BehaviourWorks Australia

Professor Liam Smith is the Director and co-founder of BehaviourWorks Australia (BWA). Prof Smith has also led the development of a unique research methodology (The Method), which is used to inform, develop, and design behaviour change interventions and improve their efficacy. He is on the executive of the Monash Sustainable Development Institute.

Prof Smith's research interests include waste resource management, biodiversity, spillover (how engaging in one positive behaviour affects the probability of engagement in a second behaviour), and the synthesis of research evidence to inform behaviour change strategies and social inclusion.

A/Professor Peter Bragge specialises in evidence reviews to support better decision making for policy and practice. He is Director of Monash Sustainable Development Institute’s Evidence Review Service (ERS), which delivers research and practice reviews to a diverse range of government and industry organisations. He also leads Monash Sustainable Development Institute’s collaboration with McMaster University in Canada to build the world’s largest evidence resource for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Social Systems Evidence (SSE).

Dr Fernanda Gomes Da Mata is a Research Fellow at BWA.  Fernanda’s primary research interests include human decision-making and behaviour change, evaluation of behaviour change interventions and strategies for scaling up effective interventions. Fernanda has developed an intimate understanding of how research programs can be executed and applied to provide evidence-based solutions to real-world problems.

Dr Fraser Tull is an applied behavioural scientist. For nearly a decade he has worked as a Research Fellow at BWA where he uses social science research methods to help government and industry achieve positive social, environmental and health outcomes. Fraser has strong research capabilities in developing and evaluating behaviour change interventions. He has designed and evaluated numerous interventions across a range of areas including health (e.g., immunisation, safety), environment (e.g., waste, energy) and compliance (e.g., business, transport). He also spends much of his time conducting formative research, including literature and practice reviews, survey, interview and observational research to better understand problems and identify drivers and barriers to desirable behaviours.