Co-Director
Associate Professor Lauren Gurrieri
Dr Gurrieri is an Associate Professor in the School of Economics, Finance & Marketing.
Associate Professor Gurrieri’s research examines gender, consumption and the marketplace, with a focus on inequalities and harms (re)produced across consumer and digital cultures. This includes gendered representations in advertising and social media; body norms and beauty ideals in consumer culture; violence against women and marketing; and the strategies used by consumers to resist and challenge gender-based exclusion and marginalisation in the marketplace. She has authored over 40 academic publications and commissioned reports and has been awarded over $600,000 in research funding, including from the Australian Research Council. She is an Associate Editor at the Journal of Marketing Management, has co-edited 3 special issues, is an Advisory Board Member for GENMAC (Gender, Marketing and Consumer Behaviour) and is on the reference group of ShEqual. Associate Professor Gurrieri has worked with a range of organisations, providing expert advice and invited presentations on gender equality issues, including the Victorian Government, Australian Association of National Advertisers, City of Melbourne and various health and women’s organisations. Her research has been featured across television, radio, print and online media, including outlets such as SBS, The Guardian, ABC Radio National, the Conversation and the Financial Times.
Co-Director
Associate Professor Lena Wang
Dr Wang is an Associate Professor in the School of Management.
Associate Professor Wang’s expertise lies in organisational psychology, and her research focuses on understanding and fostering positive individual attributes and behaviours at work; and advancing diversity and inclusion in organisations. She is a current Section Editor of Work and Organizational Psychology at the journal Applied Psychology: An International Review, while also sitting on the Editorial Board of the journal Human Relations. She is a past co-editor of an award-winning book series, Advances in Global Leadership, published by Emerald. Across her career, Associate Professor Wang has attracted over $1.75 million in external funding and worked with many governments and businesses on projects developing organisational capability and initiatives supporting diversity and inclusion. The organisations she has worked with include National Mental Health Commission, Department of Defence, Victoria’s Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, BHP Billiton, Wesfarmers, among many others.
Health, wellbeing and organisations theme
Professor Cameron Duff
Dr Cameron Duff is an Associate Professor in the School of Management.
Dr Cameron Duff’s work explores social innovation and organisational responses to enduring health and social problems in cities, including housing and homelessness, mental illness and distress. He is particularly interested in how social innovations emerge within organisational settings, and how social design responses can enhance the impact of this innovation within and beyond organisational settings.
Positive ageing and organisations theme
Professor Bernardo Figueiredo
Dr Bernado Figueiredo is an Professor in Marketing in the School of Economics, Finance & Marketing.
Professor Figueiredo’s research interests focus on understanding how the globalisation of markets and cultures shapes consumption and marketing practices.
Professor Figueiredo has worked on several projects with communities and government including building transformational frameworks, strategic recommendations, and actionable toolkits for community engagement, behavioural change, and consumer wellbeing. He has worked in a variety of industry jobs including marketing positions at Procter and Gamble and Unilever, Science and Technology Analyst for a major research funding institution, Auditor for the Brazilian Government. He has also been and Marketing Director and CEO in two SMEs in the art and culture industry.
Gender equity and organisations theme
Associate Professor Bronwyn Coate
Dr Bronwyn Coate is a Associate Professor in Economics in the school of Economics, Finance & Marketing.
Associate Professor Coate is a cultural economist whose research interests include art markets, creative industries and creative placemaking. Her research is innovative and recognised for the contribution it makes in understanding the dynamics of creative industries. She is currently working as part of a team on a tender with the City of Melbourne to evaluate the economic impact of the City’s Arts investment.
Gender equity and organisations theme
Dr Leila Afshari
Dr Leila Afshari is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Management
Dr Afshari’s current research interests include Employee Well-being and Performance, High Performing Work Systems, Professional and Organizational Identity, Organizational Leadership, Women in STEM and Leadership, and Professional Development of Migrants.
Her recent research projects with the industry was focused on measuring the effectiveness of the DSTG's collaboration with their strategic alliances.
