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Research in the Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
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We have a vibrant research community of academics from across the Business, Law and Arts spectrum.
The Faculty’s research is accompanied by a dynamic events calendar that allows you to connect with scholars and leading thinkers in their fields.
Business
The Faculty collaborates with industry, government and partner organisations locally, around Australia and globally, to create sustainable solutions for contemporary problems.
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Law
Our lecturers and researchers are renowned not only nationally but internationally. You’ll be taught by some of the brightest legal minds, the most astute business leaders and renowned humanities experts who bring their extensive and often global experience to the classroom.
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Arts
Staff publish and exhibit widely and are highly socially and culturally engaged. They work with both local and distant communities and speak at scholarly and community forums in our campus regions, across the country and around the globe.
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Our Faculty Researchers
| Name | Discipline | Key Words | Research Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Georgina Dimopoulos | Law | Family law | Children's rights | Privacy | Family violence | Human rights | Medical and health law | Go to Georgina's Research Profile |
| Associate Professor Jennifer Nielsen | Law | Law | Law and Society | Legal Practice, Lawyering and the Legal Profession | Indigenous Peoples and law | Discrimination law | Race | Whiteness and colonialism | Workplace law | Access to justice | Go to Jennifer's Research Profile |
| Dr John Orr | Law | Corporations and Associations Law | Equity and Trusts Law | Law | Higher education law | Corporate law | Insolvency law | Go to John's Research Profile |
| Dr Rohan Price | Law | Political philosophy | Comparative legal history | Nietzsche | Heiddegger studies | Comparative organics regulation | Go to Rohan's Research Profile |
| Dr Aidan Ricketts | Law | Law | Activism | Social movements | Go to Aidan's Research Profile |
| Dr Brendan Walker-Munro | Law | Cybersecurity and privacy | Military law and justice | Research security | National security | Go to Brendan's Research Profile |
| Professor Yvonne Brunetto | Management | Business and Management | Policy and Administration | Management | Policy and administration | Corporate governance and stakeholder engagement | Go to Yvonne's Research Profile |
| Professor Michael Ewing | Management | Marketing communications | Strategy | Brand management | Health promotion | Marketing technology | Go to Mike's Research Profile |
| Professor Robyn Keast | Management | Business and Management | Education Systems | Policy and Administration | Networked arrangements | Collaborative practice | Regional development | Go to Robyn's Research Profile |
| Professor Darshana Sedera | Management | Entrepreneurship | Information Systems | Innovation | Impact of digital technology | Go to Darshana's Research Profile |
| Associate Professor Michael Charles | Management | Public policy and management | Public values and infrastructures | Future of higher education | Ancient history | Military history | Go to Michael's Research Profile |
| Associate Professor Pascal Scherrer | Management | Sustainability | Tourism | Visitor management | Regional development | Circular economy | Plastic waste | Go to Pascal's Research Profile |
| Dr Scott Niblock | Management | Funds performance | Behavioural finance | Responsible investing | Financial wellbeing | Financial advice seeking | Go to Scott's Research Profile |
| Dr Simon Wilde | Management | Marketing | Digital marketing | Internet studies | e-commerce | Go to Simon's Research Profile |
| Dr Holly Cooper | Management | ||
| Dr Jennifer Harrison | Management | Business and Management | Finance | Accounting | Financial literacy and education | Go to Jennifer's Research Profile |
| Dr Owen Hogan | Management | Strategy, management and organisational behaviour | Innovation management | Entrepreneurship | Consumer-oriented product or service development | Go to Owen's Research Profile |
| Associate Professor Wes Hill | Creative Arts | Art History | Art Theory and Criticism | Visual Cultures | Research-based art | Education systems | Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy | Go to Wes' Research Profile |
| Associate Professor Annie Mitchell | Creative Arts | Music | Music Composition | Arts and humanities | Classical music | Musical analysis | Theory and history | Go to Annie's Research Profile |
| Dr Leigh Carriage | Creative Arts | Music Composition | Music Performance | Performing arts | Songwriting | Practice-based research | Collaborative recording | Women in music | Improvisation | Go to Leigh's Research Profile |
| Dr Barry Hill | Creative Arts | Music Performance | Popular music culture | Performance practice | Audio technology | Musicology | sustainable technology | Electrical energy generation (incl. renewables, excl. photovoltaics) | science communication | Go to Barry's Research Profile |
| Dr Marian Tubbs | Creative Arts | Contemporary art | Continental philosophy | Ecologies | Digital practice | Assemblages | Virtual and augmented reality | Intersectional studies | Painting | Sculpture | Installation Art | Go to Marian's Research Profile |
| Jeanti St Clair | Creative Arts | Communication and Media Studies | Journalism and Professional Writing | Locative media | Audio documentary | Journalism education | Journalism ethics | creative recovery | Go to Jeanti's Research Profile |
Our Faculty Higher Degree Research Students
| Name | Discipline | HDR Program | Research Topic | Primary Supervisor | Research Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliza Hew | Law | PhD | The role of therapeutic jurisprudence in post-separation parenting disputes involving family violence in Australias family courts. | Associate Professor Georgina Dimopoulos | Go to Eliza's research profile |
| Richard Stewart | Law | PhD | Harvesting change: understanding the importance of land, rights of land in property, and how the institution of property might be harnessed to yield the changes required for the challenges of today for a better, more sustainable tomorrow. | Associate Professor Michael Charles | Go to Richard's research profile |
| Marisha Ewart | Management | PhD | Business Practices for Effective Marine Conservation | Associate Professor Pascal Scherrer | |
| Amanda Scott | Management | PhD | Built to Last: The Role of Network Resilience in Sustaining Project-based Networks | Professor Robyn Keast | Go to Amanda's research profile |
| Mahikala Walakada Appuhamilage | Management | PhD | The Impact of Digitalization on Status Quo Bias: A Longitudinal Study | Professor Darshana Sedera | |
| Linda Wasiela | Management | PhD | The Future of Regional Airports in Australia | Associate Professor Michael Charles | |
| Hasini Balage | Management | Masters by Thesis | Influence of AI in Organizational Knowledge Management Initiatives | Professor Darshana Sedera | Go to Hasini's research profile |
| Amanda Madhubhashini Balasooriya Balasooriya Mudiyanselage | Management | Masters by Thesis | Exploring Behavioural Intention towards Artificial Intelligence | Professor Darshana Sedera | Go to Amanda's research profile |
| Anuradha Colombage | Management | Masters by Thesis | Exploring the Role of Technology in Enhancing Supply Chain Innovation for Environmental Sustainability | Professor Darshana Sedera | Go to Anuradha's research profile |
| Zeljko Deban | Management | Masters by Thesis | Does psychological capital mediate the relationship between leadership and employee wellbeing, engagement and intention to leave | Professor Yvonne Brunetto | |
| Buddhika Kaluarachchi | Management | Masters by Thesis | Digital Technology Readiness in the Financial Management Sector | Professor Darshana Sedera |