My Expertise
Student Motivation, Student Engagement, Student Achievement
Fields of Research (FoR)
Teacher and student wellbeing, Educational counselling, Educational psychology, Educational PsychologySEO tags
Biography
Andrew Martin, BA (Hons), MEd (Hons), PhD, is Scientia Professor, Professor of Educational Psychology, and Chair of the Educational Psychology Research Group in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is also Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford and a Registered Psychologist (Psychology Board of Australia). Andrew is recognized for his research on student...view more
Andrew Martin, BA (Hons), MEd (Hons), PhD, is Scientia Professor, Professor of Educational Psychology, and Chair of the Educational Psychology Research Group in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is also Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford and a Registered Psychologist (Psychology Board of Australia). Andrew is recognized for his research on student motivation, engagement, learning, and achievement. His research bridges other disciplines, investigating motivation and engagement in sport, music, and work.
In 2020-2023 Elsevier rankings of Scopus-based citations (Baas et al., 2021, 2022; Ioannidis, 2023), Andrew listed in the Top 25 of the world’s 85,000+ authors indexed in Education. He also listed Top 5 in the latest 5-Yearly International Rankings of the Most Published Educational Psychologists (Fong et al., Ed Psych Rev, 2022). He is ranked in the top 1% of Educational Psychology on Google Scholar (h-index = 100+) and in the top 1% of all researchers on ResearchGate. He has written over 250 peer reviewed journal articles, over 100 peer-reviewed chapters, 3 books for parents and teachers (published in 5 languages), 2 Edited Handbooks, 1 Monograph for the British Psychological Society, 15 commissioned government reports, and over 140 publications for professional and lay audiences (e.g., teachers, parents, psychologists, counsellors). Andrew has delivered over 200 invited/keynote presentations and his work has been featured in over 500 radio, television, newspaper, newsletter, and web outlets.
Andrew has won 15 Australian Research Council (ARC; 12 grants) and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC; 3 grants) grants as well as international funding (e.g., European Commission, US Spencer Foundation, EARLI/Jacobs Foundation) and 15 government and non-government research tenders. In total, he has secured over $7 million in nationally and internationally competitive grants, government tenders, and corporate/commercial funds. He has supervised over 20 PhD students and in four separate years has won his university's Postgraduate Council Research Supervisor Award.
He is Consulting Editor for Psychological Review, Journal of Educational Psychology, and Educational Psychology, serves on numerous international Editorial Boards (Educational Psychologist; Contemporary Educational Psychology; British Journal of Educational Psychology; Learning and Individual Differences; Learning and Instruction, Journal of Experimental Education), and Guest Edits numerous journal Special Issues (e.g., in Contemporary Educational Psychology, British Journal of Educational Psychology, Educational Psychology).
In annual rankings since 2018, he has been listed five times as National Research Field Leader in “Educational Psychology and Counselling” by The Australian newspaper. Since 2019, Andrew has served as Distinguished Scholar of the New South Wales Institute for Educational Research. In 2017-2018, Andrew was appointed Fellow of the (Australian) College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists and also received the College’s Award of Distinction. In 2016, Andrew was elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association and Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. In 2013, he was elected Fellow of the American Educational Research Association. Prior to that, in 2008 Andrew received the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Raymond B. Cattell Early Career Award. Before that, Andrew was listed in The Bulletin magazine’s ‘SMART 100 Australians’ (2003). His PhD was judged the Most Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Educational Psychology by Division 15 of the American Psychological Association and also judged the Most Outstanding PhD in Education in Australia by the Australian Association for Research in Education.
