Rate My Professor Lisette Kanse

Dr Lisette Kanse is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychological Science within the Faculty of Science at the University of Western Australia. She earned her PhD from Eindhoven University of Technology in January 2004, with a thesis titled "Recovery uncovered: How people in the chemical process industry recover from failures." Prior degrees include an MSc in Industrial Safety Management from the University of Central Missouri in 1995 and an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management Science from Eindhoven University of Technology in 1994. Kanse has extensive experience in research, training, and consultancy in human and organisational factors across industries such as chemical processing, oil and gas, mining, rail transport, and healthcare in Europe and Australia.

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).