Publications: Efthimiou, Olivia

Journal Article

Allison, S.T., Beggan, J.K. and Efthimiou, O. (2022) Curb Your Heroism: How Larry David, an Old, Bald Misanthrope, Won the Hearts of Millions. Heroism Science - An Interdisciplinary Journal, 7 (2). Art. 1.

Allison, S.T., Beggan, J.K. and Efthimiou, O. (2019) Editorial: The art and science of heroism and heroic leadership. Frontiers in Psychology, 10 .

Efthimiou, O. and Allison, S.T. (2018) Heroism Science: Frameworks for an emerging field. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 58 (5).

Franco, Z.E. and Efthimiou, O. (2018) Heroism and the human experience: Foreword to the special issue. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 58 (4). pp. 371-381.

Willson, M., Tye, M., Gorman, S., Ely-Harper, K., Creagh, R., Leaver, T., Magladry, M. and Efthimiou, O. (2017) Framing the women’s AFL: Contested spaces and emerging narratives of hope and opportunity for women in sport. Sport in Society . In Press.

Efthimiou, O. (2017) Heroic ecologies: Embodied heroic leadership and sustainable futures. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 8 (4). pp. 489-511.

Efthimiou, O. and Franco, Z.E. (2017) Heroic intelligence: The hero’s journey as an evolutionary and existential blueprint. Journal of Genius and Eminence, 2 (2). pp. 32-43.

Efthimiou, O. (2017) The hero organism and heroism science: A new frontier of human consciousness. Heroism Science, 2 . pp. 1-7.

Efthimiou, O. (2016) Breaking disciplinary boundaries: Heroism studies and contemporary research practices. Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies, 22 (1). pp. 19-33.

Efthimiou, O. (2016) Heroic play: Heroism in mindful, creative and playful participation. IM: Interactive Media, 11 .

Efthimiou, O. (2015) The search for a hero gene: Fact or fiction? Heroism Science, 1 .

Efthimiou, O. (2013) A.I., Cyborgs, shamans and transcendence: Configuring the ISO and the mythopoeic sacred in Tron: Legacy. Journal of Concious Evolution, 9 .

Efthimiou, O. (2012) Becoming the monstrous-feminine: Sex, death and transcendence in Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan. IM: Interactive Media, 8 .

Efthimiou, O. (2012) Shifting realities: Tron cyberspace and the “New” consciousness in 21st Century technoscapes. Journal of Concious Evolution, 8 .

Conference Paper

Efthimiou, O., Bennett, D. and Allison, S.T. (2016) The influence of heroic leadership on career identity: A transdisciplinary perspective. In: The Rise and Future of Heroism Science: A Cross-Disciplinary Conference, 11 - 12 July 2016, Murdoch University, Murdoch, W.A

Conference Item

Efthimiou, O. and Gray, S.T. (2018) Heroism, leadership and responsible citizenship: An approach to sustaining wellbeing. In: Seminar Series. Centre for Responsible Citizenship and Sustainability, Murdoch University.

Book Chapter

Allison, Scott T. and Efthimiou, O. (2018) Heroic leadership in The Walking Dead’s postapocalyptic universe: The restoration and regeneration of society as a hero organism. In: Beggan, J.K. and Allison, S.T., (eds.) Leadership and Sexuality. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 212-230.

Efthimiou, O. (2017) The Hero Organism: Advancing the embodiment of heroism thesis in the 21st Century. In: Allison, S.T., Goethals, G.R. and Kramer, R.M., (eds.) Handbook of Heroism and Heroic Leadership. Routledge as part of the Taylor and Francis Group, Oxford, UK, pp. 139-162.

Franco, Z.E., Efthimiou, O. and Zimbardo, P.G. (2016) Heroism and Eudaimonia: Sublime actualization through the embodiment of virtue. In: Vittersø, J., (ed.) Handbook of Eudaimonic Well-Being. Springer International Publishing, pp. 337-348.

Bennett, D., Efthimiou, O. and Allison, S.T. The role of heroic creativity and leadership in creative work. In: de Dios, A. and Kong, L., (eds.) The Elgar Handbook on the Geographies of creativity. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Book

Efthimiou, O., Allison, S.T. and Franco, Z.E. (Eds) (2018) Heroism and wellbeing in the 21st century: Applied and emerging perspectives. Routledge as part of the Taylor and Francis Group, New York, USA.

Thesis

Efthimiou, Olivia (2017) Understanding Heroism: Transdisciplinary Perspectives. PhD thesis, Murdoch University.