Realising human potential in a changing world
Understanding the complex nature of human performance and expertise, especially ways to assess, enhance and future proof human potential.
About us
The Macquarie University Performance and Expertise Centre is an applied research centre specialising in human expertise and performance.
We draw on our world-leading research into the complex nature of skill acquisition, maintenance and deployment to develop state-of-the-art expertise assessment and training systems. In doing so, we help businesses more effectively assess and develop their employees’ expertise and performance to meet the unique and evolving challenges of the modern world.
Our research priorities
Our vision is to become the world’s leading research centre directed towards:
- understanding the complex nature of expertise, its maintenance and decay
- developing state-of-the-art expertise training and assessment systems.
Central to achieving this vision is strengthening the centre’s research capabilities and partnerships across seven domains:
Enhancing and sustaining physical performance
- Discovering how training, technology and human performance science can enhance physical capability, reduce injury and sustain peak performance under demanding conditions.
Optimising human cognition and expertise
- Understanding how people acquire, apply and maintain expertise and how emerging technologies can enhance learning, decision-making and cognitive performance.
Building resilience in individuals and teams
- Developing the strategies, tools and environments that help individuals and teams adapt, recover and perform effectively through stress, disruption and uncertainty.
Human–machine collaboration for performance and safety
- Designing smarter human-technology partnerships that enhance decision-making and performance while reducing risk in complex and high-stakes environments.
Training for future workforces
- Reimagining training and assessment using evidence-based approaches and emerging technologies to build the skills and capabilities needed for the future of work.
Expertise in high-risk and high-stakes environments
- Understanding and strengthening how people think, decide and perform under pressure, enabling expertise to be applied effectively when the stakes are highest.
Designing workplaces for human performance and wellbeing
- Creating workplaces, systems and cultures that support human performance, wellbeing and productivity as work evolves alongside AI and automation.
Our objectives
Our mission is to identify, assess, enhance and future-proof the performance and expertise of individuals, teams and organisations. We bring together interdisciplinary expertise in:
- human performance and expertise assessment
- skill acquisition, learning and expertise development
- cognition, perception, attention and decision-making
- training assessment, design and evaluation
- behavioural measurement and sensor-based tracking
- physiological and neurophysiological measurement
- biomechanics, physical performance and injury prevention
- advanced data analytics and computational modelling
- artificial intelligence and machine learning
- human–AI and human–machine teaming
- simulation, virtual reality and augmented reality
- human factors and technology integration
- workplace, job and work-process design
- individual, team and organisational resilience
- product, user experience and human-centred assessment
- evidence-based education, coaching and pedagogical approaches.
16 University Avenue, Macquarie University
Wallumattagal Campus NSW 2109