Our people

At IPPE, we pride ourselves on the calibre of our internationally recognised researchers who are backed by a talented professional team and adjunct research associates.

We have worked collaboratively to achieve synergistic blends of rigorous quantitative, qualitative, and applied research. As a result, we have delivered important contributions to international research.

Collectively, the IPPE research team has been awarded over 70 Australian Research Council (ARC) grants (including ARC Future Fellowship and DECRAs).

IPPE Staff have also won the annual ACU Vice-Chancellor's Staff Excellence Award (Excellence in Research and Research Partnership) for two years running (2021, 2022).

Our Executive Team

Director of IPPE

Professor Rhonda Craven

Deputy Director of IPPE

Dr Emma Bradshaw (Deputy Director)

Our staff

Browse our researchers, staff, students and graduates, and find out how to get in touch.

Professor Rhonda Craven – Director of IPPE   

Educational and Developmental Psychology (EDP)

Professor Theresa Dicke – Program Leader EDP and Acting Deputy Director

Associate Professor Baljinder Sahdra – Deputy Program Leader EDP

Professor Herb Marsh - Professor

Professor Reinhard Pekrun – Professorial Fellow 

Professor Jiesi Guo – Professor and HDR Program Leader

Dr Geetanjali Basarkod –Senior Lecturer

Dr Chloe Gordon –Senior Lecturer

Indigenous Game Changers (IGC)

Professor Alexander Yeung – Emeritus Professor

Dr Mitchell Rom - Indigenous Lecturer

Motivation and Behaviour (M&B)

Professor Chris Lonsdale – Interim ACU Deputy Provost and Program Leader M&B

Associate Professor Taren Sanders – Acting Program Leader M&B and Senior Research Fellow

Professor Richard M Ryan – Professorial Fellow 

Professor Johnmarshall Reeve – Professor

Professor Joseph Ciarrochi - Professor

Dr Emma Bradshaw – Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director

Dr Hye-Ryen Jang – Lecturer

Dr Kelly Ferber - Research Fellow

Dr Bridget Booker - Research Fellow

Dr Stefano Di Domenico – Postdoctoral Research Fellow 

ACU Faculty Affiliate Staff

  • Professor Amanda Telford
  • Associate Professor Paul Kidson
  • Associate Professor Keong Yap
  • Dr Madeleine Fraser
  • Dr Rebecca Pagano
  • Dr Kim Rowston

Visiting Scholars

  • Professor Bill Thompson, Bond University (ACU Adjunct Professor)

  • Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann, Adelaide University (ACU Adjunct Professor)

  • Professor Katariina Salmelo-Aro, University of Helsinki

  • Professor Kit Tai Hau, China University of Hong Kong

  • Professor Mei-Shiu Chiu, National Chengchi University

  • Professor Rebecca Lazarides, Potsdam University

  • Associate Professor Ingar Mehus, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

  • Associate Professor Lan (Joy) Yang, Education University of Hong Kong

  • Associate Professor Nikki Shure, University College London Social Research Institute

  • Associate Professor Sam Liu, University of Victoria British Columbia 

  • Dr Abigail Parrish, University of Sheffield

  • Dr Andreas Heißel, Potsdam University

  • Dr Borja del Pozo-Cruz, University of Southern Denmark

  • Dr Christoph Niepel, University of Luxembourg

  • Dr Daphne Van Den Bogaard, Ghent University

  • Dr Hanne Berthelsen, Malmö University

  • Dr Hye-Rin Lee, University of Delaware

  • Dr Joachim Waterschoot, Ghent University

  • Dr Kristina Loderer, University of Augsburg

  • Dr Lennia Matos, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

  • Dr Liisa Postareff, Hame University of Applied Sciences

  • Dr Marcus Horwood, Deakin University

  • Dr Roberto Parada, Western Sydney University

  • Dr Ziwen Teuber, University of Luxembourg

  • Dr Zhijun Xu

 

Administrative staff (Central Team)

  • Dr Ricky Chan – Institute Coordinator
  • Karen Ling - Senior Research Officer
  • Dr Diego Vasconcellos – Senior Data Analyst

Educational and Developmental Psychology EDP

  • Dr HeeRa Ko – Research Program Operations Manager
  • Dr Tom Clarke - Research Project Officer
  • Nicholas Graziani - Project Officer
  • Alison Jardine - Project Officer
  • Emma Stenz - Project Officer
  • Danling Huang - Project Officer

