Rhona Flin

Rhona Flin is Professor of Industrial Psychology, Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University and Emeritus Professor of Applied Psychology, University of Aberdeen. She conducts research on human performance in high-risk industries and healthcare.

Her projects include studies of aviation safety, leadership and safety climate in the oil industry, team skills and emergency management on nuclear power plants.

Rhona has been a Board member of Step Change in (Offshore) Safety and a member of the Safety Advisory Committee, Military Aviation Authority, Ministry of Defence (UK).

Rhona’s books include Safety at the Sharp End: A Guide to Non-Technical Skills (2025, 2nd edition with O’Connor & Reader). A recent research project examined the application of mindfulness techniques to maintain safety in the offshore oil industry, she is currently involved in studies of decision making by emergency commanders, human factors in the wind industry and mental health in the construction sector.

In 2006, Rhona was awarded the Roger Green Medal for Human Factors from the Royal Aeronautical Society.