Prof. Simone Volet
Murdoch University, Australia
Professor of Educational Psychology
School of Education
Murdoch University, Australia
- Research, grounded in socio-cognitive, sociocultural and situative perspectives on learning, focuses on: the integration of cognitive, metacognitive, motivational and social aspects of learning at university and other adult learning settings; effective collaborative learning in student-led group activities at university; social dynamics of group work; learning and teaching in culturally diverse contexts; social cohesion on multicultural campuses; and the internationalisation of higher education curricula
- Published numerous book chapters and articles in international and national peer-refereed journals and co-edited a book in the EARLI Series Advances in Learning and Instruction, Motivation in Learning contexts: Theoretical advances and methodological implications (Elsevier, 2001)
- Currently serves as a member of several international editorial Boards as well as several international and national scientific research advisory Boards
- President of the Educational, Instructional and School Psychology Division of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP), past
- Was the first author of the journal article that received the inaugural “Outstanding Publication Award” of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction
