Liz Pritchard

Liz Pritchard is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, and co-leads the Psychology at Work (PAW) Lab. She serves as Program Director and Placement Coordinator for the Master of Industrial and Organisational Psychology program, maintaining strong industry partnerships across mining, healthcare, and emergency services sectors.

Her academic credentials include:

• Master of Psychology (Industrial & Organisational), The University of Western Australia (2008)
• Bachelor of Psychology, Edith Cowan University (1998)
• Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Edith Cowan University (1997)

Research focuses on professional identity formation throughout careers and workplace sleep health systems. She investigates organizational practices enabling proactive sleep management, bridging psychological theory with industrial applications in high-risk sectors like mining and emergency services. Current work examines entrustable professional activities for postgraduate training accreditation.

Publications demonstrate interdisciplinary reach from organizational psychology to criminology. The 2021 article on traffic/non-traffic offending patterns in Western Australia reflects methodological rigor applied across domains, while recent conference presentations emphasize professional identity development frameworks for psychology students.

Professional recognition includes:

• Fellow of the Australian College of Organisational Psychologists (FCOP)

Secured $300K+ in research funding through industry partnerships, including BHP roster evaluation (2021-2022) and WA Fire & Emergency Services volunteer programs (2018-2020). Mentors postgraduate students through placement coordination and serves as Australian Psychological Society Workplace Excellence Awards judge.

Co-leading the PAW Lab drives industry-academic collaboration on organizational effectiveness, with active projects in clean energy rostering, emergency service volunteer systems, and professional identity formation. The lab facilitates sponsored research translating psychological science into operational frameworks for partner organizations.