Indigenous Game Changers IGC 

  • Dr Jenny McMullan - Research Program Manager
  • Dr Alicia Egan –Senior Research Project Officer
  • Clare Clendinning -Research Project Coordinator
  • Sarah Naughton - Research Project Officer
  • Meghan Kelleher - Research Project Officer
  • Jonathan Dekirmenjian - Research Project Officer

Motivation and Behaviour (M&B) 

  • Kirsty Bergan – Research Project Coordinator
  • Dr Jasper Duineveld – Research Technical Support Officer
  • Ben Steward - Project Officer
  • Zoe Carrick - Project Officer
  • Dana Devine - Research Support Officer
  • Agnes Jee - Research Assistant
  • Ella Tremaine – Research Assistant

IPPE Indigenous Internship Program

  • Violet Craven-Miller (2022-2023)
  • Hayley Creed (2022-2023)
  • Emily Jeffrey (2022)
  • Sharon Morton (2023)
  • Amy Miller-Porter (2022)
  • Lachlan Sibir (2022-2023)
  • Ryan St John (2024)
  • Katelyn Bell (2024)
  • Zane Ratcliff (2024-2025)
  • Adoni Chessells (2024-2025)
  • Latifah Rogers (2025, Ursuline Indigenous Internship Program)
  • Simone Taylor (2025, Ursuline Indigenous Internship Program)

 

  • Professor Alex Yeung - Emeritus Professor
  • Professor Janet Mooney – Emeritus Professor
  • Professor Bill Thompson - Adjunct Professor
  • Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann - Adjunct Professor
  • Dr Anthony Dillon - Honorary Research Fellow
  • Pat Anderson AO - Honorary Fellow
  • Kurt Marder – Honorary Fellow
  • James Wilson-Miller - Honorary Doctorate
  • Anum Urooj
  • Catherine Hurley
  • Chris Duncan  
  • Clive Haydon  
  • Courtney Baker  
  • Danling Huang  
  • Ella Tremaine  
  • Ewa Geba  
  • Farah Gulamoydeen    
  • Hamed Mogouie
  • Holly Hliounakis
  • Jamie Sherson
  • Jane Boyle   
  • Jordan Woolley    
  • Kelly Ferber
  • Mark Doyle  
  • Associate Professor Michael Reynolds    
  • Mona Samad Zadeh 
  • Nigusie Shifera Aylie
  • Nouman Chaudhary
  • Rebecca Lozina
  • Roberta Vasconcellos  
  • Rola Zaki-Aboultaif  
  • Sam Hurley
  • William Li
  • Yijing Zhang

 

  • Dr Anne Ndaba
  • Dr Asghar Ahmadi
  • Dr Bridget Booker
  • Dr Brooke Van Zanden
  • Dr Catherine Tikoft
  • Dr Charlotte Knoester
  • Dr Darren Coppin
  • Dr Devan Antczak
  • Dr Diego Vasconcellos
  • Dr Elizabeth Davies
  • Dr Emma Bradshaw
  • Dr Emma Devine
  • Dr Geetanjali Basarkod
  • Dr Georgia Durmush
  • Dr James Conigrave
  • Dr James Donald
  • Dr Jane Lee
  • Dr Jasper Duineveld
  • Dr Jiesi Guo
  • Dr Katherine Owen
  • Dr Katrina Wilhite
  • Dr Levi Brackman
  • Dr Loch Forsyth
  • Dr Lucy Hobby
  • Dr Lynette Riley
  • Dr Marcus Horwood
  • Dr Mathew Pfeiffer
  • Dr Melissa Schellekens
  • Dr Michelle Kehoe
  • Dr Michelle Nemec
  • Dr Munirah Shaik Kadir
  • Dr Nathanial Kapsal
  • Dr Nicola Cull
  • Dr Rhiannon Lee White
  • Dr Rob Brockman
  • Dr Rohan Perera
  • Dr Rory Darkins
  • Dr Shiri Hergass
  • Dr Thomas Dornan
  • Dr Tsz Ying (Sylvia) Wong
  • Dr Vijay Kumar
  • Dr Wendy Gwyn

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