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# Adam Hulme

**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/35010
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Dr

# Adam Hulme

Email:
:   [a.hulme@uq.edu.au](mailto:a.hulme@uq.edu.au)

Phone:
:   [\*](tel:*)

## Positions

Core Member of Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing
:   Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

ARC DECRA
:   Southern Queensland Rural Health
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

## Overview

### Background

**Overview**

Dr Adam Hulme studies complex adaptive systems and applies methods and models from the systems and complexity sciences to policy-resistant issues in various domains. His current interests lie in the areas of regional, rural and remote health and public health more broadly. Dr Hulme prefers to adopt a *systems thinking* or holistic perspective over a reductionist one, as doing so is to consider the whole system, or multiple interacting elements of it, as the primary unit of analysis. As an expert in systems modelling and analysis, Dr Hulme has applied an extensive list of over 20 qualitative and quantitative systems science approaches to address complex problems that threaten to disrupt performance and safety within various sociotechnical systems contexts. This includes the use of System Dynamics modelling and simulation, which is a relatively distinctive approach and practiced deeply by a select few inter/nationally. He is the #1 mid-career researcher in Australia (#10 nationally), for the topic ‘systems analysis’, placing him in the top 0.033% of 208,280 published authors worldwide on this topic (Expertscape).

**Background**

Dr Hulme is a Research Fellow and School Research Chair at Southern Queensland Rural Health (SQRH), Toowoomba, Queensland. He has qualifications in Sports and Exercise Science (BSc HONS; England), Health Promotion (MA; Australia), and obtained a PhD in Sports Injury Epidemiology and Systems Human Factors in August 2017 (Ballarat, Victoria, Australia). His doctoral program was completed at the Australian Collaboration for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (Federation University Australia), which is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as a world leading research centre.

Following his PhD, Dr Hulme spent four years as a Post-Doctoral researcher at the Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems (CHFSTS) at the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC). In this role, he conceived, led, developed, and published the world’s first Agent-Based Model (ABM; *complex systems microsimulation*) of running injury causation in the sports sciences alongside an international multidisciplinary author team. Dr Hulme has also published multiple peer reviewed systems modelling and analysis applications to address various systems problems in leading international journals.

As a result of his achievements, Dr Hulme was offered employment as a full-time Research Fellow on an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery project though the CHFSTS. It was during this time that he worked on the theoretical development and testing of state-of-the-art systems-based safety management methods in an effort to overcome known limitations with traditional and reductive scientific approaches. Dr Hulme has applied systems-based risk assessment and incident analysis methods to multiple work domains, including defence, construction, healthcare, manufacturing, mining, sports, transportation (e.g., road, rail, aviation, maritime), and general workplace safety.

**Current role**

In his current role at SQRH, Dr Hulme is advancing the complexity science and systems thinking research agenda in the area of regional, rural and remote health. He is using conceptual-qualitative and computational-quantitative System Dynamics modelling to holistically map and analyse the behaviours that occur within complex rural health systems. Dr Hulme was recently awarded a highly competitive ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award (DE 2024) to explore how climate change and extreme weather events may further impact the rural health workforce maldistribution crisis using systems science methodologies. He warmly welcomes collaborations with other researchers, both within and outside of the UQ network, and is readily available to discuss potential HDR projects that involve systems and complexity science applications to any problem in most domains.

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### Availability

Dr Adam Hulme is:
:   Available for supervision

### Fields of research

[Epidemiological methods](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5320)
[Epidemiology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4897)
[Health Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4759)
[Health equity](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=6577)
[Health promotion](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=6145)
[Injury prevention](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5524)
[Psychology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4754)
[Public health](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4898)
[Social determinants of health](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=6160)
[Sports science and exercise](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4986)

## Works

[Search Professor Adam Hulme’s works on UQ eSpace](http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/list/author_id/7628044)

[All
(69)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/35010/all)
[Book
(2)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/35010/4747)
[Journal Article
(59)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/35010/4748)
[Conference Publication
(4)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/35010/4751)
[Book Chapter
(4)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/35010/4752)

2024

Journal Article

##### Efficacy of a student-led interprofessional health clinic in regional Australia for preventing and managing chronic disease

Hulme, Adam, Sangelaji, Bahram, Walker, Clara, Fallon, Tony, Denham, Joshua, Martin, Priya, Woodruffe, Steve, Bell, Kate, Aniftos, Michelle, Kirkpatrick, Jayne, Cotter, Nicola, Osborn, Dayle and Argus, Geoff (2024). Efficacy of a student-led interprofessional health clinic in regional Australia for preventing and managing chronic disease. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 38 (5), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2024.2380436

