Professor Camilla Brockett

Camilla is the Associate Director of Research and co-lead of the Sport That Inspires research program at Victoria University’s Institute for Health and Sport. She is a transdisciplinary sport research specialist, overseeing industry/community-driven collaborations that provide a holistic, interdisciplinary approach to improving sport engagement, performance, and the mental health and wellbeing of sport participants. Her areas of research include - high performance sport systems development, athlete development and wellbeing, and sport for inclusive and sustainable development.

With deep knowledge of development principles and practices in the Australian and international sport contexts, Camilla works with high level professionals including national policy makers, performance directors, senior practitioners/ scientists and coaches to provide research-informed solutions to improve systems that support sport and athlete development. Her portfolio includes collaborations with national and international governments and industry stakeholders including the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), Sport Australia, Paralympics Australia, the Australian Football League, and the Western Bulldogs Football Club, as well as high performance and sport development initiatives with federal and state governments of India.

Some of Camilla’s current projects are in the areas of - positive retirement outcomes for elite athletes, mental health and wellbeing of women athletes, attracting and retaining women as sport leaders in Pacific nations, sport and environmental sustainability, and engaging CALD men and women in community-based health and active living programs

Prior to VU, Camilla worked at the AIS for over nine years managing projects that identified world’s best practice in areas such as sports science service delivery, operating practices and sport management, and benchmarked them against current practices in Australian sport. Camilla has also consulted on organisational and strategic high performance sport planning to various sporting organisations, including New Zealand Academy of Sport, Auckland University Millennium Centre for Sport & Health, Sony Ericsson Women’s Tennis Association Tour, Canoeing Australia, Australian Rugby Union, Swimming Australia, Triathlon Australia, Fremantle Football Club and the Western Bulldogs Football Club.