In this episode of the Psych Health and Safety Podcast, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with returning guest Dr Michelle Tuckey, Professor of Work & Organisational Psychology at the University of South Australia. Building on her bullying research, Michelle gives us the inside scoop into her latest research project focused on cultivating systemic safety to prevent workplace sexual harassment. She shares the three-year plan for the project, early hypotheses, and intended outputs.

The Cultivating Systemic Safety to Prevent Workplace Sexual Harassment project was formally launched on 18 February 2025, with an online hub and face-to-face hubs in Adelaide and Brisbane. The launch is just the first step in enabling national participation and engagement with partner organisations (industry and non-government) and researchers.

Heather joined the BRIDGES at work team in early 2025 as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow based at the University of South Australia. In addition to bringing her significant expertise to the project, Heather will be taking on a project management role, helping ensure we are as productive as possible to achieve great outcomes together.

Prof Michelle Tuckey is Professor of Work & Organisational Psychology within UniSA Justice & Society and the Centre for Workplace Excellence. Through her research she is interested in understanding the psychosocial aspects of how work and work environments influence well-being. Her focal areas are workplace bullying, sexual harassment, occupational stress, and workplace mindfulness. 

Dr Anu Mundkur is an accomplished gender and development specialist with a proven track record in leading and working collaboratively in teams to develop robust systems, organisational policies and approaches that deliver high-quality gender-inclusive outcomes.

Nicole Moulding is a researcher and educator with special interests in gendered violence, mental health and social work.

Yiqiong’s teaching expertise is in HRM and organizational health and safety. Her specific research interests include organizational climate, leadership, job design and workplace bullying. Yiqiong’s research agenda focuses upon exploring organizational and job factors on work-related well-being and translate this knowledge into strategies to enhance employee health and safety.

Dr Aaron Davis is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture with a teaching and research focus on co-design and community engagement processes, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the intersection between social and environmental sustainability

Paula Brough is a Professor of Organisational Psychology and Director of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. Paula’s primary research and teaching areas are occupational stress and coping, employee mental health and wellbeing, work engagement, work-life balance, workplace conflict (bullying, harassment, toxic leadership), and the psychosocial work environment

Dr Sarah Moulds is an Associate Professor in Law UniSA: Justice + Society and co-founder of the Rights Resource Network SA. 

Dr Kïrsten Way is an Associate Professor and Program Director at the Centre for Business and Organisational Psychology at UQ where she conducts research on safety regulation, work-related mental health, work design, human factors, and occupational health.

Project leader Professor Michelle Tuckey speaks to SBS News In Depth about the challenge of workplace sexual harassment and the ambitions of our research.

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