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A/ProfNik Thompson

Associate Professor

School of Management and Marketing

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  • Associate Professor
    School of Management and Marketing

BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH IMPACT

Associate Professor Nik Thompson leads the Discipline of Business Information Systems in the Faculty of Business and Law. He is a Senior Certified Professional of the Australian Computer Society and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He specialises in Human-Computer Interaction, conducting both technical and behavioural studies in areas including cybersecurity and AI. His research approach is quantitative, involving empirical measures of human behaviours and perceptions to support everyday individuals in a society where technology is ubiquitous.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Discipline Lead of Business Information Systems
    Curtin University, Australia1 Jan 2021 - present
  • Associate Professor
    Curtin University, School of Management and Marketing, Australia1 Jan 2021 - present
  • Senior Lecturer
    Curtin University, Australia1 Jun 2017 - 1 Jan 2021
  • Expert Advisor for Honours in Information Systems
    University of Jaffna, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka10 Jan 2019 - present
  • Adjunct Senior Lecturer
    Murdoch University, Perth, Australia30 Jun 2017 - present
  • Academic Chair of Cyber Forensics and Information Security
    Murdoch University, Australia1 Jan 2011 - 30 Jun 2017

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
  • MSc
    Murdoch University, Perth, Australia

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Certified Professional
    Australian Computer Society, Australia1 Jan 2011 - present
    Professional Certification for IT industry. Requires annual continuing professional development and industry experience to remain current.
  • Construction Industry White Card training
    Express Training (Provider 40592), Australia25 Jan 2017 - present
    Health and safety training required by industry clients in construction industry.

ROLE

  • Staff

SUPERVISOR LEVEL

  • Level 1 (Primary Supervisor): The lead academic responsible for overseeing the candidate's research and progress.

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • 3503 - Business systems in context
  • 3901 - Curriculum and pedagogy
  • 3904 - Specialist studies in education
  • 4407 - Policy and administration
  • 4604 - Cybersecurity and privacy
  • 4608 - Human-centred computing
  • 4609 - Information systems
  • 4610 - Library and information studies
  • 4804 - Law in context
  • 5204 - Cognitive and computational psychology

DEPARTMENT

  • School of Management and Marketing