[Efficacy of a student-led interprofessional health clinic in regional Australia for preventing and managing chronic disease](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:682279a)

Featured

2023

Book

##### Handbook of systems thinking methods

Salmon, Paul M., Stanton, Neville A., Walker, Guy H., Hulme, Adam, Goode, Natassia, Thompson, Jason and Read, Gemma J. M. (2023). Handbook of systems thinking methods. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9780429281624

[Handbook of systems thinking methods](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:16b8a36)

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2021

Journal Article

##### Are accident analysis methods fit for purpose? Testing the criterion-referenced concurrent validity of AcciMap, STAMP-CAST and AcciNet

Hulme, Adam, Stanton, Neville A., Walker, Guy H., Waterson, Patrick and Salmon, Paul M. (2021). Are accident analysis methods fit for purpose? Testing the criterion-referenced concurrent validity of AcciMap, STAMP-CAST and AcciNet. Safety Science, 144 105454, 105454. doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105454

[Are accident analysis methods fit for purpose? Testing the criterion-referenced concurrent validity of AcciMap, STAMP-CAST and AcciNet](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9b7afcb)

Featured

2020

Journal Article

##### The big picture on accident causation: A review, synthesis and meta-analysis of AcciMap studies

Salmon, Paul M., Hulme, Adam, Walker, Guy H., Waterson, Patrick, Berber, Elise and Stanton, Neville A. (2020). The big picture on accident causation: A review, synthesis and meta-analysis of AcciMap studies. Safety Science, 126 104650, 104650. doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104650

[The big picture on accident causation: A review, synthesis and meta-analysis of AcciMap studies](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9ce2660)

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2019

Journal Article

##### Sports organizations as complex systems: using cognitive work analysis to identify the factors influencing performance in an elite netball organization

Hulme, Adam, McLean, Scott, Read, Gemma J. M., Dallat, Clare, Bedford, Anthony and Salmon, Paul M. (2019). Sports organizations as complex systems: using cognitive work analysis to identify the factors influencing performance in an elite netball organization. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 1. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2019.00056

[Sports organizations as complex systems: using cognitive work analysis to identify the factors influencing performance in an elite netball organization](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:aa23c7f)

Featured

2019

Journal Article

##### Towards a complex systems approach in sports injury research: Simulating running-related injury development with agent-based modelling

Hulme, Adam, Thompson, Jason, Nielsen, Rasmus Oestergaard, Read, Gemma J.M. and Salmon, Paul M. (2019). Towards a complex systems approach in sports injury research: Simulating running-related injury development with agent-based modelling. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 53 (9), 560-569. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-098871

[Towards a complex systems approach in sports injury research: Simulating running-related injury development with agent-based modelling](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:5019e6e)

Featured

2017

Journal Article

##### From control to causation: validating a ‘complex systems model’ of running-related injury development and prevention

Hulme, A., Salmon, P. M., Nielsen, R. O., Read, G. J.M. and Finch, C. F. (2017). From control to causation: validating a ‘complex systems model’ of running-related injury development and prevention. Applied Ergonomics, 65, 345-354. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2017.07.005

[From control to causation: validating a ‘complex systems model’ of running-related injury development and prevention](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:d480dc3)

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2017

Journal Article

##### Risk and protective factors for middle- and long-distance running-related injury

Hulme, Adam, Nielsen, Rasmus Oestergaard, Timpka, Toomas, Verhagen, Evert and Finch, Caroline (2017). Risk and protective factors for middle- and long-distance running-related injury. Sports Medicine, 47 (5), 869-886. doi: 10.1007/s40279-016-0636-4

[Risk and protective factors for middle- and long-distance running-related injury](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9bb5221)

2025

Journal Article

##### The Qualitative Systems Exploration Model ( <scp>QSEM</scp> ): A New Framework to Support the Structural Analysis of Causal Loop Diagrams Within Participatory System Dynamics

Hulme, Adam, Radley, Duncan, Brown, Andrew D., Rajah, Jefferson K., Kopainsky, Birgit, Crielaard, Loes, Koorts, Harriet and Nobles, James (2025). The Qualitative Systems Exploration Model (
QSEM
): A New Framework to Support the Structural Analysis of Causal Loop Diagrams Within Participatory System Dynamics. System Dynamics Review, 42 (1) e70015. doi: 10.1002/sdr.70015

[The Qualitative Systems Exploration Model (
<scp>QSEM</scp>
): A New Framework to Support the Structural Analysis of Causal Loop Diagrams Within Participatory System Dynamics](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:eec5388)

