Russell is an experienced academic, having taught and researched across the disciplines of mathematics, statistics, economics and management in Australia and the UK.

Rimmer’s research in dynamical systems resolved questions arising from the work of Poincare near the turn of the 20 th century (Rimmer 1983 below). His research (Rimmer 1993) in income distribution was described by a reviewer as the most important contribution since David Ricardo. Applied work (Rimmer & Rimmer 1993, 1997) involving a country wide representative survey and statistical analysis of Australian women’s careers was hailed as ‘ground breaking’. His work on Australian youth involved longitudinal analyses (Bell et al 1990, 1994). With collaborators (Hunter et al 2002), he built a mathematical model of organisational processes that produced complexity and chaos (rather than drawing on the sciences to borrow complexity as a metaphor). He works also on client perceptions of quality of police services (Donnelly et al 2006).

Since being awarded a grant to research student performance and progression, Russell has devised and tested a retention model; used it to assess the effects of decisions students make about study and rest-of-life demands; applied the model internationally; used it to compare outcomes for students in business schools and other disciplines; compared outcomes for men and women in a longitudinal study; wrote a resource to assist students in deciding on appropriate study regimes given their personal circumstances (Duffy & Rimmer 2008); and studied the role of school mathematics in university outcomes (Houston & Rimmer 2005; Houston et al 2005; Houston et al 2007; Donnelly et al 2007; Houston & Rimmer 2008; Reeves & Rimmer, 2008).

Houston , M and Rimmer, R (2008) ‘School mathematics and university outcomes’. To appear in Grove, M and Marr, C, Addressing the Quantitative Skills Gap: Establishing and sustaining cross-curricular mathematical support in higher education, Glasgow: HEA Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research Network.

Donnelly, M, McCormack, D and Rimmer, R (2007) ‘Load and academic attainment in two business schools’, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 32(6), 1-18.

Houston, M, Knox, H and Rimmer, R (2007) ‘Wider access and progression among full-time students’, Higher Education, 53(1), 107-146.

Reeves, A and Rimmer, R (2007) ‘Assessing learning in an Executive MBA’, to appear in International Journal of Management Education.

Houston, M and Rimmer, R (2007) ‘Transitions from semester to semester and life-work-study balance’, in The times they are a-changin’: researching transitions in lifelong learning, Proceedings of the CRLL Conference, Stirling: Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning.

Donnelly, M, Kerr, N, Rimmer, R and Shui, E (2006) ‘Assessing the quality of police services using ServQual’, Policing: an International Journal of Police Strategies and Management , 29(1), 92-105.

Houston , M and Rimmer, R (2005) ‘A comparison of academic outcomes for business and other students’, International Journal of Management Education, 4(3), 11-19.

Houston , M, Knox, H, McGillivray, A and Rimmer, R (2005), ‘A longitudinal comparison of student attainments at old and new universities’, in Osborne, M., Gallacher, J. and Edwards, R. (eds) What a difference a Pedagogy makes: Researching Lifelong Learning and Teaching, Glasgow: Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning, June, 489-497.

Hunter, L, McCormack, D and Rimmer, R (2002) ‘Reward, equity and conflict: a dynamic approach’, in International Journal of Business Performance Management, 4(1), 24-44.

Rimmer, R and Rimmer, S (1997) ‘Employment breaks, pay, and career development among Australian women’, Gender, Work and Organisation, 4, 202-217

Bell , D, Rimmer, R and Rimmer, S (1994) ‘Earnings inequality in Great Britain 1975-90: the role of age’, Review of Income and Wealth, 40, 287-302.

Rimmer, R and Rimmer, S (1994) More Brilliant Careers, with S Rimmer, Canberra: AGPS

Rimmer, R (1993) Income Distribution in a Corporate Economy, Aldershot: Edward Elgar

Bell , D, Rimmmer, R and Rimmer, S (1990) ‘Poverty among young Australians’, Australian Economic Review, 3, 3-16.

Rimmer, R (1983) Generic Bifurcations for Involutory Area Preserving Maps, Rhode Island: Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society

Duffy, T and Rimmer, R (2008) Improving students' motivation to study: a photocopiable resource for college and university lecturers, Exeter: Reflect Press.

Reeves, A and Rimmer, R (2008) 'Explaining performance in an Executive MBA', International Journal of Management Education, 7(1), 13-28.