Media Appearances

22 February 2024 – Article in Daily Mail (UK): "From sense of direction to rationality, the subtle differences between men and women's brains that you had NO idea about - after a fascinating study proved the sexes are 'wired differently'" [Link]

8 May 2023 – Article on Snow Brains: “Understanding the challenges women face in split boarding” [Link]

17 January 2023 – Article on ABC News: “With the new frontier in workplace flexibility, is the nine-to-five office work day dead at last?[Link] 

05 January 2023 – Article in Wirtschaftswoche (Germany) about my research on circadian leadership: “Im Uhrzeigersinn” [Link] 

05 January 2023 Interview on ABC Radio Newcastle: “Are you a morning or evening person?” [Link]

02 December 2022 – Article in Harper's BAZAAR: “9 to 5 is so passé, flexible hours may boost productivity even more [Link]

29 November 2022 – Article on HRM Online (news site of the Australian HR Institute): “Employers favour ‘morning people’, finds research. Understanding chronotypes can bust this bias” [Link]

28 November 2022 – Interview on Joy Drive Radio Melbourne about chronotypes and work time flexibility [Link]

14 November 2022 – Article on InDaily: "Choice of hours is the next big thing in workplace flexibility" [Link]

14 November 2022 Podcast on Campus Review: "How does your body clock boost productivity?" [Link]

10 November 2022 – Article on Yahoo! News: "Morning or evening type? Choice of hours is the next big thing in workplace flexibility" [Link]

10 November 2022 – Interview on ABC Radio Newcastle about body clocks and flexible work arrangements [Link] 

10 November 2022 – Article in The Conversation: "Morning or evening type? Choice of hours is the next big thing in workplace flexibility" [Link]

08 June 2021 – MSN (UK): "Men more likely 'to make extreme choices and decisions'" [Link] 

07 June 2021 – Article in Hindustan Times (India): "Here's why men make more extreme choices, decisions than women" [Link] 

03 June 2021 - Article in Northern Territory News: "Men likely to go extreme"

03 June 2021 - Article in Courier Mail: "Men are extreme" 

01 June 2021 - Interview on ABC Radio National about more extreme decision making of men [Link] 

01 June 2021 – Article in Australian Financial Review: "Male investors more likely to go to extremes" [Link]

09 April 2021 – Article in Revue Gestion (Canada): "Performant le matin ou le soir?" [Link]

19 January 2021 – Article in Psychology Today: "The key difference in how men and women cooperate" [Link]

09 January 2021 – Article in Tages Anzeiger (Switzerland): "Unter Männern gibt es mehr Deppen, aber auch mehr Genies" [Link]

04 January 2021 – Article in Psychology Today: "Do women "play nicer" than men?" [Link]

28 December 2020 – Article in Forbes Magazine: "Men are more likely to behave in an “all or nothing” way, according to new psychological research" [Link]

06 May 2020 - Interview on Prime7 Television about offices reopening after Covid19 [Link]

27 April 2020 – Article in Australian Financial Review: "Six tips for surviving working at home with kids" [Link]

23 April 2020 – Article in The Conversation: "Coronavirus contact-tracing apps: most of us won’t cooperate unless everyone does" [Link]

09 April 2020 – Article in Australian Financial Review: "Working from home is a productivity disaster" [Link]

28 March 2020 – Article on ABC News: "How coronavirus could reshape the way Australians work forever" [Link]

08 November 2019 – Comment in Sydney Morning Herald: "Gains to be made from getting work in sync with our circadian rhythms" [Link]

29 August 2019 - Interview on ABC Radio Western Plains NSW about how individual body clocks, or chronotypes, impact when people perform best at work

08 June 2019 - Article on Nine Coach: "Why you should convince your boss to let you sleep in" [Link]

07 June 2019 - Article on Nine Coach: "You love a sleep-in, but your partner likes to rise early. Is your relationship doomed?" [Link]

16 January 2019 – Article in Gulf News (UAE): "Seeking well-rested, more productive workers" [Link]

14 January 2019 – Article in O Globo (Brazil): "Mudança no horário de trabalho deixa funcionários mais produtivos" [Link]

11 January 2019 – Article in The Guardian (UK): "Why we should be watching the sun, not the clock" [Link]

07 January 2019 - Sarasota Herald-Tribune (US): "Scientists find workers on natural schedules are more efficient" [Link]

02 January 2019 - Seattle Times (US): "New office hours aim for well rested, more productive workers" [Link]

29 December 2018 - Business Times (Singapore): "New office hours aim for well rested, more productive workers" [Link]

26 December 2018 - La Repubblica (Italy): "Allodole e gufi, l'orario di lavoro è fatto su misura dei dipendenti" [Link]

26 December 2018 - Business Insider (Germany): "Anyone who needs an alarm clock to wake up for work is 'out of sync' with their body, and some companies are realizing it's a major problem" [Link]

