in Australia and have written two government White Papers on this issue. She is also chief investigator of the Australian Loneliness Report (2018) and the Young Australian Loneliness Survey (2019). Her work informs the Australian government, not-for-profit, and corporate sector.  In 2020, Dr Lim also co-founded and was the inaugural co-director of the Global Initiative on Loneliness and Connection, an international coalition of organisations across 12 countries committed to ending the pressing global issue of loneliness and social isolation.