Multi-cultural Inclusion and organisations theme
Associate Professor Alvedi Sabani
Dr Alvedi Sabani is a Senior Lecturer in the Graduate School of Business and Law.
Associate Professor Sabani’s research interests are in the areas of computer science, digital innovation, electronic government, gamification, information security and technology adoption.
Multi-cultural Inclusion and organisations theme
Dr Haiying Kang
Dr Haiying Kang is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Management.
Dr Kang’s research interests include International human resource management; Human resource management; cross-cultural management.
Professor Timothy Bartram
Professor and Head of HRM & IR Department at School of Management
Professor Banita Bissoondoyal-Bheenick
Professor in Finance and the current Director, Research Services and Programs at College of Business and Law
Professor Victor Gekara
Professor in the School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chains at RMIT's College of Business and Law
Professor Daniel Harris
(previously known as Anne Harris) Associate Dean, Research & Innovation at the School of Education, RMIT
Professor Lisa French
Professor and Dean of the School of Media and Communication
Professor Johanna Macneil
Professor and Academic Director, Engagement for Social Impact, at College of Business and Law
Professor Tracy Taylor
Professor and Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research and Innovation, of College of Business and Law
Professor Zhou (Joe) Jiang
Professor and Head of Department (MBA) in the Graduate School of Business and Law
Professor Penelope Weller
Professor in Law in the Graduate School of Business and Law
Professor Shelley Marshall
Professor in the Graduate School of Business and Law
Associate Professor Daisy Chou
Associate Professor in Finance in the School of Economics, Finance & Marketing
Associate Professor Afreen Huq
Professor in Entrepreneurship in the School of Management
Professor Angel Zhong
Professor in Finance in the school of Economics, Finance & Marketing
Dr Torgeir Aleti
Senior Lecturer in Marketing in the School of Economics, Finance, Marketing
Dr. Ashenafi Biru
Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship in the School of Management
Associate Professor Janneke Blijlevens
Associate Professor in Marketing in the School of Economics, Finance, Marketing
Associate Professor Marco De Sisto
Associate Professor in the School of Management
Dr Meg Elkins
Senior Lecturer in Economics in the School of Economics, Finance & Marketing
Associate Professor Xiaolu Hu
Associate Professor in Finance in the School of Economics, Finance & Marketing
Dr Marian Makkar
Senior Lecturer in Marketing in the School of Economics Finance & Marketing
Associate Professor My Nguyen
Associate Professor in Finance in the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing
Dr Muhammad Safiullah
Senior Lecturer in Finance in the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing
Dr Elizabeth Shi
Senior Lecturer in the Graduate School of Business and Law
Dr Sarah Sinclair
Senior Lecturer in Economics in the School of Economics, Finance & Marketing
Dr Pratima Srivastava
Senior Lecturer in Economics in the School of Economics, Finance & Marketing
Dr Say Yen Teoh
Senior Lecturer in Information Systems the School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain
Dr Meredith Tharapos
Associate Professor in Accounting in the School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain
Dr Vuong Thao Tran
Senior Lecturer in Finance in the School of Economics, Finance & Marketing
Dr Anna Zhu
Senior Lecturer in Economics in the School of Economics, Finance & Marketing
Dr Louise Byrne
Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow in the School of Management
Dr Ama Samarasinghe
Lecturer in Accounting in the School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain
Dr Pavithra Siriwardhane
Lecturer in Accounting in the School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain
Dr Gaoping Zheng
Senior Lecturer in Finance in the School of Economics, Finance & Marketing
Dr Hardik Bhimani
Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Management
Associate Professor Linda Robinson
Associate Professor and Head of Department, Marketing
Professor Anastasia Semykina
Deputy Dean, Research and Innovation, College of Business and Law
Dr Abel D. Alonso
Senior Lecturer, International Business, College of Business and Law, Vietnam
Professor Yuli Suseno
Deputy Dean Learning and Teaching and Professor of Management, School of Management