My Qualifications
BA (Hons-Psych), MEd (Hons-Ed Psych), PhD (Ed Psych)
My Awards
2022: Ranked Top 5 in 5-yearly International Rankings of the Most Published Educational Psychologists (Source: Fong et al., Educational Psychology Review, 2022)
2021, 2022, 2023: Ranked Top 25 out of 85,000+ authors indexed in Education globally for Scopus-based citations for the years 2020, 2021, and 2022
2021: Excellence in Media Engagement Award from Media Centre for Education Research in Australia (MCERA) for excellence in media engagement by an education researcher
2020 & 2021: One of only 9 (in 2020) and 15 (in 2021) Australian researchers listed as top of the world in their discipline (based on citations to their publications in their discipline’s Top 20 journals in previous 5 years) by The Australian newspaper
2019-Present: Distinguished Scholar, New South Institute for Educational Research
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022: National Research Field Leader for the “Educational Psychology and Counselling” discipline in The Australian newspaper
2018: Award of Distinction, College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists, Australian Psychological Society
2017: Fellow, College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists, Australian Psychological Society
2016: Based on lead authorships, placed 1st in International Rankings of the Most Published Educational Psychologists (Source: Table 2, Greenbaum et al., Educational Psychology Review, 2016; and 8th in absolute output, Table 1)
2016: Fellow, American Psychological Association
2016: Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
2016, 2018, 2020, 2023: Doctoral Supervisor Awards – Awarded by Postgraduate Council, University of New South Wales, Australia
2015-Present: Chair, Educational Psychology Research Group, School of Education, University of New South Wales, Australia
2015: Dean’s Award for Research Scholarly Impact, University of New South Wales
2014-2018: President, International Association of Applied Psychology – Division 5 Educational, Instructional, and School Psychology
2013-2021: Honorary Professor, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney
2013: Fellow, American Educational Research Association (AERA)
2011-Present: Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Education, University of Oxford
2010-2018: Board Member, International Association of Applied Psychology – Division 5 Educational, Instructional, and School Psychology
2010-2014: President Elect, International Association of Applied Psychology – Division 5 Educational, Instructional, and School Psychology
2010-2014: Australian Research Council Future Fellowship
2010-2014: Invited Inaugural Honorary Member, Australian Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, APAC (NSW)
2009: Based on International Rankings of the Most Productive Educational Psychologists (2003-2008), Top 25 most published researchers across all peer reviewed journals (Source: Table 2, Jones et al., Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2010)
2008-Present: Editor Roles and Editorial Boards - see Engagement Section below
2008: American Educational Research Association (AERA) Early Career Award
2007-2023: Visiting Scholar/Professor at University of Oxford (2007-2008), National Institute of Education Singapore (2008, 2023), Hong Kong Institute of Education (2010), Beijing Normal University (2012), Yale University (2012), University of Leiden Netherlands (2023), University of Oslo Norway (2023)
2003: Listed in The Bulletin magazine’s ‘SMART 100 Australians’
2003: Outstanding Contribution to Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment (RYPEN), Rotary Australia
2001/2002: Outstanding Educational Psychology PhD by Division 15 of American Psychological Association
1999/2000: Outstanding Australian PhD in Education by Australian Association for Research in Education
1997: Placed on Dean’s List of Scholars for Academic Excellence in Education (University of Sydney)
1996: Postgraduate Travel Scholarship from Australian Association for Research in Education
My Engagement
Engagement with Learned and Professional Academies and Societies:
- Fellow, American Psychological Association
- Fellow, American Educational Research Association
- Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
- Fellow, College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists, Australian Psychological Society
- Distinguished Scholar, NSW Institute of Educational Research
- Registered Psychologist (Psychology Board of Australia)
- Member, Australian Psychological Society
- Member, Educational Psychology Division (Div. 15) of American Psychological Association
- Member, European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
- Member, Motivation and Emotion Special Interest Group, EARLI
- Member, Australian Association for Research in Education
Engagement with Academic Journals and Scholarly Volumes - Current:
- Consulting Editor, Psychological Review
- Consulting Editor, Editorial Board, Journal of Educational Psychology
- Consulting Editor, Educational Psychology
- Editorial Board, Educational Psychologist
- Editorial Board, Contemporary Educational Psychology
- Editorial Board, British Journal of Educational Psychology
- Editorial Board, Learning and Individual Differences
- Editorial Board, Learning and Instruction
- Editorial Board, Journal of Experimental Education
Engagement with Academic Journals and Scholarly Volumes - Completed:
- Associate Editor, Journal of Educational Psychology (completed)
- Associate Editor, British Journal of Educational Psychology (completed)
- Associate Editor, School Psychology International (completed)
- Guest Editor, British Journal of Educational Psychology (Special Issue: Academic Growth) (completed)
- Editorial Board, American Educational Research Journal (completed)
- Editorial Board, Educational and Psychological Measurement (completed)
- Editorial Board, Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools (completed)
- Editorial Board, Educational and Developmental Psychologist (completed)
- Editorial Advisory Board, Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning (Springer) (completed)
- Section Editor, International Guide to Student Achievement (Routledge) (completed)
- Guest Editor, Educational Psychology (Special Issue: Educational Resilience in Asia; with Drs Haibin Li and Jean Yeung) (completed)
- Guest Editor, Contemporary Educational Psychology (Special Issue: ADHD, Learning Disability, Executive Function Disorder; with Drs Rayne Sperling and Kristie Newton) (completed)
- Advisory Board, Routledge/AARE Local/Global Issues in Education Series (completed)
- Advisory Committee, International Association of Applied Psychology United Nations White Paper Series (completed)
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5504-392X