Our research drives positive economic, environmental, and societal impact through industry-driven, transdisciplinary collaboration.
Our research drives positive economic, environmental, and societal impact through industry-driven, transdisciplinary collaboration.
Our world-renowned researchers work across our four departments to deliver innovative solutions in sustainability, fintech, cybersecurity, and resilience for industry, government, and society. Each of the four disciplines in the school conduct high quality industry-driven research. This collaborative and multidisciplinary research creates the potential for high impact between researchers across the departments.
The key expertise's in each of departments includes:
Sustainability accounting and assurance, management accounting, accounting education, accounting history, financial reporting and auditing.
Behavioural decision-making in financial planning, wealth advisory service quality, professionalism and ethics, investor governance, taxation policies including the future of tax, financial inclusion, fintech, the wealth and wellbeing of individuals.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and business, decision analysis and decision support systems, cybersecurity, IT strategies and policies, knowledge management, information systems development.
Supply chain sustainability, supply chain resilience, e-supply chain technologies, supply chain analytics, humanitarian supply chain, supply chain competency development including skills, training, and talent management, maritime logistics.
Through our research, we aim to make positive social impact through innovative thinking, sustainable development-driven, building collaborative relationships, and leveraging technology.
Academics in the Department of Accounting conduct research on a range of topics. They produce reports on industry relevant and translatable findings to partners and external collaborators.
Accounting, Accountability and Assurance research is impactful and informative for organisations, regulators, and standard setters. Academic staff have close links with industry, professional bodies, regulators and standard setters, ensuring that research is current and feeds into policy debates.
Academics collaborate on research projects on a wide array of topics including sustainability accounting and assurance, management accounting systems and control technologies, accounting education, accounting history, financial reporting and auditing.
Academics working in Financial Planning and Tax have a renowned reputation for research that brings a deep understanding of sustainable finance, and financial and tax management behaviours.
Academics working in this area are focused on tackling some of today’s most pressing issues for complex business and household settings. Through partnership with industry and key business stakeholders, the Financial Planning and Tax discipline has an exceptional record for achieving research outcomes that are industry relevant, globally oriented, and support innovative business solutions.
Academics in this discipline include experienced researchers whose work impacts the direction of these disciplines, and society in general. Their work is also widely cited nationally and globally.
Areas of research focus include: behavioural decision-making in financial planning, wealth advisory service quality, professionalism and ethics, investor governance, taxation policies including the future of tax, financial technologies, the future of wealth advice, robo-advice, financial inclusion, financial technology (fintech), implications of blockchain technology, and the wealth and wellbeing of individuals.
Information Systems and Business Analytics consists of a multi-disciplinary group of researchers with vast research capabilities spanning areas including:
Researchers within this area are renowned for their innovative contributions to the field, evidenced by their publications in top ranked journals and strong research grant successes.
Researchers in this area focus on addressing complex business problems through transdisciplinary research that intersects technology, policy, and management practices. At the centre of this activity is the Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation (CCSRI). CCSRI works on the human side of cyber security, safeguarding of digital transactions and enhancing the security of data across business platforms.
This area of the School also hosts the Enterprise AI and Data Analytics Hub, which focuses on translating complex business data into actionable intelligence using advanced AI techniques. These research activities underscore the commitment to leading innovation in digital business transformation and cybersecurity, supporting a broad spectrum of research activities that align with contemporary business challenges and technological advancements.
Supply Chain and Logistics has an established, excellent reputation for practice orientated research. Funding for research in this area comes from all levels of government, industry partners and international agencies. DFAT is a consistent research partner, providing regular support for research into skills development in Vietnam, sustainable housing in Bangladesh, and cyber safety..
As the largest supply chain department in the country, the vast majority of the discipline is covered, with specialisations in sustainability, maritime and analytics. Researchers in the department are internationally connected with especially strong links across Asia with collaborators in Indonesia, Vietnam, India and China. A social agenda drives the research, with a focus on ensuring the resilience of Australia’s supply chains, and our ability to respond to humanitarian emergencies.
CCSRI is a multi-disciplinary research centre that gathers researchers from across RMIT to bring a truly multidisciplinary approach to the organisational, human and technology aspects of Cyber Security.
Our researchers are dedicated to developing and disseminating cutting-edge and industry-informed research. The Group focusses on the key contemporary developments shaping the future of transport and logistics operations internationally.
The AMLRN brings together academics from RMIT and other universities in Australia, as well as industry professionals in the field of maritime logistics, to create a synergised approach to key issues affecting trade and the economy.
We conduct research through a translational lens to bring about new AI/Analytics solutions to business problems. We also deliver synergies to a range of business research, through AI/Analytics technology, skills and capability enablement.
We offer a range of Higher Degree by Research opportunities in the School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain. We welcome enquiries to join our multidisciplinary research community and work alongside thought leaders and industry partners to pursue your research ambitions.
When applying for any of our Higher Degree by Research courses you may choose to either do so with an advertised proposed project or an independent topic of your own.
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
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