Too many Aussies are starting a family and raising their kids in poverty

New research finds that the birth of a first child reduces household income and increases the risk of disadvantage.

Published 26 Feb 2024

Vaping is ‘a young person phenomenon’ in Australia

For the first time, the annual HILDA survey has explored who is using vapes and e-cigarettes. And it’s Australia’s young people getting hooked.

Published 22 Feb 2024

More Australian adult children are living with their parents longer

Australian parents are waiting longer for an empty nest as their adult children are living under the same roof for longer, finds the annual HILDA survey.

Published 19 Feb 2024

HILDA data show women’s job prospects improving relative to men’s, and the COVID changes might have helped

Read this article via The Conversation by Professor Roger Wilkins, Professorial Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Published 14 Feb 2024

Dean's letter: Semester 1, 2024

Published 12 Feb 2024

HILDA survey at a glance: 7 charts reveal we’re smoking less, taking more drugs and still binge drinking

Read this article via The Conversation by Professor Roger Wilkins, Professorial Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Published 12 Feb 2024

Management; Marketing

Millions of Australians have a chronic illness. So why aren’t employers accommodating them?

Read this article by Dr Peter Ghin and Professor Susan Ainsworth from the Future of Work Lab and the Department of Management and Marketing.

Published 07 Feb 2024

Management; Marketing

Listen: Managing caste discrimination in the workplace

Professor Hari Bapuji and Dr Kanika Meshram from the Department of Management and Marketing discuss caste within the corporation on the Asia Institute's podcast Ear to Asia.

Published 31 Jan 2024

Dr Joseph Gladstone | International academic

As one of the international academics for the Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Business Leadership, Dr Joseph Gladstone brings a Native American perspective to his subject, Indigenous Philosophy of Business.

Published 30 Jan 2024

Management

I analysed more than 10,000 Reddit posts on supermarket pricing. 5 key themes emerged

Read this article by Dr Kanika Meshram, Department of Management and Marketing, for The Conversation.

Published 23 Jan 2024

Watch: Agribusiness Fireside Chat - Carbon Today and Biodiversity by 2030

The Faculty of Business and Economics hosted the Agribusiness Fireside Chat at the University of Melbourne, on Tuesday, December 5, 2023.

Published 19 Jan 2024

Bachelor of Commerce

sheCommerce program gives Year 11 students a taste of life on campus

The University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Business and Economics welcomed 35 high school students on campus for a three-day camp in December.

Published 11 Jan 2024

Australia’s electric vehicle future must be priced right

Read this Pursuit article featuring Associate Professor Leslie Martin.

Published 09 Jan 2024

Being creative can make you more popular at work

Read this article by Dr Gamze Koseoglu for Pursuit.

Published 03 Jan 2024

What is dropshipping? 6 things to consider before you start dropshipping as a side hustle

Read this article by Dr Brent Coker for The Conversation.

Published 02 Jan 2024

Have yourself a very thrifty Christmas

Read this Pursuit article featuring Dr Kanika Meshram from the Faculty of Business and Economics.

Published 19 Dec 2023

Watch: 2023 Centre for Asian Business and Economics Public Lecture

ANZ's Group Chief Economist Richard Yetsenga presented the Centre for Asian Business and Economics Public Lecture at the University of Melbourne, on Wednesday, November 22, 2023.

Published 19 Dec 2023

More than half of Australians are only just making ends meet

Read this Pursuit article by Dr Ana Gamarra Rondinel from the Melbourne Institute.

Published 15 Dec 2023