SMAANZ HDR Hour - Friday March 25th, 2022, 2pm AEDT

Chelsey Taylor
Chelsey is in the final year of her PhD partnered with AFL and works full time as a “pracademic” with Oceania Football Confederation as the Social Responsibility Impact Manager. In this role she manages the research, measurement, evaluation and impact across Football throughout the Oceania region. This role is actively using and building on theoretical frameworks from within the Sport For Development literature, and linking research to clear practical outcomes.

Dr Dan Pelchen

Dan is a performance data analyst who specialises in Talent ID. He completed his PhD in Human Resource Analytics at Deakin University. Dan has previously worked for Collingwood Football Club and Chelsea Football Club. He now consults to a number of football clubs and leagues across Australia, the UK and Europe. Dan’s work is focused on developing accessible data analytics that can be used in an intuitive way by front-line decision-makers toward athlete and team profiling. 

Joesph Nolan

After completing his undergraduate degree in Business in 2015 (majoring in Sport Management and Marketing), Joseph undertook an Honours project in partnership with the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) where he was awarded the Griffith University Medal for excellence in research. Now in the final year of his PhD, which has explored stakeholder relationships in sport, Joseph has continued to work closely with the QAS as both a consultant and intern where he has been able to apply his research and management skills in an industry setting. 

Dr Matthew Lamont

Dr Matthew Lamont is a Research Fellow in the Australian Gambling Research Centre at the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Matthew's research applies a broad social sciences lens to leisure participation and extends into corporate social responsibility issues in sport.