Matt Palmer

Associate Professor Matt Palmer is affiliated with the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Tasmania. His research focuses on cognitive and computational psychology, forensic psychology, and social psychology. He holds a PhD from Flinders University (2009) and has extensive experience in funded projects addressing behavioral change in fisheries, cognitive fitness frameworks, and eyewitness memory diagnostics. His work spans topics like decision-making under uncertainty, climate change communication, and automated systems. He has supervised over 15 doctoral students, with current projects exploring science communication and climate information use. Key grants include a $514K Australian Research Council grant for improving eyewitness memory diagnostics and a $285K study on feedback effects in recognition tasks. His research often intersects with legal, environmental, and health domains, emphasizing practical applications in policy and justice systems.

Education: PhD (Flinders University, 2009), Grad Dip Psychology (Flinders University), B.A. (Hons 1st Class, Flinders University).

Research interests include cognitive biases in decision-making, forensic applications of psychology, and the impact of environmental policies on public behavior.