Wade Kelly

Dr Wade Kelly is a Senior Lecturer in the Researcher Development Academy at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. His work focuses on building researchers’ capability to engage beyond academia and to navigate career pathways aligned with their skills, values, and industry engagement and impact aspirations. With a background in education and nearly three decades of experience working with adult learners, Dr Kelly designs and delivers development programs for graduate and early career researchers that integrate engagement, communication, and impact practice into sustainable research careers. His scholarship and professional practice sit at the intersection of research engagement, impact, and researcher development, with a particular interest in how researchers learn to translate their work for diverse audiences and contexts.