The Knowledge Mill

Leanne Sobel is a PhD graduate from the University of Technology Sydney. Show Notes: https://www.theknowledgemill.com/episode26/ -- Leanne Sobel is a strategic designer, educator, and researcher. She is currently the director of strategic design at Snowmelt and an Adjunct Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney Business School. Leanne brings a wealth of experience to her practice, having wor...

Corey Cutrupi is a PhD candidate at the University of Technology Sydney. Show Notes: https://www.theknowledgemill.com/episode25/ -- Corey Cutrupi is part-time educator, part-time exercise scientist, researcher and full-time sport enthusiast. Currently, his research has taken him on a quest to better understand how organisations can effectively leverage major events in women’s football to create su...

Lauren Wood is a PhD candidate at the University of Technology Sydney. Show Notes: https://www.theknowledgemill.com/episode24/ -- Lauren Wood is a researcher and educator exploring how wearable sensors and artificial intelligence can help us better understand human movement. With an interdisciplinary background spanning sport science, engineering education, and design, Lauren is passionate about s...

Emma Petancevski is a PhD candidate at the University of Technology Sydney. Show Notes: https://www.theknowledgemill.com/episode23/ -- Emma Petancevski is a researcher, educator and sport scientist investigating how augmented feedback can enhance motor skill learning and performance in sport. With a background in sport and exercise science and experience across elite rugby league environments, Emm...

Tijana Sharp is a PhD candidate at the University of Technology Sydney. Show Notes: https://www.theknowledgemill.com/episode22/ -- Tijana Sharp is an Associate Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science. She is a UTS Sport and Exercise program alumna, having completed B Sport and Exercise Science and B Sport and Exercise Science (Hons), and is currently completing her PhD. Her current research focuses...

Xianxian Jiang is a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland. Show Notes: https://www.theknowledgemill.com/episode21/ -- Xianxian Jiang is a PhD candidate in Management at the University of Queensland Business School. Her research investigates the process of coordinating for distributed innovation in innovation ecosystems, which represent a unique collaborative context in many technological a...

Amanda Van de Paverd is a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland. Show Notes: https://theknowledgemill.com/episode20 -- Amanda Van de Paverd is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Queensland, building on an extensive career as a consultant and with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Amanda’s research explores the practice of maverickism, applied at the organisational level t...

Afrouz Shoghi is a PhD candidate at Griffith University. Show Notes: https://theknowledgemill.com/episode19 -- Afrouz Shoghi is an Organisational Psychologist with over 15 years of leadership and practitioner experience across a wide range of departments and organisations within the health, social services, and education sectors. In particular, Afrouz has led various early childhood education and...

Victoria Lister is a PhD candidate at Griffith University. Show Notes: https://theknowledgemill.com/episode18 -- Victoria Lister is a researcher in the Griffith Business School, workplace coach, consultant, and business owner-operator. Her PhD research investigates how the medical profession and its senior actors shape junior doctors' silences about their working conditions. This work has led her...

Mahdis Smith is a PhD candidate at Griffith University. Show Notes: https://theknowledgemill.com/episode17 -- Mahdis Smith is an AI Adoption Strategist and doctoral candidate specialising in the organisational applications of AI. Her research investigates how AI technologies influence the sense of autonomy in task completion and decision-making within organisations. With a strong focus on maintain...

Iresha Donmanige is a PhD candidate at the University of Wollongong. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tkm016 -- Iresha Donmanige is a researcher, educator, and psychologist whose work focuses on identity, intersectionality, and career progression - particularly among women academics in STEM. With a background in organisational psychology, management, and education, her career spans academic teaching, pr...

Charvi Hasmukh Shukla is a PhD candidate at the XLRI - Xavier School of Management. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tkm015 -- Charvi’s journey reflects her values of C ommunication, H umanity, A cademia, R esearch, V ision, and I nnovation – as embodied in the spelling of her name: CHARVI . She is driven by a deep curiosity about human behavior and a desire to contribute meaningfully to society. Her jo...

