Alan is a former senior lecturer and research fellow at the University of South Australia. He has a PhD in mathematical physics from Adelaide University. He was a senior research fellow in Aboriginal Research Institute with a particular focus on research into building indigenous capacities, especially in information technology.
Alan has an extensive background in the research degrees management, quantitative methods and in the development of learning technologies. He led a group of researchers investigating cognitive technologies in learning. He has published broadly and worked on many national research projects. He is currently Senior Research Fellow for the Application of Artificial Intelligence, particularly within organisational adaptation, practitioner research and research management at the Global Centre for Work Applied Learning.