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Ben Morrison is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences at Macquarie University, Australia. He earned his PhD from MARCS Laboratories at the University of Western Sydney in 2010, along with an MPsych (Org) and BPsych (Hons). As an endorsed Organisational Psychologist, he is a member of the Australian Psychological Society and a Fellow of the College of Organisational Psychologists. Morrison serves as a member of Macquarie University’s Performance and Expertise Research Centre and the Applied AI Research Centre. His career includes teaching roles in units such as Psychological Assessment and Evaluation, Applied Psychology in Human Resource Management, Psychology at Work, and Organisational Psychology.

Morrison’s research specializations centre on organisational psychology, with a focus on expertise development and the effects of emerging technologies on workplace performance. His work examines cue utilisation in expert judgement across domains including cyber security, driving, and sport, as well as barriers to the effective adoption of intelligent decision support systems in real-world and simulated settings. Key publications include “A cue-based processing approach to differentiating levels of safety performance in remotely piloted aircraft operations” (2026, Applied Ergonomics), “Adapting to renewable energy: a mixed methods exploration of safety culture and training needs in Australia’s electricity distribution industry” (2026, Journal of Safety Research), “Drivers' cue utilisation as a moderator for the impact of smartwatch distraction on driving performance” (2026, Transportation Research Part F), “Cross-task cue utilization in uncrewed aerial vehicle operations” (2025, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics), and “Like shooting phish in a barrel: cue utilization and cognitive reflection aid performance in controlled, but not naturalistic phishing tasks” (2025, Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making). He has received the Best Article Award from the Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making (2016, shared with D. Johnston), Best Paper at the ACAP Conference (2019, shared with J. Innes), and the Macquarie University Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences Education Innovation Award (2024). Morrison has presented on topics such as workers’ cognitive compatibility with decision support systems, phishing susceptibility, and the future of work involving artificial intelligence.