Alice Rickert is a PhD candidate at the University of St. Gallen. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tkm014 -- This is a unique episode of The Knowledge Mill. On the sonic side of things, Alice was game for something I’ve always wanted to try: recording an episode outdoors. As you will hear, the cicadas on the University of Wollongong campus provide a very pleasant ambient backdrop. We also took an atypic...

Elena Piere is a PhD candidate at the University of Otago. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tkm0013 -- Elena Piere is a PhD candidate within the Food Waste Innovation team in the Food Science Department at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Elena's research is funded by a research grant from the Ministry for the Environment and centers on developing, trialing, and evaluating the impact of a behavio...

Candice Wray is a PhD candidate at National Sun Yat-sen University. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tkm012 -- Candice Wray is a Clinical Psychologist who graduated with a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology from the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. She has worked with a wide array of people including children with special needs, adolescents with behavioural challenges, and adults seeking...

Mohsen Loghmani is a PhD candidate at Griffith University. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tkm011 -- Mohsen Loghmani is a Work Design Consultant, Sports Management Researcher, and Educator. His work draws on top-down and bottom-up job design practices to increase the productivity of volunteers and professionals who work at various levels (i.e., community-based level to high-performance level). Mohsen g...

Dan Ferguson is a PhD candidate at Swinburne University of Technology. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tkm010 -- As a public servant turned consultant, and now as an academic researcher, Dan Ferguson has been lucky enough to combine his education in sport science and urban planning to forge a decade long career within the government sector. Having worked in private consulting, two Victorian Councils, V...

Olivia Bramley is a PhD candidate at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tkm9 -- Olivia Bramley is a PhD Student at RMIT University and a member of the Sport Innovation Research Group, specializing in the area of Sport Ecology. Prior to undertaking her PhD, Olivia completed a Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science with honours at Nottingham Trent University in t...

Claudia Speidel is a PhD candidate at the University of Technology Sydney. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tkm008 -- Claudia Speidel is a marketing strategy consultant and educator. Through qualitative research methodologies, she draws on consumer insights to advise businesses in communication strategy, market positioning, and product development. She has extensive experience in cross-cultural communic...

Kristyn Maslog-Levis is a PhD candidate at the University of Technology Sydney. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tkm007 -- Kristyn Maslog-Levis is a marketing and communications coordinator for a non-profit organisation, author, ghostwriter and former journalist. She has previously worked as a TV reporter in the Philippines and a radio broadcaster with SBS in Sydney, where she still occasionally does vo...

Atul Joshi is a PhD candidate at the University of Technology Sydney. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tkm006 -- A former classical musician, Atul Joshi is an arts and culture manager currently working for Bangarra Dance Theatre. In this capacity he has also worked for companies such as the State Theatre and State Opera of South Australia, Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and Bundanon...

Ashleigh Marshall is a PhD candidate at Victoria University in Melbourne. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tkm005 -- Ashleigh Marshall is a sport administrator, sport event professional, and qualitative researcher. Ashleigh’s PhD research at the Institute for Health and Sport at Victoria University focuses on how national sporting organisations can maximise opportunities for elite women athletes who nee...

Linden Moore is a PhD candidate at the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tkm004 -- Linden Moore's research sits at the intersection of women's sport and marketing. She's currently working on a funded PhD research project that looks at the role of individuals in community sport as ambassadors and their role in marketing sport - basketball in particular - t...

Paul Bowell is a PhD candidate within the Sport Innovation Research Group at Swinburne University of Technology. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tkm3 Paul’s research project seeks to understand how women Australian Rules footballers affectively experience digital self-tracking, and what impacts these interactions have on the player’s construction of selfhood, identity-making, and body as athletes. With...

Leanne Sobel is completing her PhD at the University of Technology Sydney, researching the roles of design in strategy. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tkm002 Leanne Sobel is a strategic designer, researcher and educator. Her work draws on design practices to investigate complex problems and deliver strategic outcomes. Leanne has a background in visual communication design and management. Her career sp...