2025

Journal Article

##### Special Issue Editorial: Digital Interventions to Improve Rural Health Outcomes

Batterham, Philip J., Farrer, Louise M., Woods, Leanna, Larsen, Mark E., Martin, Priya and Hulme, Adam (2025). Special Issue Editorial: Digital Interventions to Improve Rural Health Outcomes. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 33 (6) e70110, e70110. doi: 10.1111/ajr.70110

[Special Issue Editorial: Digital Interventions to Improve Rural Health Outcomes](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ab2309d)

2025

Journal Article

##### Mixed methods systematic review of consumer engagement in rural health practice, research, and education

Broadhurst, Talisker, Cha, Yu Jin, Bartlett, Caitlin, Van Heerden, Johanna, Smith, Lauren, Lizarondo, Lucylynn, McGrail, Matthew, Nasir, Bushra, Hulme, Adam, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas and Martin, Priya (2025). Mixed methods systematic review of consumer engagement in rural health practice, research, and education. Health Promotion International, 40 (4) daaf140, 1-15. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daaf140

[Mixed methods systematic review of consumer engagement in rural health practice, research, and education](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:44531c1)

2025

Journal Article

##### How much running is too much? Identifying high-risk running sessions in a 5200-person cohort study

Schuster Brandt Frandsen, Jesper, Hulme, Adam, Parner, Erik Thorlund, Møller, Merete, Lindman, Ida, Abrahamson, Josefin, Sjørup Simonsen, Nina, Sandell Jacobsen, Julie, Ramskov, Daniel, Skejø, Sebastian, Malisoux, Laurent, Bertelsen, Michael Lejbach and Nielsen, Rasmus Oestergaard (2025). How much running is too much? Identifying high-risk running sessions in a 5200-person cohort study. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 59 (17), bjsports-2024. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2024-109380

[How much running is too much? Identifying high-risk running sessions in a 5200-person cohort study](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e7eda7c)

2025

Journal Article

##### Systems human factors and ergonomics methods: applications, outcomes, and future directions

Jackson, Samantha L., Read, Gemma J. M., Hulme, Adam and Salmon, Paul M. (2025). Systems human factors and ergonomics methods: applications, outcomes, and future directions. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, 35 (3) e70002. doi: 10.1002/hfm.70002

[Systems human factors and ergonomics methods: applications, outcomes, and future directions](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a962947)

2025

Book

##### Systems thinking methods in sport: practical guidance and case study applications

McLean, Scott, Naughton, Mitchell, Read, Gemma J. M., Stanton, Neville A., Hulme, Adam, Walker, Guy H. and Salmon, Paul M. (2025). Systems thinking methods in sport: practical guidance and case study applications. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003259473

[Systems thinking methods in sport: practical guidance and case study applications](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:67eb990)

2024

Journal Article

##### A paradigm shift in understanding overuse running-related injuries: findings from the Garmin-RUNSAFE Study Point to a Sudden Not Gradual Onset

Brandt Frandsen, Jesper Schuster, Simonsen, Nina Sjoerup, Hulme, Adam, Jacobsen, Julie Sandell and Nielsen, Rasmus Østergaard (2024). A paradigm shift in understanding overuse running-related injuries: findings from the Garmin-RUNSAFE Study Point to a Sudden Not Gradual Onset. JOSPT Open, 3 (1), 1-8. doi: 10.2519/josptopen.2024.0075

[A paradigm shift in understanding overuse running-related injuries: findings from the Garmin-RUNSAFE Study Point to a Sudden Not Gradual Onset](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:b142689)

2024

Journal Article

##### Evaluating the use of systems thinking methods in healthcare: a RE-AIM analysis of AcciMap and Net-HARMS

King, Brandon J., Read, Gemma J. M., Hulme, Adam, Chari, Satyan, Clay-Williams, Robyn, Plant, Katherine L., McCormack, Linda, Tresillian, Michael and Salmon, Paul M. (2024). Evaluating the use of systems thinking methods in healthcare: a RE-AIM analysis of AcciMap and Net-HARMS. Ergonomics, 68 (9), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2423170

[Evaluating the use of systems thinking methods in healthcare: a RE-AIM analysis of AcciMap and Net-HARMS](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:325f60a)

2024

Journal Article

##### Causation and control: Understanding distracted driving in Australia through a systems thinking lens

Abedi, Masoumeh, Read, Gemma J.M., McLean, Scott, Wynne, Rachael A., Hulme, Adam, Thompson, Jason, McClure, Rod and Salmon, Paul M. (2024). Causation and control: Understanding distracted driving in Australia through a systems thinking lens. Safety Science, 173 106435, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2024.106435

