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Transform work, performance and quality of life.

From training and technology to systems and policies. From recruitment, work design and wellbeing to leadership, safety and change management. We develop innovative, evidence-based solutions for evolving workplace challenges.

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Curtin Credential
Motivation at Work
Motivate your workplace post-pandemic using the latest theories, strategies and tools.

Course starts 28 April 2025

Shaping the future of workplaces
around the globe

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Find smarter ways to work, grow and thrive

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​At the Future of Work Institute (FOWI), here at Curtin University, we’re equipping Australian employers and employees to evolve and thrive in the ever-changing, technology-driven innovation age.

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Our collaborations transform capability, capacity and the bottom line.

Learning. Evolving. Performing. Thriving.

Our renowned research team at Curtin University brings a diverse range of academic and industry expertise to our partnerships with private and public-sector employers and employees.

 

Together with our partners, we conduct world-class research using innovative diagnostics tools and approaches, then apply it in the real world. Partner with us to be part of the transformation of work.

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A sneak peak into how we make a difference

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A SMARTer way to work

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Developed by ARC Laureate Fellow Sharon Parker, SMART is a model for designing meaningful, motivating work that delivers positive outcomes by focusing on five key criteria: Stimulating, Mastery, Agency, Relational, and Tolerable Demands.

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Our Research in Practice

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Thrive at Work is a world-first wellbeing initiative developed in partnership with leading mental health bodies and businesses. Together, we’ll design work that helps your employees and organisation thrive.

Unlock your potential and learn from accomplished researchers

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Are you passionate about helping to create smart, healthy and productive work?

By pursuing a PhD with us, you’ll make discoveries and turn them into real-world outcomes that are highly valued by academia, industry and society.

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Why pursue a PhD at FOWI?

What's happening

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SMART work design: The key to beating burnout

Burnout and disengagement are pressing challenges for workplaces worldwide, but latest research from the Centre for Transformative Work Design (CTWD) 

11 DEC 2024

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Patrick Dunlop: Is the job interview dead?

Patrick Dunlop is a professor at Curtin University's Future of Work Institute. Curtin will host Beyond the Buzz, an AI conference.

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16 NOV 2024

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Scientist of the Year Prof Sharon Parker

Professor Sharon Parker’s career has been remarkable. Sharon considers her research outside the norm for STEM, but the work she does impacts everyone, every day.

11 NOV 2024

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Contact Us

Future of Work Institute

Curtin Graduate School of Business 

78 Murray Street

Perth WA 6000


Telephone: +61 8 9266 4668

Email: fowi@curtin.edu.au

The Future of Work Institute (FoWI) promotes productive and meaningful work as essential foundations of a healthy economy and society.

FoWI’s researchers focus on how people contribute to and benefit from new knowledge and practices, and their mission is to support thriving people and organisations in the digital age.

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The Future of Work Institute acknowledges Whadjuk Nyungar people who remain Custodians of the lands on which we research, learn and collaborate.

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