Olav Muurlink is a social and health psychologist, specialising in working time, work and wellbeing, as well as attitude change. He is an Associate Professor at Central Queensland University, and head of course of social innovation. e is also chair of the international education charity, Co-operation in Development, which builds and operates free schools for disadvantaged children the delta of Bangladesh, which has led him to research work in the field of dengue fever, climate change, arsenic poisoning, birth weight and breastfeeding termination--all fields of significant interest in public health and policy in Bangladesh.
Experience
2010–present
Research Fellow, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University
2014–present
Senior research fellow (adjunct), Griffith Institute of Educational Research
2014–present
Senior lecturer, Central Queensland University
1991–1992
Researcher, Social Policy Research Unit, University of St. Andrews
Education
2003
Griffith University, PhD, social psychology
1992
The University, St. Andrews, M.Phil (coursework), psychology
1991
University of Queensland, B.A. (Hons). (Communications)
1990
Charles Sturt University, B.A. (psychology, literature)
Professional Memberships
Australian Psychological Society
Working Time Society
Academic Board, Central Queensland University
Human Ethics Committee, Central Queensland University
Research Areas
Psychology (1701)
Public Health And Health Services (1117)
Mental Health (111714)
Environmental And Occupational Health And Safety (111705)
Communications And Media Policy (160503)
Creative Arts, Media And Communication Curriculum And Pedagogy (130201)