Sarah Chapman Trim

Senior Research Fellow Centre for Army Leadership

After commencing her career as an academic psychologist and statistical consultant, Sarah Chapman Trim became a deep specialist, keynote speaker and published author of over twenty articles and book chapters on the science of human behaviour, culture change and performance in the military.

As a Military Psychologist her focus is readiness to fight, specialising in performance optimisation of individuals and groups in Isolated, Confined and Extreme (ICE) environments, with expertise in leadership, psychosocial resilience, decision-making and individual differences.

Sarah was the first dedicated Submarine Psychologist to serve in uniform in any naval force in the world and the first Navy Psychologist deployed to combat operations when she served as Australian Maritime Task Group Psychologist during Gulf War II. Sarah routinely consults to the UK Ministry of Defence, NATO and industry, delivering keynotes, lectures, workshops and providing policy advice on delivering personnel capability at scale.She is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Army Leadership, a Visiting Lecturer at the Baltic Defence College and the NATO Defense College and has previously taught leadership, culture change in complex systems and innovation to the Intermediate and Advanced Command and Staff Courses at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. Sarah has recently been appointed a Visiting Fellow at the Changing Character of War Centre at Oxford University to examine how to teach and scale better decision making at all levels of warfare, in a digital age characterised by use of artificial intelligence and enhanced nuclear deterrence.