Rate My Professor Lisette Kanse

Currently, she coordinates the Graduate Certificate in Business Psychology and the Master of Business Psychology programs at UWA, teaching into postgraduate courses in psychology, human sciences, business, and engineering. Her teaching excellence has been recognized with the UWA Faculty of Science Award for Excellence in Teaching - Individual in 2020, Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in 2021, UWA School of Psychological Science Postgraduate Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning in 2021, and Postgraduate Teaching Achievement Awards in 2019 and 2017. Kanse's research examines human performance at work, focusing on work design for individuals and teams, virtual and remote work, human factors, and work health and safety aspects like safety climate, behaviors, error orientation, procedure and competency management, and near miss reporting. Her projects, conducted in collaboration with the resources sector and not-for-profits, have influenced organizational changes. Notable recent publications include "Interdependence in Virtual Teams—A Double-Edged Sword?" (Small Group Research, 2024), "The attributes of effective safety storytelling: measurement and conceptual advancement" (Safety Science, 2025), "Yarning sessions to facilitate cultural responsiveness..." (Australian Psychologist, 2025), "Suicidal thoughts and behaviours among construction workers..." (Journal of Affective Disorders, 2026), and "It’s Not My Responsibility: Working with Autonomy-Restricting Algorithms..." (Journal of Business Ethics, 2026).