Areas of Research Expertise

Although we will consider any good research applications in the fields of business and law, we particularly welcome applications in the following areas where the faculty has particular research expertise. For further information, please contact the designated academic staff member.

Accounting and Finance

Finance and Investment Analysis
Prof Steve Easton

Financial Accounting, Auditing, and Corporate Governance
Prof Jim Psaros

Accounting, Auditing, Decision-making
Assoc Prof Kala Saravanamuthu

Asset Pricing, Capital Market Integration, and Market Efficiency
Prof Abul Shamsuddin

Economics

Agricultural Economics, Applied Econometrics, and Development Economics
Dr Frank Agbola

Macroeconomics; Monetary Economics; Development Studies
Assoc Prof Akhtar Hossain

Microeconomics, Firm Performance
Prof Amir Mahmood

Regional Economics and Labour Economics
Prof Martin Watts

Employment Relations and Human Resource Management

Employment Studies
Prof Mark Bray

Human Resource Management
Dr Jennifer Waterhouse

International Business and Strategy

Business Strategy, Innovation and Governance
Prof Siggi Gudergan

International Business Dynamics
Prof Gordon Boyce

International Business Strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Strategic Management
Prof Stephen Chen

Law

Civil Law, Contract Law, Trade Practice Law and Civil Procedure
Prof Ted Wright

Civil Law, Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Occupational Health and Safety Law
Assoc Prof Neil Foster

Criminal Law
Dr John Anderson

Family Law
Dr Nicola Ross

Government Law
Katherine Lindsay

Environmental Law
Dr Jeffrey McGee

Management

Team Management and Performance, Service Provision and Management
Assoc Prof Graydon Davison

Supply Chain Management
Assoc Prof Ramaswami Sridharan

Marketing

Marketing Strategy and e-Business/e-Government
Assoc Prof Guilherme Pires

Service and Customer Management
Prof Alison Dean

Politics

Feminist Political Philosophy, Governance, Political Theory and Postcolonialism
Assoc Prof Jim Jose

Foundations of Liberalism, History of Political Thought and Political Philosophy
Dr John Tate

Australian political thought, history of political thought, sovereignty theory
Dr Tod Moore

Global Terrorism, Nationalism and Ethnicity, Life-Writing/Biography/Autobiography, Genocide, Religious and Political Violence, Central and South-East Europe, Security Studies, International Relations
Dr Robert Imre

Tourism

Tourism and Leisure Studies
Assoc Prof Kevin Lyons