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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 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.

Research interests

Social Psychology; Public opinion research (online, face to face and CATI); Public interest technology; Leadership

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
Recent research grants awarded
Recent media

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

2023: Participatory Melbourne *; Menzies Foundation Partnerships
2022: Exploring identity workspaces in Emergency Medicine *; Australasian College of Emergency Medicine
2021: Australian Leadership Index *; The Graham Family Foundation Fund Scheme
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: The Australian Leadership Index *; SteveGraham

* Chief Investigator

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