Nov 29 2024
Earlier this month, I embarked on a solo journey to Vancouver, Canada, for a short visiting stint at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business. My incredible hosts, Associate Professor Dave Hardisty and Dr Kirstin Appelt, welcomed me warmly into their family—complete with cuddles from Evie, their fluffy and affectionate dog, and Cleo, …
Oct 28 2024
I count myself incredibly lucky for many reasons, but here’s one that stands out: my work. Every 3.5 years, my university grants me the rare opportunity to step away from teaching and administrative duties for a research sabbatical. It’s a chance to dream big, launch ambitious projects, and collaborate with brilliant people I might otherwise …
May 23 2024
A new area of interest for me is “gamification”, which is the injection of game elements into non-game contexts to motivate and engage people. I recently had a paper published that discussed how gamification could be used to engage employees. My collaborator on that paper, Ananta Neelim, and I decided to broaden our perspective and …
Sep 06 2023
I am very happy to announce the publication of my latest paper, “An investigation of big life decisions” in the journal Judgment and Decision Making. Special thanks go to Ashleigh Powell, Katherine Newton, Nathan Moore, and Rebecca Dooley for helping me to code up the data. Special thanks also to Alex Kroeger for helping me …
Aug 04 2023
A huge welcome to Eunbin O and Nathan Moore who have recently joined me at UTS. At the same time, congratulations and farewell to Ella Bruce who has now completed her PhD and is on her way to bigger and better things. Eunbin will be working for the next 2 years or so on a …
Nov 22 2022
Today, I was so very pleased to learn the outcome of my promotion application: I have been promoted to Associate Professor! Gosh, what a relief! Putting together a promotion application is a lot of effort. I had a full draft 6 months before the due date and revised and revised and revised after gathering feedback …
Apr 28 2021
I am very pleased to announce the publication of my new paper, “Who doesn’t read online consumer reviews, and why?” in the journal, Personality and Individual Differences. A few years ago, I worked with the Consumer Policy Research Centre to better understand Australian’s attitudes towards and usage of online consumer reviews (OCRs). There were a …
Jan 04 2021
A sabbatical is a time for academics to engage in scholarly research away from their home institution (while still getting paid). The idea, I think, is to encourage faculty members to expand their network, learn new skills, and begin large projects that might not otherwise get off the ground amidst the burden of teaching and …
Apr 20 2018
On 20 April 2018, I had the opportunity to give a keynote talk at the Link Group conference, which is a firm that administers over 10 million superannuation accounts on behalf of their client funds (e.g., AustralianSuper, REST, Cbus and Hostplus). In attendance were about 50 Fund CEOs, COOs and other Marketing, IT and Operations professionals. My …
Jan 05 2018
This week I was fortunate to be one of the few to participate in the Society for Consumer Psychology Boutique Conference on Vice and Virtue Consumption. One of the great things about small conferences – this one had less than 120 attendees – is that you get a lot more interaction with people. I find that conversations …
