Emeritus Professor Andrew Hopkins
PhD, MA, BSc (Hons),
Em Prof of Sociology
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Areas of expertise
- Applied Sociology, Program Evaluation And Social Impact Assessment 160801
- Law And Society 180119
- Environmental And Occupational Health And Safety 111705
- Public Policy 160510
- Sociology 1608
Publications
- Pacheco Monteiro, G, Hopkins, A & Melo, P 2020, 'How do organizational structures impact operational safety? Part 2 � Designing structures that strengthen safety', Safety Science, vol. 123.
- Pacheco Monteiro, G, Hopkins, A & Melo, P 2020, 'How do organizational structures impact operational safety? Part 1 � Understanding the dangers of decentralization', Safety Science, vol. 123.
- Hopkins, A 2019, Organising for Safety, Wolters Kluwer, Australia.
- McDermott, V, Zhang, R, Hopkins, A et al 2017, 'Constructing safety: investigating senior executive long-term incentive plans and safety objectives in the construction sector', Construction Management and Economics, pp. 1-15.
- McDermott, V, Zhang, R, Hopkins, A et al 2017, 'Constructing safety: investigating senior executive long-term incentive plans and safety objectives in the construction sector', Construction Management and Economics, pp. 1-15.
- Hopkins, A 2016, Quiet Outrage: The Way of a Sociologist, CCH Australia Limited, Australia.
- Hopkins, A 2015, 'How much should be spent to prevent disaster? A critique of consequence times probability', Journal of Pipeline Engineering, vol. 2nd Quarter, pp. 69-78.
- Hopkins, A 2015, 'The cost-benefit hurdle for safety case regulation', Safety Science, vol. 77, pp. 95-101.
- Hopkins, A 2015, 'The need for a general duty of care', Houston Journal of International Law, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 841-848.
- Hopkins, A & Maslen, S 2015, Risky Rewards: How Company Bonuses Affect Safety, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Surrey and Burlington.
- Hopkins, A 2014, 'Issues in safety science', Safety Science, vol. 67, pp. 6-14.
- Hayes, J & Hopkins, A 2014, Nightmare Pipeline Failures: Fantasy Planning, Black Swans and Integrity Management, CCH Australia Limited, Sydney.
- Maslen, S & Hopkins, A 2014, 'Do incentives work? A qualitative study of managers' motivations in hazardous industries', Safety Science, vol. 70, pp. 419-428.
- Hopkins, A 2012, 'Reply to King', Safety Science, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 1pp.
- Hopkins, A 2012, Disastrous Decisions: The Human and Organisational Causes of the Gulf of Mexico Blowout, CCH Australia Ltd, Australia.
- Hayes, J & Hopkins, A 2012, 'Deepwater Horizon - lessons for the pipeline industry', Journal of Pipeline Engineering, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 145 - 153.
- Hopkins, A 2011, 'Risk-management and rule-compliance: Decision-making in hazardous industries', Safety Science, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 110-120.
- Hopkins, A 2011, 'Management walk-arounds: Lessons from the Gulf of Mexico oil well blowout', Safety Science, vol. 49, no. 10, pp. 1421-1425.
- Hopkins, A 2011, 'Management walks arounds: Lessons from the Gulf of Mexico oil well blowout', 2011 AIChE Spring Meeting and 7th Global Congress on Process Safety, 11AIChE, Conference Organising Committee, Chicago, IL.
- Hopkins, A 2010, 'Why BP Ignored Close Calls at Texas City', Risk and Regulation, no. July 2010, pp. 4-6.
- Claudia, F, Hopkins, A & Webb, P 2009, 'Health & safety: Laying down the law', The Chemical Engineer, vol. -, no. 822, pp. 24-25.
- Branford, K, Hopkins, A & Naikar, N 2009, 'Guidelines for ACCIMAP Analysis', in Andrew Hopkins (ed.), Learning from High Reliability Organisations, CCH Australia Ltd, Sydney, pp. 193-212.
- Rowland, M & Hopkins, A 2009, 'The importance of counterfactual thinking: the case of the 2003 Canberra Bushfires', in Andrew Hopkins (ed.), Learning from High Reliability Organisations, CCH Australia Ltd, Sydney, pp. 213-223.
- Hopkins, A, ed., 2009, Learning from High Reliability Organisations, CCH Australia Ltd, Sydney.
- Hopkins, A 2009, 'Identifying and responding to warnings', in Andrew Hopkins (ed.), Learning from High Reliability Organisations, CCH Australia Ltd, Sydney, pp. 33-58.
- Hopkins, A 2009, 'The Problem of Defining High Reliablity Organisations', in Andrew Hopkins (ed.), Learning from High Reliability Organisations, CCH Australia Ltd, Sydney, pp. 5-16.
- Hopkins, A 2009, 'Why study Australia's air traffic control agency?', in Andrew Hopkins (ed.), Learning from High Reliability Organisations, CCH Australia Ltd, Sydney, pp. 17-31.
- Hopkins, A 2009, 'Process safety performance indicators: A contribution to the debate Reply', Safety Science, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 508-510.
- Hopkins, A 2009, 'Reply to Comments', Safety Science, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 508-510.
- Hopkins, A 2009, 'Thinking about process safety indicators', Safety Science, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 460-465.
- Hopkins, A 2008, Failure to Learn: the BP Texas City Refinery disaster, CCH Australia Ltd, Australia.
