Associate Professor Samuel Wilson
PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia; MPsych, University of Melbourne, Australia; BComm, University of Melbourne, Australia; BA, University of Melbourne, Australia
- Faculty of Business & Law
- School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship (SoBLE)
- Department of Management and Marketing
Biography
Samuel is a social and organisational psychologist whose research focuses on health and medical leadership, folk conceptions of the common good, public perceptions of leadership for the greater good, and how moral intuitions and worldviews affect public trust in and attitudes towards social institutions. He is the founder of the Australian Leadership Index, co-lead of the Public Interest Technology research program of the Social Innovation Research Institute, Deputy Director of the Social Psychology of Innovation Research Group, and co-convenor of the Technology x Society Forum.
His research has appeared in the British Journal of Social Psychology, Social and Personality Psychology Compass, and Behavior Research Methods, among other journals. Committed to research that creates social impact, Sam has published extensively with Emergency Medicine Australasia, The Conversation and Analysis and Policy Observatory. Sam has been awarded over $1.5 million in external research grants from industry on leadership and humanitarianism-related research projects.
In addition to his leadership development work in the Swinburne Business School, Sam works closely with academic, medical, government and community leaders to develop their capacity for adaptive and ethical leadership.
Publications
Also published as: Wilson, Samuel; Wilson, S.; Wilson, S. G.; Wilson, Sam; Wilson, Sam G.; Wilson, Samuel G.
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Recent media
- 2023-11-26: How do Australians view the leadership and governance of the charity sector? - Better Boards
- 2023-05-02: Worried councils won’t get state help to improve security as meetings get hostile - The Age
- 2023-02-09: New research puts charities in the “golden quadrant” of leadership - Pro Bono News
- 2022-12-26: ALI's naughty and nice list - ABC Radio Melbourne
- 2022-09-15: What Patagonia’s recent business move says about NFP leadership - Pro Bono News
- 2022-07-27: Data journalism, leadership and public integrity - RRR
- 2022-05-20: 5 charts show how trust in Australia’s leaders and institutions has collapsed - The Conversation
- 2021-07-13: The effects of climate change policy promises on politicians' voting prospects - RTRFM
- 2021-07-07: Seen to be green? Research reveals how environmental performance shapes public perceptions of our leaders - The Conversation
- 2021-03-19: The big issues in social data science in 2021: a view from Melbourne, Australia (Part 2) - Medium
- 2021-03-17: The big issues in social data science in 2021: a view from Melbourne, Australia (Part 1) - Medium
- 2021-02-25: Small business might be key to Australia’s recovery, but a collective effort is required - SmartCompany
- 2020-12-08: A Year in Review: How 2020 Highlighted the Role of Australian Leaders in Serving the Greater Good - Medium
- 2020-11-12: Pandemic widens gap between government and Australians' view of education - The Conversation
- 2020-11-03: Sam Wilson, a senior lecturer in leadership based in Melbourne - why is he attending #ILA2020GLOBAL? - International Leadership Association
- 2020-10-16: Blunders aside, most Australians believe state premiers have been effective leaders during pandemic - The Conversation
- 2020-09-24: Australian Leadership Index: Driving leadership for the greater good - Swinburne News
- 2020-04-28: Leadership during the COVID-19 - ABC Radio Perth
- 2020-04-24: How the coronavirus pandemic is (finally) resulting in leadership for the greater good - The Conversation
- 2020-02-17: The Australian Leadership Index: A New Measure of Leadership for the Greater Good in the Public, Private and Plural Sectors - Innovative Leadership Institute
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