The Loneliness Project with Ros Thomas

Acclaimed journalist and award-winning author Ros Thomas will be presenting her groundbreaking research on loneliness at Nedlands Library on Wednesday, 7 May 2025.

Ros Thomas, known for her extensive career in television investigative reporting and long-form non-fiction, dedicated a year to studying loneliness across the world. Her research, funded by a Winston Churchill Fellowship, enabled her to combine her love of photographic portraiture and reportage to publish a series of interviews with lonely and isolated people.

This work culminated in the publication of her report, Solitary – How to Beat Loneliness, which has garnered significant attention from governments, healthcare providers, non-profits, and employers.

To attend, please register here.

About Ros Thomas:

Ros was the first woman the Seven Network sent to a war zone, when she covered the 1998 Gulf Crisis from Israel. She reported on the aftermath of Princess Diana’s death from London, the Heaven’s Gate cult mass suicide from San Diego, and the Bali bombings of 2002. After a twenty-year career in national and international current affairs for the ABC, Nine, and Seven, Ros became a long-running columnist for The West Australian Newspaper with a devoted readership of 350,000.

Outside of writing, she’s a passionate advocate for dignity in aged care, has been an ambassador for Alzheimer's WA and is currently the Deputy Chair of the WA Government’s Carers Advisory Council.

For more info on Ros Thomas and her work, please visit her website and check out her report, Solitary: How to Beat Loneliness