Research
The UNE Business School has a dynamic and active research culture with a strong and growing record of scholarly publications, research grants and postgraduate completions. As well as the distinguished research strengths within the School, projects are undertaken in collaboration with prominent industry players and leading researchers both nationally and internationally. The primary research strengths are in:
Economics: Agricultural and Resource Economics; Development and Environmental Economics; Applied Microeconomics; Public Economics; Applied Financial Economics, Economic History and Political Economy.
Business Development and Sustainability: Accounting; Accounting and Reporting; Accountability and Auditing; Business Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility; Information Systems; Leadership and Workplace Culture; Services and Sales Marketing; and Small Business Management and Innovation.
Governance: Centre for Local Government; Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Engagement; Gender and Regional Governance.
Topical Issues: Climate Change; Energy Economics; Teaching and Learning Scholarship; Wine Industry Working Group
The School has an impressive track record of disseminating its research outcomes conforming to UNE’s long tradition of research excellence. Our staff publish monographs, books, commissioned reports and journal articles in internationally and nationally refereed journals. Many of the areas of research strengths have had seminal and longstanding impacts on public policy.
Overall the school has been successful in gaining $2,804,718 in grants since 2008. Whilst $340,106 has been ARC grants, the balance of close to $2.5 million have been from industry or government bodies. For example, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, the Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis and the Commonwealth Environmental Research Facility have each been major supporters of the research conducted within the School. The highest proportion Centres and Research Groups within the School provide efficient frameworks for assembling and managing project teams. The most successful of these is the Centre for Local Government, which is featured in this Report. As well as those housed within the Faculty, our researchers work through the many cooperative research centres and other research centres to which UNE is a party.
Research outcomes (publications)
The School has an impressive track record when it comes to the dissemination of research outcomes. In line with UNEs long academic tradition our staff publish in national and international refereed journals. In addition, many of the fruits of our research feature as books, book chapters, and commissioned reports. Find out more by linking to our academics' staff web pages.
In addition, from the UNE campus-wide e-publication repository, you can search and browse for publications by Author, School, Subject, Journal, and/or Publisher.
Research Centres
Centres and research groups provide an efficient framework for assembling or managing project teams. As well as those housed within the Faculty, our researchers work through the many cooperative research centres and other research centres to which UNE is a party.
Centre for Local Government
The Centre for Local Government provides an umbrella for support, service, education and leadership to all sectors of local government in Australia through education, professional development, consultancy and research.
UNE Business School Wine Industry Working Group
To find out more about this group, click here.