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Dr Timothy Ballard
Dr

Timothy Ballard

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Overview

Background

I'm a senior research fellow in business and organisational psychology. I manage a large program of research and consulting focused on applying advanced analytic methods like statistical, computational, and mathematical models to improve the health, safety, and performance of people at work. My research aims to understanding the dynamics of decision-making, motivation, fatigue, and stress and how these processes affect our performance and mental health. Building on this research, I offer services as an advanced HR and people anlytics consultant where I help organisations leverage their data to generate actionable strategies that enhance decision-making, optimise workforce productivity, and promote employee well-being.

My work has been published in premier journals such as Psychological Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, The Leadership Quarterly, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Organizational Research Methods, Journal of Neuroscience, and Global Environmental Change. My research has attracted more than $3 million in external funding has been recognised by ARC DECRA and Future Fellowships and Early Career Researcher Awards from the Australian Psychological Society, the Australasian Mathematical Psychology Society, and the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences at UQ. You can read more about my research here and my consulting services here. I also occasionally write blog posts about my projects or about analytics more generally, which you can find here. Want to explore how advanced analytics could help your organisation? Get in touch.

Availability

Dr Timothy Ballard is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Psychological Science, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Western Australia

Works

Search Professor Timothy Ballard’s works on UQ eSpace

46 works between 2012 and 2025

41 - 46 of 46 works

2016

Journal Article

An integrative formal model of motivation and decision making: the MGPM*

Ballard, Timothy, Yeo, Gillian, Loft, Shayne, Vancouver, Jeffrey B. and Neal, Andrew (2016). An integrative formal model of motivation and decision making: the MGPM*. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101 (9), 1240-1265. doi: 10.1037/apl0000121

An integrative formal model of motivation and decision making: the MGPM*

2016

Journal Article

A blind expert test of contrarian claims about climate data

Lewandowsky, Stephan, Ballard, Timothy, Oberauer, Klaus and Benestad, Rasmus (2016). A blind expert test of contrarian claims about climate data. Global Environmental Change, 39, 91-97. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.04.013

A blind expert test of contrarian claims about climate data

2016

Journal Article

Departures from optimality when pursuing multiple approach or avoidance goals

Ballard, Timothy, Yeo, Gillian, Neal, Andrew and Farrell, Simon (2016). Departures from optimality when pursuing multiple approach or avoidance goals. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101 (7), 1056-1066. doi: 10.1037/apl0000082

Departures from optimality when pursuing multiple approach or avoidance goals

2015

Journal Article

Uncertainty as knowledge

Lewandowsky, Stephan, Ballard, Timothy and Pancost, Richard D. (2015). Uncertainty as knowledge. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 373 (2055) 0462, 20140462. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2014.0462

Uncertainty as knowledge

2015

Journal Article

When, not if: The inescapability of an uncertain climate future

Ballard, Timothy and Lewandowsky, Stephan (2015). When, not if: The inescapability of an uncertain climate future. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 373 (2055) 0464, 20140464. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2014.0464

When, not if: The inescapability of an uncertain climate future

2012

Book Chapter

Measuring affect over time: the momentary affect scale

Gee, Phillip, Ballard, Timothy, Yeo, Gillian and Neal, Andrew (2012). Measuring affect over time: the momentary affect scale. Experiencing and managing emotions in the workplace. (pp. 141-173) edited by Neal M. Ashkanasy, Wilfred J. Zerbe and Charmine E. J. Härtel. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing. doi: 10.1108/S1746-9791(2012)0000008010

Measuring affect over time: the momentary affect scale

Funding

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2028
    Understanding the hidden costs of working long hours
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2025
    Designing work roles for crew operating multiple unmanned aircraft
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2022
    Modelling distributed multi-agent decision making: Phase 4
    Commonwealth Defence Science and Technology Group
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2023
    An integrated theory of goal prioritisation: Modelling complex experience based decisions under uncertainty
    Universities Australia - Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    Modelling tactical decision making in the undersea environment
    Commonwealth Defence Science and Technology Group
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    Modelling distributed multi-agent decision making: Phase 2
    Commonwealth Defence Science and Technology Group
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    Goal pursuit decisions under environmental and social uncertainty (ARC Discovery Project administered by the University of Western Australia)
    University of Western Australia
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2020
    Submarine Crewing Systems: Improved submariner endurance and performance in the face of a work system and technology change (DSTG grant led by Curtin University)
    Curtin University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Decision Architectures for Distributed Tactical Systems: Phase 1 (Feasibility study)
    Commonwealth Defence Science and Technology Group
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2022
    A new state of the art for understanding dynamic self-regulation
    ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Mathematical modelling of human fatigue in undersea operations
    University of Western Australia
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

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Available projects

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    A data-driven approach to reorganising the workweek: examining the relationship between work hours and mental health over time

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Prioritising goals in dynamic and contested environments: multi-tasking and the MGPM* under conditions of friction

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Andrew Neal

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Influence of Brain Stimulation on Metacognition

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Hannah Filmer, Professor Paul Dux

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Multiple Decision Makers in the Pursuit of Multiple Goals

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Andrew Neal

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Exploring the effect of stimulus variability and noise on confidence judgments

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Hannah Filmer, Professor Paul Dux

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Enhancing Human-Automation Collaboration in Production Systems: Evaluating Cognitive & Physical Impacts for Future Work Design

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Andrew Neal

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Validating a computational model for designing work roles for crew operating unmanned aircraft.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Penelope Sanderson, Professor Andrew Neal

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Dynamics of Conflicting Processing: A Model-based Approach to Simon and Flanker Tasks

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr David Sewell

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Enhancing Human-Automation Collaboration in Production Systems: Evaluating Cognitive & Physical Impacts for Future Work Design

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Andrew Neal

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Considering the Design of Work for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crew

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Penelope Sanderson, Professor Andrew Neal

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Considering the Design of Work for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crew

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Penelope Sanderson, Professor Andrew Neal

Completed supervision

Media

Enquiries

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  • Climate change communication
  • Goal prioritisation
  • Multitasking

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