About
Dr Joseph Scott is a Senior Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy and lead of Health and Physical Education (HPE) at the University of Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia. Dr Scott is a registered teacher with the Queensland College of Teachers (QCT) and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) as well as a HEA mentor and assessor. Dr Scott is nationally recognised as a leader in the HPE discipline and has been invited to present keynote, symposium and paper presentations at national and international conferences in his field. Dr Scott has strong links with community and professional associations. He has held lead positions in the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) including board member and state-level President and over his career has run professional learning for thousands of Australian HPE teachers. He is also a committee member of the ACHPER Australian Health Promoting Schools Committee which partners field leaders and academics with state and territory government/public/state and independent schools in an attempt to provide direction and support in innovating whole school health promotion strategies to enhance the social, physical and mental health of Australian children and adolescents. Dr Scott is an established mid-career researcher with his work being nationally recognised and awarded. His PhD research focused on optimum protocols for physical activity measurement among adolescent populations. Dr Scott is one of the few people in Australia with an expertise in assessing physical activity both subjectively (with self-report questionnaires and focus groups); and objectively with digital health technologies (including research-grade pedometers and accelerometers) for populations in free-living environments. To date, he has received over a million dollars of research funding as a Chief Investigator including prestigious NMHRC Category I research funding. He has published widely in his field with the majority of his research (~90%) being published in top-tier (Q1/Q2) international journals. He is currently leading and collaborating on various state, national and international level projects focusing on physical and mental health promotion and education for young people with priority areas including: physical activity, cancer risk prevention, teacher education, screen usage, sleep and nutrition. Dr Scott is an accredited Masters and PhD supervisor and is supervising many students on projects related to these focus areas. He invites prospective HDR students to contact him via email if they are interested in masters or PhD supervision.