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Associate Professor Samuel Wilson

Associate Professor, Management
PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia; MPsych, University of Melbourne, Australia; BComm, University of Melbourne, Australia; BA, University of Melbourne, Australia

Biography


Samuel is a social psychologist whose research focuses on leadership for the common good, the social psychology of creativity and innovation, and public interest technology. He is co-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 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 leader development work with postgraduate students in the Swinburne Business School, Sam works closely with medical leaders to develop their capacity for responsible leadership in complex systems.

PhD candidate and honours supervision

Higher degrees by research

Accredited to supervise Masters & Doctoral students as Principal Supervisor.

Honours

Available to supervise honours students.

Publications

Also published as: Wilson, Samuel; Wilson, S.; Wilson, S. G.; Wilson, Sam; Wilson, Sam G.; Wilson, Samuel G.
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Recent research grants awarded

  • 2021: Scoping study for the development of a digital identity ecosystem *; Australian Red Cross
  • 2020: Proposal to support investigation into humanitarian response following bushfire crisis *; Australian Red Cross
  • 2019: Efficiently Doing Good *; Australian Red Cross
  • 2019: Exploring Leadership Development *; THE AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE FOR EMERGENCY MEDICINE
  • 2019: Female Leadership and Positive Work Culture *; Australasian College of Emergency Medicine
  • 2019: The Effect of Servant Leadership on Individual and Organisational Effectiveness *; Australasian College of Emergency Medicine
  • 2018: Building leadership capability models for different levels with ACEM *; ACEM
  • 2018: Strategic Partnership - Research Institutes Seed Grant 2017 *; Australian Red Cross
  • 2018: The Australian Leadership Index *; SteveGraham

* Chief Investigator


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