Discipline groups
Driving business innovation through expertise, research and collaboration
Our discipline groups offer specialised research, advanced education and strong industry partnerships, providing students with valuable mentoring opportunities and real-world experience to enhance their careers.
Accounting
The accounting discipline group partners with industry to build a sustainable profession through leading research, future-focused education and strategic partnerships.
Key focus areas:
- organisational governance and accountability
- auditing and assurance services
- reporting (financial and non-financial)
- the financial implications of political connections
- integrated reporting
- Small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and not-for-profits (NFPs)
- accounting professionalisation, with focuses on Indigenous accounting and business
- financial planning.
Find accounting staff and graduate researchers
If you have further questions about the accounting discipline group, please get in touch with Associate Professor Christine Contessotto
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Economics
The economics discipline group focuses on sustainability, shaping policy and preparing future leaders to tackle climate change and drive sustainable development.
Key focus areas:
- sustainable economies
- economic growth and development
- industrial organisation
- economic theory
- international trade
- labour economics and industrial relations
- health economics
- political economy and public choice.
Find economics staff and graduate researchers
If you have further questions about the economics discipline group, please get in touch with Professor Ching-Jen Sun
Finance
Leveraging capital markets for positive impact, our finance and real estate experts drive globally recognised research with real-world value.
Key focus areas:
- corporate finance
- investments and asset pricing
- international finance
- financial derivative instruments
- real estate and property.
Find Finance staff and graduate researchers
If you have further questions about the finance discipline group, please get in touch with Professor Xiaoyang Li
Information systems and business analytics
The information systems and business analytics discipline group applies technology to improve business, with a focus on artificial Intelligence (AI), data analytics, and digital solutions.
Key focus areas:
- AI and the future of work, including:
- cognitive automation
- human-robot interaction
- machine learning algorithms
- digital innovation, transformation and disruption
- business analytics for enhanced decision-making.
Find information systems and business analytics staff and graduate researchers
If you have further questions about the information systems and business analytics discipline group, please get in touch with Associate Professor Van-Hau Trieu
Management
The management discipline group leads organisations to better outcomes by focusing on the interactions between people, organisations and society, supporting inclusion, wellbeing, sustainability, and the needs of arts and sport organisations.
Key focus areas:
- organisational behaviour
- leadership and management education
- human resource management and industrial relations
- international business management and strategy
- sport management and marketing
- arts and cultural management.
Find management staff and graduate researchers
If you have further questions about the management discipline group, please get in touch with Professor Matt Mount
Marketing
The marketing discipline group applies social, psychological and data science methodologies to transformative issues such as healthy and sustainable consumption. Our courses embrace the future of marketing enabled by new technologies.
Key focus areas:
- social and transformative marketing
- marketing and public policy
- services marketing
- marketing communication
- marketing strategy
- marketing/business education
- customer analytics and modelling.
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If you have further questions about the marketing discipline group, please get in touch with Professor Josh Newton
