Chris Jackson is a former Head of School and Professor at The University of New South Wales, Australia. Chris has been engaged in personality research for the last 35 years and has published over 120 articles including Psychological Bulletin, Personality and Social Psychology Review, Journal of Applied Psychology and Journal of Personality. His research is varied and covers many themes from metatheories of personality, structure of personality through to behavioural outcomes associated with personality and even the survivalist personality. Chris is an enthusiastic public talker and passionate about making research and Universities relevant to the community. He has won 3 Australian Research Council grants and achieved well over $1M of grant income.  He has taken 14 PhD students through to successful conclusion and many have gone on to successful careers in personality research.

Research Interests:

• Leadership
• Learning
• Motivation
• Leadership
• Maverickism
• Personality and individual differences in the workplace
• Laterality