Andrew Edwards

Professor Andrew Edwards

Head of School Psychology and Life Sciences

I joined CCCU as Professor and Head of School in 2018, having previously worked in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.

I joined CCCU as Professor and Head of School in 2018, having previously worked in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. I am a BASES accredited Exercise Physiologist and author of two academic books and 70+ research papers.

I was Director of the Institute of Sport & Exercise Science at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia and have worked extensively with elite sports teams and also across physical activity projects in rural/remote settings.  

My outputs can be viewed on Research Space

Research Projects

  • Placebo effects and cycling performance in virtual-reality and laboratory environments. Researcher(s): Mr Gui Garcia Matta. Supervisor(s): Dr Philip Hurst, Professor Andrew Edwards. [Postgraduate Research Project]

I am a Fellow of the European College of Sports Science (FECSS), a Fellow of the British Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences (BASES) and accredited member of BASES and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA).

In my spare time, I have had a fiction book published (Feb 2022) titled 'The Psychopath'.