Our research at a glance
From using actuarial science to support the transition to renewables, to advancing workplace equality by placing caste firmly in the conversation, explore some of the ways our researchers and their collaborators are improving the world around us and informing the discipline for future change.
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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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Advancing gender equality in corporate boardrooms
Dr Gertsberg's research is challenging beliefs around gender bias, shedding light on gatekeeping behaviour, and helping advance gender equality in boardrooms.
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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.
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Supporting prevention of modern slavery
Several researchers in Management and Marketing are addressing modern slavery, from company responses to Australia’s Modern Slavery reporting regime to exploitation in the fashion industry.
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Improving healthcare through market design policies
Dr Barkley's research looks at collusion around the provision of insulin in Mexico to show how effective market design can improve health outcomes in lower-income countries.
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Improving population health
Researchers at the Melbourne Institute are at the forefront of developing innovative strategies to improve population health and optimise efficiency of healthcare.
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Providing insights to increase donor participation
Through in-depth interviews with 52 blood donors, this study offers a new mechanism for conceptualising donor identity and behaviour that can help increase uptake.
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Informing economic and social policy
The HILDA Survey provides researchers and policy-makers with a tool for assessing economic, demographic, and social policy issues. Its impact is far-reaching.
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Tracking the economy over booms to busts
CASiE – a survey of Consumer Attitudes, Sentiments and Expectations, has been tracking the economy for over 45 years.
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Enhancing the reliability of CSR reporting
Corporate social responsibility reports (CSR) are a key tool for regulating and monitoring sustainability activities. This research is making them more reliable.
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Supporting equality through the lens of caste
Professor Bapuji's research looks at the impact of the caste system on work and organisations, extending the field and broadening understanding of inequality in the workplace.
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Partner with us
We collaborate with industry, government and community through mutually beneficial partnerships to solve complex challenges.
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Find an expert
Our researchers have diverse expertise across economics, accounting, finance, actuarial studies, management, employment, marketing and consumer behaviour.
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Media contact
Our experts are available to comment on topics spanning economic policy to labour markets, social disadvantage to the future of work, superannuation to climate change.