ProfessorPhil Riley

Phil Riley is Professor of Education Leadership at Deakin University's
[Research for Educational Impact](https://www.deakin.edu.au/redi) (REDI)
strategic research centre, where he researches the overlapping space of
psychology, education and leadership.

He is the Director and Chief Investigator for the [Principal Health and
Wellbeing Survey,](http://www.principalhealth.org/) Australia's first truly
independent research project mapping the occupational health, safety and
wellbeing of the nation's educational leaders. This annual longitudinal survey
was developed in response to growing concerns about principal and teacher
welfare and is conducted in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and most recently
Finland.

A former school principal, Phil Riley spent 16 years in schools before moving
to the tertiary sector. He researches the overlapping space of psychology,
education and leadership, producing over 200 publications and peer-reviewed
conference presentations. He has been awarded over $8 million in research
funding including three prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) Grants.

Phil's research was recognised with an inaugural Monash University Researcher
Accelerator award in 2010. This award funded the first two years of The
Australian Principal Health and Wellbeing Survey, the first independent
research project into principals' occupational health and wellbeing. He has
since won the Dean's Award for Excellence by an Early Career Researcher, and
the award for Excellence in Innovation and External Collaboration, at Monash
University in 2011.

In 2015, Phil won the International Study Association of Teachers and Teaching
(ISATT) Award for Most Outstanding Article of 2014 with his co-author Andrea
Gallant. In 2017, Phil won the Australian Council for Educational Leadership
(ACEL) Researcher of the Year Award.

Phil has presented international Keynote addresses in Belgium, Canada,
Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa, and
over 100 invited Keynote addresses to industry groups in all states and
territories of Australia.

Phil has provided regular, detailed school leadership advice to every
department of education in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, including the
federal government via the Australian Institute of Teaching and School
Leadership (AITSL) Leadership Roundtable. Phil also provides regular advice to
the International Confederation of Principals' Executive.

The [Principal Health and Wellbeing Survey](http://www.principalhealth.org/)
is now conducted in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and most recently Finland.