A fair, prosperous and sustainable future means thinking about what matters to us as a society.
What do we value and how much? What risks are we prepared to take? What are we willing to give up so that we can all have what we want and need?
Our researchers – the economists, actuarial analysts, specialists in finance and accounting, and experts in marketing, consumer behaviour, management, change and employment – are dedicated to these questions, bringing unique perspectives on the difference business and economics can make to our lives – as individuals and collectively. Through diverse expertise, an outward focus, and strong culture of collaboration, we carry out fundamental and applied research to help improve the world around us.
Our research at a glance
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Closing the education gap
To help shrink the persistent gap in equal access to education between secondary school students, this research team has designed an app called the 'Financial Aid Calculator'.
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Improving investor confidence in renewable energy
This research is facilitating accurate pricing of wind derivatives, leading to stable revenues and increasing investor confidence in renewable energy projects.
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Improving decision-making capacity and financial wellbeing
Using eye-tracking, brain-imaging, psychophysiology and pharmacology, this research studies how people respond to complexity to improve decision-making and wellbeing.
Engage with us
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Partner with us
Collaboration is integral to research at the Faculty. Learn how we work with industry, government and community partners to solve emerging challenges, and how we can work with you.
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Join our research community
Being an academic at the Faculty of Business and Economics means being part of a dynamic, world-class organisation with exceptional support at every stage of your research career.
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Join us as a graduate
Work with leading researchers on the important questions facing society. Explore our graduate research options, support available, and how to get started with us on your research career.
Research spotlight
Three new Research Labs in 2024
Funded through a Faculty initiative supporting state-of-the-art research, three new Research Labs will commence this year: Transforming Australian Healthcare: Data-Driven Insights for a Healthier Future; Lab for the Practical Applications of Mechanism and Matching Theory; and FBE Gender Lab: Promoting Advancement of Women in the Workplace.
Our research capabilities
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Our research centres
From Indigenous business leadership to decision-making, we have a wide range of specialist research centres and multi-partner centres bringing together internationally recognised research and industry experts.
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Our experts
Part of an international community of scholars, our researchers have diverse expertise across economics, accounting, finance, actuarial studies, management, employment, marketing and consumer behaviour.
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Our departments
Our faculty is home to five departments whose research is consistently placed at the top of world rankings in business and economics.
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Facilities and resources
As a researcher, visitor or collaborator, you have access to leading research infrastructure, from highly sought-after databases to extensive researcher support.
Latest news and commentary
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Read about the research by Dr Maryam Raji from the Department of Management and Marketing in Pursuit.
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Earlier access to free or cheaper medicines is on the cards, after a federal budget announcement made earlier this week.
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Taking the Pulse of the Nation, or TTPN, is the brainchildof a team of university researchers who wanted to help Australians understand how COVID-19 was affecting their lives from an economic and social perspective.