25 December 2018 - New York Times (US): "New office hours aim for well rested, more productive workers" [Link]

26 August 2018 - New York Times (US) about our research on chronotype diversity and team energetic asynchrony: "Maybe your sleep problem isn’t a problem" [Link]

28 July 2018 - Sydney Morning Herald [Link], The Age [Link], Canberra Times [Link], Brisbane Times [Link], and WA Today [Link]: "Australia is in the grip of a sleeplessness epidemic"

15 June 2018 - Whimn: "Women have the energy to get it done four days out of 10, study says" [Link]

28 March 2018 - Article in Svenska Dagbladet (Sweden): "Forskare: Nattugglor borde få börja jobba senare på dagen"(Researchers: Night owls should start working later in the day) [Link]

01 November 2017 - Article in INTHEBLACK Magazine: "Can your body clock make you less productive at work?" [Link]

19 June 2017 - Article in South China Morning Post (HK): "Stefan Volk and Circadian Rhythms" [Link]

31 May 2017 - Article in China Daily: "Study says offices would be more productive if bosses accepted that all body clocks are different" [Link]

30 May 2017 - Article about working times and body clocks in Sohu (China) [Link]

30 May 2017 - Article in HR Daily: "HR urged to consider biorhythms when organising work and teams" [Link]

29 May 2017 - Article in HCA Mag: "How biorhythms impact workplace safety and teamwork" [Link]

24 May 2017 - Article in Prima (UK): "If you're this type of person, you'd benefit from working later" [Link]

23 May 2017 - Article in Daily Mail (UK): "Night owls should start work later: Study says offices would be more productive if bosses accepted that all body clocks are different" [Link]

23 May 2017 - Article in The Independent (UK): "Night Owls should start work later, research says" [Link]

22 May 2017 - Article in Huffington Post (UK): "Night Owls, Scientists Have Put Forward A Solid Case For You To Start Working Later" [Link]

19 May 2017 - Report on ABC News (National TV) "Differences in body clocks can determine whether people perform better in the morning or evening" [Link 1] [Link 2]

19 May 2017 - Article in Sydney Morning Herald [Link], The Age [Link], Canberra Times [Link], Brisbane Times [Link], Newcastle Herald [Link], Stuff (NZ) [Link] and WA Today [Link]: "Work schedules and team selection should take account of body clock time"

19 May 2017 - Interview about how workplaces could capitalise on people with different body clocks on ABC Radio (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane), 3AW Melbourne, 2GB Sydney, 6PR Perth, 2CC Canberra, Power FM Illawarra, More FM (NZ)

01 May 2017 - Article in Qantas Magazine "How social media muddies the professional waters" [Link]

26 August 2016 - Interview on Channel 10 Television News about creative chaos [Link]

26 August 2016 - Article about messy desks and creativity in Sydney Morning Herald [Link], The Age [Link], Canberra Times [Link], Brisbane Times [Link], Stuff (NZ) [Link] and WA Today [Link]

30 January 2016 - Article in Courier Mail and Adelaide Advertiser "Just too brainy to be smart" [Link]

08 December 2015 - Article in Wall Street Journal about our research on specific cognitive abilities required by particular jobs "How Your Job Can Make You Smarter" [Link]

15 October 2015 - Interview on 4CA AM Cairns about how intelligence tests used by employers and recruiters don't always produce the best people for the job [Link]

14 October 2015 - Article in Human Capital Magazine "Can intelligence tests really help you to choose smart candidates?" [Link AUS],[Link NZ]

13 October 2015 - Interview on 891 ABC Adelaide about new neuroscience based intelligence measures [Link]

09 October 2015 - Article in Business Insider "Those job intelligence tests often don't pick the best person" [Link]

09 October 2015 - Article in Sydney Business Connect "Brain drain and brain gain in the workplace" [Link]

08 October 2015 - Interview on 2UE Radio about new neuroscience inspired approaches to workplace intelligence [Link]

31 Juli 2015 - Interview on SBS Radio (German language service) "In conversation: The implications of working in a second language" [Link]

23 Juli 2015 - Interview on SBS Radio (German language service) about whether Australians are more relaxed in the workplace than Germans [Link]

21 Juli 2015 - Report on SBS Television World News "Are multilingual workers more stressed?" [Link]

20 Juli 2015 - Report on SBS World News Radio "Are multilingual workers more stressed?" [Link English], [Link Mandarin], [Link Farsi], [Link Filipino], [Link Sinhalese], [Link Kannada], [Link Estonian], [Link Thai], [Link Croatian], [Link Spanish], [Link Arabic], [Link Tamil], [Link Hungarian]

10 Juli 2015 - Interview on SBS Radio (German language service) "In conversation: Are you a morning or an evening person?" [Link]

11 June 2015 - Interview on SBS Radio about communication barriers in professional workplaces where employees use a non-native language [Link]

09 June 2015 - Interview on ABC Radio National about how working in a non-native language causes greater mental strain [Link]

03 June 2015 - Interview on Radio 5AA Adelaide about problems associated with using a second language in the workplace [Link]