Professor Paul Salmon

Professor Human Factors

PhD (Human Factors) Brun., MSc (Applied Ergonomics) Sund., BSc (Sports Science) Sund.

Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science, Deputy Director

Paul is a professor of Human Factors and creator of the Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science at the University of the Sunshine Coast. He has almost 25 years’ experience of applied Human Factors and systems science research in a diverse set of domains.

Paul has co-authored 23 books and over 300 peer reviewed journal articles. His current research interests are focused on the application of Human Factors and systems science to manage societal and global risks. Paul has received several prestigious awards from the International, Australian, US, and UK Human Factors and Ergonomics societies, and for the past 5 years The Australian has identified him as Australia’s field leader in the area of quality and reliability.

Selected recent publications (see publications page for full list)

Salmon, P. M., Read, G. J. M., Walker, G. H., Lenne, M. G., Stanton, N. A. (2018). Distributed Situation Awareness in Road Transport: Theory, Measurement, and Application to Intersection Design. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Salmon, P. M., Read, G. J. M., Beanland, V., Thompson, J., Filtness, A., Hulme, A., McClure, R., Johnston, I. (2019). Bad behaviour or societal failure? Perceptions of the factors contributing to drivers’ engagement in the fatal five driving behaviours. Applied Ergonomics, 74, 162-171.

Salmon, P. M., & Read, G. J. M. (2018). Using principles from the past to solve the problems of the future: human factors and sociotechnical systems thinking in the design of future work. Human Factors and Ergonomics in the Manufacturing and Service Industries, 28, 277-280.

Stanton, N. A., Salmon, P. M, Walker, G. H., Salas, E., Hancock, P. (2017). State-of-the-science: Situation Awareness Models. Ergonomics, 60:4, 449-466

Top cited publications

Stanton, N. A., Salmon, P. M., Rafferty, L. & Walker, G. H. (2013). Human factors methods: A practical guide for engineering and design. 2nd Edition, Ashgate, Aldershot, UK

Stanton, N. A., Stewart, R., Harris, D., Houghton, R. J., Baber, C., McMaster, R., Salmon, P. M., Hoyle, G., Walker, G. H., Young, M. S., Linsell, M., Dymott, R., & Green, D. (2006). Distributed situation awareness in dynamic systems: theoretical development and application of an ergonomics methodology. Ergonomics, Vol 49, pp. 1288 – 1311.

Salmon, P. M., Stanton, N., Walker, G., & Green, D. (2006). Situation awareness measurement: A review of applicability for C4i environments. Applied Ergonomics, Vol 37, 2, pp. 225-238.

Stanton, N.A., & Salmon, P. M. (2009). Human error taxonomies applied to driving: a generic driver error taxonomy and its implications for intelligent transport systems. Safety Science. 47:2, pp. 227-237.

Salmon, P. M., Stanton, N. A., Walker, G. H., Jenkins, D. P., Ladva, D., Rafferty, L., Young, M. S. (2009). Measuring situation awareness in complex systems: Comparison of measures study. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 39, pp. 490-500.