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    Centre PhD student wins Raine Study prize!
    • Oct 26, 2017

    Centre PhD student wins Raine Study prize!

    Last week, Anu Bharadwaj, a PhD student at the CTWD and in the School of Psychology, presented at the Raine Study Annual Scientific...
    Work design and communication in virtual teams
    • Oct 24, 2017

    Work design and communication in virtual teams

    Australian Universities (AU) and the German Academic Exchange Service has granted $5000 funding to support an international research...
    Minister Announces CTWD funding for research into FIFO work and well being
    • Oct 18, 2017

    Minister Announces CTWD funding for research into FIFO work and well being

    By UWA's Media Team: The State Government has granted The University of Western Australia’s (UWA) Centre for Transformative Work Design...
    Minister Announces CTWD Partnership With the Mental Health Commission
    • Oct 11, 2017

    Minister Announces CTWD Partnership With the Mental Health Commission

    The Minister for Health, Hon. Roger Cook, visited the Centre for Transformative Work Design to announce an exciting partnership between...
    Let's Talk Teamwork: Team Briefings in Operating Theatres
    • Sep 25, 2017

    Let's Talk Teamwork: Team Briefings in Operating Theatres

    On Sep 17 2017, Dr Laura Fruhen and Cheryl Yam presented at the ORNA (Operating Room Nurses Association) WA Symposium, held at the...
    Killer Apps: Or how technology may fundamentally change the work of teams
    • Sep 18, 2017

    Killer Apps: Or how technology may fundamentally change the work of teams

    While Australia is known to house one the deadliest killers on this planet, the researchers from our centre are also interested in...
    Designing work for diversity
    • Sep 13, 2017

    Designing work for diversity

    An important principle of well-designed work (see Safe Work Australia's principles of good work design) is that the work should "fit" the...
    En(light)en me about good and bad work design: The lantern production simulation
    • Aug 28, 2017

    En(light)en me about good and bad work design: The lantern production simulation

    On Monday the 21st of August, the PSYC 5515 class was turned into a paper lantern factory (for educational purposes of course!). The...
    Introducing the Team Pulse App and the UDP-WA
    • Aug 23, 2017

    Introducing the Team Pulse App and the UDP-WA

    The Centre is pleased to announce two new projects, namely the Team Pulse App and the Undiagonosed Disease Program of Western Australian...
    The Centre is looking to recruit international PhD students - but we'd like to hear from great d
    • Aug 21, 2017

    The Centre is looking to recruit international PhD students - but we'd like to hear from great d

    The Centre for Transformative Work Design has scholarships available for two exceptional international PhD candidates with a passion for...
    New Research Assistant Joins the Centre
    • Aug 21, 2017

    New Research Assistant Joins the Centre

    Cindy Burton has joined the Centre for Transformative Work Design this month. Cindy is originally from the Netherlands and has lived in...
    Laureates in Conversation: Perspectives from a PhD student
    • Jul 26, 2017

    Laureates in Conversation: Perspectives from a PhD student

    At the 12th APS Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference in Sydney, I was privileged to attend a Keynote Conversation with ARC...
    Let’s Talk Teamwork: Multi-Professional Team Briefings in WA Operating Theatres
    • Jun 14, 2017

    Let’s Talk Teamwork: Multi-Professional Team Briefings in WA Operating Theatres

    From Royal Australasian College of Surgeons’ Surgical News, May 2017 We are pleased to share with you an article written by our...
    Fourth post-doc is here!
    • Jun 5, 2017

    Fourth post-doc is here!

    Dr. M.K. Ward arrived in May 2017, and is thrilled to join our team. M.K. hails from North Carolina State University where, in 2016, she...
    Third Post-Doc in!
    • Jun 2, 2017

    Third Post-Doc in!

    Fresh from the UK, Dr. Caroline Knight joined the team on 29th May 2017. She completed her PhD in December 2016 from Sheffield University...
    What boosts the chance that injured or ill workers will "return to work" by 20 to 30%?
    • May 25, 2017

    What boosts the chance that injured or ill workers will "return to work" by 20 to 30%?

    One answer to this question is.... good work design! This month, professionals in fields ranging from insurance to rehabilitative...
    Proactivity in Paris
    • May 25, 2017

    Proactivity in Paris

    Last week Sharon attended an EAWOP Small Group Workshop on cross-cultural aspects of proactivity in Cergy, near Paris. Around 30 scholars...
    Working on work design in Canberra
    • May 7, 2017

    Working on work design in Canberra

    On the invitation of the ACT Branch of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society, Sharon presented to executives in Canberra this week, on...
    I scream, you scream: We all scream for “ice cream” – unless under bad work design conditions
    • Apr 28, 2017

    I scream, you scream: We all scream for “ice cream” – unless under bad work design conditions

    We did not have Drew Barrymore, Neve Campbell, or Edvard Munch in mind when we invited participants to take part in a little work design...
    Upcoming online seminar: Using video and sequential analyses for team dynamics and work design resea
    • Apr 7, 2017

    Upcoming online seminar: Using video and sequential analyses for team dynamics and work design resea

    On of our postdocs, Florian Klonek, is giving an online tutorial on using sequential analyses for team research. This online seminar...
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