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Insights Bulletin No.1 | April 2026

2026 Events

Date	Speaker	Title
Thursday 15 January	Prof Sally Russell, University of Leeds	*Seminar topic- Leading with Heart: The Emotions of Sustainability Work
Tuesday 24 February	Prof Chris Fleming , GBS Dean (Research) & Prof Paula Brough, Director (Centre for Work, Organisation & Wellbeing)	WOW Members Meeting
Wednesday 4 March	Dr Yiqiona Li , Associate Professor, School of Business , UQ	*Seminar topic- Preventing Workplace Bullying: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of a Participatory Organizational Intervention
Wednesday 18 March	Prof Stephen Billett & Dr Leah Le (School of Education & Professional Studies, Griffith University)	*Seminar topic - Registrars’ well-being: the mediation of practices
Thursday 2 April	Dr Carla Riverola, (Senior Lecturer, Department of Management, Griffith University)	*Seminar topic - Innovation Resistance: Workers’ Perspectives on Cultivated Meat
Tuesday 14 April	Prof Paula Brough, Prof Rebecca Loudoun & Jane (Huijuan) Dong	WOW Perspectives: Work Wellbeing
Wednesday 29 April	A/Prof Penny Williams , Director of the Centre for Decent Work and Industry (QUT)	Research at The Centre for Decent Work & Industry
Tuesday 12 May	Prof Ashlea Troth, Dr Vicki Webster, Dr Andrew Rixon & Vicki Anderson	WOW Perspectives: Leadership Approaches in a changing world
Wednesday 27 May	A/Prof Katrina Radford (Department of Management, Griffith University)	*Seminar topic - Is co-design the future of knowledge creation and translation: Reflecting on lessons learnt?
Thursday 4 June	A/Prof Elliroma Gardiner, QUT Business School	*Seminar topic- Champion, bystander, or barrier? Investigating recruiters as gatekeepers of opportunity for older workers
Tuesday 30 June	A/Prof Stacey Parker, School of Psychology, UQ	*Seminar topic- Insights from over a decade of research into at-work recovery
Tuesday 14 July	Dr Hannah Adler, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University	*Seminar topic- Am I going to get sacked?... Will I be struck off ?: Workers on their use of medicinal cannabis in Australia
Tuesday 18 August	A/Prof Catherine Collins, School of Management and Governance, UNSW Sydney	*Seminar topic- Building Managerial Capability for Operational Resource Bundling: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment
Tuesday 25 August	Prof Dulini Fernando, Aston University	*Seminar topic- Maintaining a career amid selective incivility in the profession: a study of racialised migrant doctors in the UKs NHS
Tuesday 15 September	A/Prof Luke Houghton, Dr Javad Pool & Jeff Langley	WOW Perspectives: AI reshaping work, people & organisations
Wednesday 7 October	Prof Patrick Dunlop, Curtin University	*Seminar topic-Applicants Armed with Generative Artificial Intelligence: A New Era for Faking or Just a New Era for Work?
Thursday 15 October	Prof Maree Roche, University of Auckland	*Seminar topic- What is Psychological Flexibility? How is it Measured?
Tuesday 20 October	Prof Siu Oi-ling, Lingnan University, Hong Kong	*Seminar topic- Workplace Ostracism in the Digital Era: Moderators and Mediators
Tuesday 8 December - Friday 11 December	Prof Raija Hämäläinen, Prof. Rola Ajjawi & Prof Sharon Parker	Researching Work and Learning Conference 2026, Griffith University South Bank Campus, Brisbane

2025 events

Date	Speaker	Title
Wednesday 12 March	Mya Kirkwood, University of LiverpoolManagement School	*Seminar topic - 'Inclusive leadership in daily practice for neurodivergent followers: a qualitative diary study'
Monday 24 March	Prof Timothy Devinney,The University of Manchester	*Seminar topic - 'Rethinking Science: Theory, Hypothesis and Testing'
Tuesday 29 April	Dr Aditi Jamil, Griffith University	*Seminar topic - 'Learnings from PhD journey'
Tuesday 6 May	A/Prof Katrina Radford & Dr Ellie Meissner, Griffith University	*Seminar topic - 'Exploring the impact that a Dyad Leadership trial has on Residential Aged Care in Australia: A good fit for an ongoing workforce challenge'
Tuesday 20 May	A/Prof Elisabeth Andvik, BI Norwegian Business School	*Seminar topic - 'Overcoming Knowledge Boundaries in Interprofessional Teams'
Wednesday 4 June	Dr Mai Nguyen, Griffith University	*Seminar topic - 'Navigating the Human-AI Interface: A Resource-Based Perspective on Workplace Transformation'
Wednesday 16 July	Dr Qian Yi Lee and Prof Jo Ingold, ACU	*Seminar topic - 'Organisations perspectives on the recruitment of hidden talent: A multi-stakeholder perspective'
Thursday 17 July	Prof Jonathan Morris, Cardiff Business School	*Seminar topic - Home Alone or Homeward Bound: Autonomy, Control and Employee Experiences of Home/Hybrid working and a more Human-Centre HRM'
Wednesday 30 July	Dr Caroline Knight, UQ Business School	*Seminar topic - Best or worst of both worlds? How does hybrid work shape work design profiles and impact employee well-being?
Thursday 21 August	Dr Maria Greenup, Griffith University	Research Grants Workshop
Tuesday 26 August	Scott Baxter & Serena Gent, Griffith University	Commercial Grant Q&A Workshop
Wednesday 17 September	Dr Sara Ekberg, Griffith University	*Seminar topic - The role of organizational integrity during technological change
Tuesday 23 September	Dr Paula Mowbray, Dr Wendy Muller & Dr Matthew Burgess.	"PhD..What next.?" Workshop
Wednesday 15 October	Dr Kirsten Way, University of Queensland.	*Seminar topic - Relationships between Work-design-related Psychosocial Hazards and Behavioral Psychosocial Hazards in the Minerals Industry
Friday 17 October	Prof Maree Roche, University of Auckland, New Zealand	*Seminar topic - Mindfulness and Emotional Regulation: A systematic review of workplace literature – Issues and Implications.
Wednesday 29 October	Dr Randolfh Nerona, Griffith University.	*Seminar topic - Leading with pride: An interdisciplinary review on the experiences of LGBTIQ+ leaders in the workplace
Tuesday 4 November	Dr Luke Booker, University of Queensland.	*Seminar topic - PhD Reflections
Tuesday 25 November	Prof Nadia Kougiannou, Nottingham Trent University.	*Seminar topic - Respect and Safety in the Gig Economy
Wednesday 3 December	A/Prof llias Danatzis, King’s College London, UK	*Seminar topic - Human-AI Collaboration at the Organizational Frontlines

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