- Hopkins, A 2007, 'Holding Corporate Leaders Responsible', Keeping Good Companies, vol. 59, no. 6, pp. 340-344.
- Hopkins, A 2007, 'Beyond Compliance Monitoring: New strategies for safety regulators', Law and Policy, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 210-225.
- Hopkins, A 2007, Lessons from Gretley: Mindful Leadership and the Law, CCH Australia Ltd, Australia.
- Hopkins, A 2006, 'The Australian Epidemic of Repetition Strain Injury: A Sociological Perspective', in Eric Tucker (ed.), Working Disasters: The Politics of Recognition and Response, Baywood Publishing Company, New York, pp. 65-76.
- Bluff, E, Gunningham, N & Hopkins, A 2006, 'Editorial: Complexities of OHS Regulation', Journal of Occupational Health and Safety: Australia and New Zealand, vol. 22(3), no. June 2006, pp. 203-204.
- Hopkins, A 2006, 'Sobre el comportamiento seguro', La Mutua, vol. 14, pp. 208-222.
- Hopkins, A 2006, 'A corporate dilemma: to be a learning organisation or to minimise liability', Journal of Occupational Health and Safety: Australia and New Zealand, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 251-259.
- Hopkins, A 2006, 'What are we to make of safe behaviour programs?', Safety Science, vol. 44, pp. 583-597.
- Hopkins, A 2006, 'Studying organisational cultures and their effects on safety', Safety Science, vol. 44, pp. 875-889.
- Hopkins, A 2006, Managing Mindfully, Say Safety - The AWU National OHS Magazine. September 2006.
- Hopkins, A 2005, 'Innovative Strategies for Safety Regulators', in Elizabeth Boulton (ed.), Exploration and Production: The Oil and Gas Review 2005, Touch Briefings, London UK, pp. 13-15.
- Hopkins, A 2005, Safety, Culture and Risk, CCH Australia Ltd, Australia.
- Hopkins, A 2004, 'Case Report: Outcome of the civil action against Esso arising out of the Longford explosion', Journal of Occupational Health and Safety: Australia and New Zealand, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 127-130.
- Hopkins, A 2003, 'Fault Trees, ICAM & Accimaps: A Methodological Analysis', Safety in Australia, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 13-23.
- Hopkins, A 2003, 'Issues for major hazard regulation', Journal of Occupational Health and Safety: Australia and New Zealand, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 183 - 190.
- Hopkins, A & Hale, A 2002, 'Issues in the Regulation of Safety: Setting the Scene', in Barry Kirwan, Andrew Hale and Andrew Hopkins (ed.), Changing Regulation: Controlling Risks in Society, Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 1-13.
- Hopkins, A, Kirwan, B & Hale, A, eds, 2002, Changing Regulation: Controlling Risks in Society, Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd, Oxford UK.
- Hopkins, A, Kirwan, B & Hale, A 2002, 'Insights into Safety Regulation', in Barry Kirwan, Andrew Hale and Andrew Hopkins (ed.), Changing Regulation: Controlling Risks in Society, Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 253-283.
- Hopkins, A 2002, 'Two Models of Major Hazard Regulation: Recent Australian Experience', in Barry Kirwan, Andrew Hale and Andrew Hopkins (ed.), Changing Regulation: Controlling Risks in Society, Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 31-39.
- Hopkins, A 2002, Lessons from Longford: The Trial, CCH Australia Ltd, Australia.
- Hopkins, A 2001, 'Was Three Mile Island a Normal Accident?', Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 65-72.
- Hopkins, A 2001, 'Book Review: Gresford: Anatomy of a Disaster', Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 63-64.
- Hopkins, A 2001, 'Lessons from Essos Gas Plant Explosion at Longford', Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, ed. Warwick Pearse, Clare Gallagher and Liz Bluff, Crowncontent, Melbourne, pp. 41-51.
- Hopkins, A 2000, 'A culture of denial: sociological similarities between the Moura and Gretley mine disasters', Journal of Occupational Health and Safety: Australia and New Zealand, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 29-36.
- Hopkins, A 2000, Lessons From Longford: The Esso Gas Plant Explosion, CCH Australia Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
- Hopkins, A 1999, 'The limits of normal accident theory', Safety Science, vol. 32, pp. 93-102.
- Hopkins, A 1999, 'Counteracting the Cultural Causes of Disaster', Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 141-149.
- Hopkins, A 1999, 'On top of underground safety', Journal of Occupational Health and Safety: Australia and New Zealand, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 187-188.
- Hopkins, A 1999, 'The privatisation of utilities: a citizens perspective', Australian Quarterly, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 30-33.
- Hopkins, A 1999, 'For whom does safety pay? The case of major accidents', Safety Science, vol. 32, pp. 143-153.
- Hopkins, A 1999, 'Repeat Disasters: The Lessons of the Moura Coal Mine', in Claire Mayhew and Chris L. Peterson (ed.), Occupational Health and Safety in Australia, Allen & Unwin, Australia, pp. 140-157.
- Hopkins, A 1999, Managing Major Hazards: The lessons of the Moura mine disaster, Allen & Unwin, Australia.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Public lessons, private interests: Do inquiries promote industry change? (Primary Investigator)
- Incident Reporting (RP4-11) (Secondary Investigator)
- Rational Choice as Applied to Public Safety Decisions (RP4-10) (Secondary Investigator)
- RP4-08 Understanding Pipeline Awareness (Secondary Investigator)
- Energy Pipeline CRC (Secondary Investigator)