Dr Matthew Tieu

Academic Level B

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

place Bedford Park
GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Matthew is an academic status holder in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS). He has previously taught topics in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, moral philosophy and political philosophy, and has worked in various research roles across multiple research groups in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences (CNHS).

His research demonstrates how ethical, philosophical and social sciences perspectives underpin, inform, and continue to shape our understanding and practice of healthcare and health professions education.

Please click on the links below to find out more about Matthew's work:

1. Self and Identity

2. Adelaide Health Simulation

Qualifications

PhD - Flinders University
MA - University of Adelaide
BSc/BA (Hons) - University of Adelaide

Honours, awards and grants

2023 - National Foundation for Australia China Relations (NFACR) Grants Program ($300k) - Principle Investigator

2022 - Cancer Australia Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme ($479k) - Principle Investigator

2020 - Vice Chancellor's Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence

2015 - Flinders University Research Scholarship (FURS)

2004 - The Professor Sir William Mitchell Essay Prize - The University of Adelaide

Key responsibilities

Maintain and exemplify research integrity

Teaching interests

My philosophy of teaching and learning is captured by Noam Chomsky's views here on what it means to be truly educated.

Topics previously taught are listed below.

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Topic Tutor

PHIL1010 Mind and World

PHIL1030 Ethics and Power (formerly "The Individual and Society")

GOVT1003 Revolutionary Ideas: Political & Economic

PHIL2603 Cognition and Consciousness

Topic coordinator
PHIL2603 Cognition and Consciousness
PHIL1010 Mind and World
Topic lecturer
PHIL2603 Cognition and Consciousness
PHIL1010 Mind and World