[Causation and control: Understanding distracted driving in Australia through a systems thinking lens](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e5ad1b8)

2024

Journal Article

##### An incident reporting and learning system to understand cycling incident causation in Australia: A 12-month implementation of CRIT

Cox, Jolene A., McLean, Scott, Hulme, Adam, Read, Gemma J.M. and Salmon, Paul M. (2024). An incident reporting and learning system to understand cycling incident causation in Australia: A 12-month implementation of CRIT. Safety Science, 171 106392, 106392. doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2023.106392

[An incident reporting and learning system to understand cycling incident causation in Australia: A 12-month implementation of CRIT](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:5fa78a7)

2024

Journal Article

##### Testing the reliability of accident analysis methods: a comparison of AcciMap, STAMP-CAST and AcciNet

Hulme, Adam, Stanton, Neville A., Walker, Guy H., Waterson, Patrick and Salmon, Paul M. (2024). Testing the reliability of accident analysis methods: a comparison of AcciMap, STAMP-CAST and AcciNet. Ergonomics, 67 (5), 695-715. doi: 10.1080/00140139.2023.2240048

[Testing the reliability of accident analysis methods: a comparison of AcciMap, STAMP-CAST and AcciNet](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:40e292b)

2024

Journal Article

##### Findings, progress, and lessons learned during the first 3 years of a student-led interprofessional health clinic in regional Australia

Walker, Clara, Sangelaji, Bahram, Osborn, Dayle, Cotter, Nicola, Argus, Geoff and Hulme, Adam (2024). Findings, progress, and lessons learned during the first 3 years of a student-led interprofessional health clinic in regional Australia. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 38 (2), 403-408. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2023.2282084

[Findings, progress, and lessons learned during the first 3 years of a student-led interprofessional health clinic in regional Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:401384d)

## Funding

### Current funding

- 2026 - 2029

  Leveraging state-of-the-art theories and practices to deliver optimal and equitable dental healthcare for children

  NHMRC Targeted Call for Research - Oral Health Care in Australia 2024

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/70327)
- 2024 - 2027

  Using systems science to secure the health workforce against climate change

  ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/60749)

## Supervision

### Availability

Dr Adam Hulme is:
:   Available for supervision

Looking for a supervisor? Read our advice on [how to choose a supervisor](https://study.uq.edu.au/study-options/phd-mphil-professional-doctorate/how-to-choose-a-supervisor).

### Available projects

- #### [Using systems science to understand how climate change will impact Australia’s health workforce](https://study.uq.edu.au/study-options/phd-mphil-professional-doctorate/projects/using-systems-science-understand-how-climate-change-will-impact-australias-health-workforce)

  This is an exciting opportunity to undertake a funded PhD research program in the area of systems science, climate change, and regional, rural, and remote health workforce improvement. The chosen candidate will work closely under the guidance of Dr Adam Hulme alongside a team of established multidisciplinary researchers and apply qualitative and/or quantitative systems science methods to explore how climate change may impact existing workforce systems as a basis to identify systemic vulnerabilities, structural resilience, and potential points of leverage for intervention and policy action. This PhD program and the knowledge generated has the potential to make a genuine difference to both theory and practice for an increasingly critical issue that intersects both environmental and healthcare sectors.

  Southern Queensland Rural Health (SQRH) offers a supportive research environment focused on advancing rural health outcomes in Queensland. A collaboration between multiple universities and health services, SQRH aims to recruit and retain health professionals in regional, rural, and remote regions through impactful research, training, and partnerships. Researchers at SQRH benefit from advanced facilities and technologies, including office spaces and AV/IT-enabled environments at Baillie Henderson Hospital. SQRH emphasises collaboration with industry and communities to develop sustainable research projects addressing real-world challenges while focusing on workforce development, telehealth innovation, and rural health delivery models.

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### Supervision history

#### Current supervision

- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Facilitating the integration of genomics into healthcare

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Aideen McInerney-Leo](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/23291), [Dr Tatiane Yanes](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/24916)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Using codesign to increase teachers' ability to deliver effective nutrition education to primary school children

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Amy Kirkegaard](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/37949), [Associate Professor Mark Robinson](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/32848), [Professor Lauren Ball](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/16238)

## Media

### Enquiries

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## External profiles

- [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3305-8538)
- [Scopus](https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57191635449)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=EfSQor4AAAAJ)

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