Mrs Elise Crawford School of Human, Health and Social Sciences

CQUniNEWS 2010, Research students have designs on Paris conference, 14 October 2010.

Safety Institute of Australia Inc. 2011, Three-minute thesis competition winner 2011, prOHnewS - Newsletter of the Health and Safety Professionals Alliance (HaSPA) - May 2011.

CQUniNEWS 2011, Iris researchers eye the prize, 8 December 2011.

CQUniNEWS 2010, Elise's risky business for railways' paper earns award, 15 November 2010.

CQUniNEWS 2011, Dealing with the threats of new technology, 29 April 2011.

Carroll 2011, 'Projects vital to growth', Capricorn Mirror, 29 March 2011.

The Morning Bulletin 2011, Elise's award, 30 April 2011.

IRIS Newsletter 2011, IRIS student wins 3-minute thesis competition, issue 1, July 2011.

Jordan Ferrier Memorial Prize - CQUniversity, Australia, 2008

• For the highest GPA in Health and Safety and Human Performance

Birmingham University Scholarship - Birmingham University, 2011

• For paper presentation at the 27th Annual Q Conference

Research Presentation winner - Institute for Resource Industries and Sustainability (IRIS) CQUniversity, Australia, 2011

• Winner of the student presentation at the IRIS Annual Conference

Australian Postgraduate Research Award - CQUniversity, Australia (2010-2012)

• PhD Scholarship sponsored by the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

Ken Provins Award - Human Factors & Ergonomics Society of Australia, 2010

• Best paper presented at the 46th Annual Conference

Three Minute Thesis Safety in Action Conference, Melbourne, 2011

• Winner for the Student Researcher category

Elise is currently a lecturer in Occupational Health and Safety at CQUniversity, Australia. Prior to this Elise worked for Workplace Health and Safety Queensland as a regional Work Health and Safety Advisor. Elise has been a teacher (speech & drama, and piano) for over twenty years, and has held safety positions in the education, government and mining sectors.

Safety Institute of Australia - Chartered Professional

National Safety Council of Australia

BP Group - Certified Process Professional®

Human Factors Ergonomics Society of Australia - Student membership

Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists - Student membership

Railway Technical Society of Australasia - Student membership

Lecturer in Occupational Health and Safety Science

2008 Highest GPA in Health and Safety and Human Performance - CQUniversity, Australia

2010 Best paper presented at the 46th Human Factors & Ergonomics Society of Australia Annual Conference

2011 Best research presentation at the Institute for Resource Industries and Sustainability (IRIS) Annual Conference, CQUniversity, Australia

2011 Best Three Minute Thesis (Research student category) at the Safety in Action Conference, Melbourne

Crawford & Wu 2011, Report - Wayfinding in the rail environment: technology and behaviour review, CRC for Rail Innovation.

Crawford, Toft & Kift 2011, 'Online solutions for Q research involving global corporations', Poster for the 27th Annual Q Conference, Birmingham, UK.

Crawford, Toft & Kift 2010, 'New technology adoption: risk business for the railways', Poster for the 46th Annual HFESA Conference, Twin Waters.

Crawford, Toft, Kift & Crawford 2010, ‘Entering the conceptual age: implication for control room operators and safety’, Proceedings of the International Control Room Design Conference 2010. Paris: IEHF & CCD Design and Ergonomics Ltd.

Crawford, Toft & Kift 2010, ‘New technology adoption: risky business for the railways’, Proceedings of the 46th Annual Conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia. Sydney: HFESA Inc.

Crawford, E 2013, 'Designing Resilience into Railway Control Rooms', Proceedings of the Inaugural Control Room Design and Operations Conference, Sydney.

Crawford, Toft & Kift 2011, Q methodology - a good sort for global corporations, presentation for the 27th Annual Q Conference, Birmingham, UK.

Crawford 2011, 'Improving safety through functional socio-technical systems: human factors concerns', presentation for the Annual IRIS conference, Rockhampton.

Crawford, Toft, Kift & Crawford 2010, ‘Entering the conceptual age: implication for control room operators and safety’, Presentation for the International Control Room Design Conference 2010. Paris.

Safety systems, organisational resilience, human factors, socio-technical systems and functional design, risk management, brain friendly learning , and looking for ways to optimise human performance.