Rate My Professor Neil Tippett

Dr. Neil Tippett is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at Adelaide University, part of the College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences. He earned his PhD from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, where his research investigated the socioecological correlates and outcomes of adolescent bullying. Prior to his current role, Tippett was a Lecturer in Learning Science and Development at the University of South Australia Education Futures and a full member of the Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion. His cross-disciplinary expertise spans Education, Psychology, and Public Health, with a focus on child and adolescent behaviour and wellbeing.

Tippett's research addresses critical areas including adolescent bullying and its socioecological correlates, school disciplinary practices, early career teacher induction, harmful sexual behaviours in children, refugee education, and school exclusions. He contributes to two Australian Research Council-funded national projects: one examining disciplinary practices in Australian government schools and another exploring induction experiences of early career teachers. Key publications include 'Socioeconomic status and bullying: a meta-analysis' (2014, American Journal of Public Health), 'Bullying in the family: sibling bullying' (2015, The Lancet Psychiatry), 'Cyberbullying: its nature and impact in secondary school pupils' (2008, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry), 'How policies of school exclusion frame practice: a comparative analysis of Australian state education policies' (2025, The Australian Educational Researcher), and 'Induction and the early career substitute teacher workforce: problems, confusion and possible solutions' (2026, Teachers and Teaching). His scholarship, cited over 5,700 times, has advanced understandings of bullying dynamics, educational equity, and teacher development. Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD students, he actively engages in teaching and research supervision.