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Dr. Gemma Irving is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland (UQ) Business School, specializing in workplace design, hybrid work dynamics, and organizational behavior. Her research focuses on how physical and virtual environments influence professional collaboration, learning, and well-being, with particular attention to healthcare settings and emergency departments. She is a founding member of the Next Generation Workspace Research Network, bridging academia and industry to address workspace challenges.
Education:
- PhD in Business (2016), UQ Business School
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Science (2009), The University of Queensland
Research Interests:
- Hybrid work environments and their impact on collaboration
- Serendipity in online and offline spaces
- Healthcare workplace design
- Decolonizing management education
- Threshold concepts in learning
Publications reflect a strong focus on workplace innovation, emergency department management, and educational pedagogy. Notable works include systematic reviews of space-place-organizational change linkages and explorations of open-plan office dynamics.
Awards:
- UQ Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning
- UQ Business School Award for Enhancing First-Year Experience
- 2020 UQ Above and Beyond Honour Roll
Teaching emphasizes connecting theory to real-world events like the 2020 bushfires. She pioneered the Table Case Method to enhance group learning in large classes. Current projects explore managerial responses to hybrid work tensions between flexibility and collaboration.
