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Areas of Research Focus and Groups

Curtin Business School's funding programs enhance and strengthen research performance for several areas of research focus and research groups.

The Research Areas have a membership of active researchers with an established publishing record and a national or international research profile. Each area has a research plan for the next three years, which includes recruiting PhD students and encouraging new researchers to participate in their programs.

The Research Groups all have a high level of relevance to business and/or government.

Research Areas and Groups

Area

Directors

Women in Social & Economic Research (WiSER)Professor Alison Preston
Graduate School of Business
Perth City Campus.

Associate Professor Siobhan Austen
School of Economics and Finance
Bentley Campus.
Governance and Corporate Social Responsibilty Research Unit
Professor Margaret Nowak and Professor Alma Whiteley
Graduate School of Business
Perth City Campus.
Innovation in Social Marketing Advertising and PolicyProfessor Rob Donovan
School of Marketing
Bentley Campus.
Management of Services Organisations in the Asia Pacific:
Development and Sustainability
Dr Christof Pforr
School of Management
Bentley Campus.

Oil and Gas Management (OGM)

Professor Anthony (Tony) Owen
School of Economics and Finance

Dr Martin West
School of Information Systems
Bentley Campus.
Applied Law and Policy Area of Research Focus Professor Pauline Sadler
School of Business Law and Taxation
Bentley Campus
Semantic Analysis and Text Mining for Business and EducationAssociate Professor Heinz Dreher
School of Information Systems
Bentley Campus

Robert Francis Williams
School of Information Systems
Bentley Campus