Meet our remarkable people
The Griffith Asia Institute boasts a wide range of knowledge and expertise.
To find out more about our staff and academic members’ individual research strengths and research study supervision, follow the links to our Griffith Experts profiles.
Director
Professor Caitlin Byrne
- Australian foreign policy and diplomacy
- Innovations in diplomatic practice
- Soft power in the Asia-Pacific
- Australian diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific
- ASEAN regional identity and cultural diplomacy
- Global institutions and public diplomacy
Deputy Director, Research
Professor Ian Hall
- History of international thought
- International relations theory
- Indian foreign and security policy
- Security studies
Members
Dr Alexandr Akimov
Emerging market finance, public sector finance, energy and carbon markets, financial education
Professor Jay Bandaralage
General equilibrium modelling; input-output economics; economic development in South Asia; trade, growth and poverty; food security in South Asia
Professor Michelle Barker
Internationalisation of the curriculum, international student adjustment, intercultural skill development, workplace bullying and mobbing, transnational education
Dr Kerry Bodle
Indigenous business failure, Indigenous cultural intellectual property, financial literacy, digital innovation in accounting education, self-employment pathway for Indigenous Australians, bankruptcy prediction modelling
Dr Catherine Burns
Gender relations, human security, Japanese food cooperatives, transitional justice
Associate Professor Luis Cabrera
World order and multi-level governance, immigration ethics, human rights, Indian politics
Professor Fabrizio Carmignani
Applied macroeconomics and applied econometrics
Associate Professor Andreas Chai
Innovation and demand, evolutionary economics, tourism economics, behavioural barriers to climate change adaption
Professor Cordia Chu
Settings-based integrated planning for environment and population health; research design and planning; health promotion theory and strategies; community development and empowerment in reproductive health
Dr Tom Conley
The politics of economic policy, power in East Asia, global finance and financial policy, global trade and trade policy
Dr Larry Crump
International negotiation; negotiation in multilateral, regional and bilateral agreements; theory to support the development of negotiation strategy; negotiation turning points, negotiation linkages and managing negotiation complexity
Dr Anne Cullen
Asian history, environmental politics, international relations, political science, and forestry politics of Indonesia during the Suharto period of political leadership
Dr Amanda Daly
International higher education, online learning, student mobility, student retention and engagement
Professor Sara Davies
Global health governance and security; sexual and gender-based violence in armed conflict; prevention of mass atrocities; international refugee law
Dr John Fan
Quantitative strategies, commodities, carbon emissions trading, ESG integration
Dr Hui Feng
International political economy, post-communist transitions, international finance, Chinese politics and political economy
Dr Huiyun Feng
Asian politics; Asia–Pacific security and foreign policy; international relations; political psychology; strategic culture, public opinion and track II diplomacy
Dr Marie-Louise Fry
Consumption behaviour
Dr Bernard Gan
Organisational studies in Asian multinationals and corporations; comparative Asian management and employment relations; employers’ associations; tourism and hospitality management; social networks
Associate Professor Gloria Ge
China business, human resource management, multinational enterprises from emerging economies
Dr Max Grömping
Interest representation and advocacy, media politics, comparative political participation, electoral integrity, and Authoritarian institutions
Professor Ross Guest
Economics of population ageing; public policy in relation to government spending and taxation; economics education and education economics
Dr Andrea Haefner
International relations, non-traditional security in the Asia-Pacific region, transboundary water management, environmental security Regionalism
Dr Rob Hales
Climate change, sustainable tourism, outdoor recreation, Indigenous issues, education for sustainability
Dr Dan Halvorson
State failure and international order; colonialism and decolonisation; Cold War history in Asia; religion and international relations
Professor Susan Harris Rimmer
Human rights law, access to justice, international law, feminist theory
Professor Kai He
International relations theory and international security; foreign policy analysis and international political economy; public opinion; foreign policy crisis behaviour; Chinese politics and Sino-US relations
Dr Paul Howard
Political economy of sanitation in Asia, worker migration and development in Asia, political economy of tourism development in China
Dr Katherine Hunt
Consumer demand analysis, poverty and income inequality, gender and poverty
Dr Md Sayed Iftekhar
Combinatorial conservation auctions, fisheries quota allocation, networks and group formation, market design for environmental water buyback and intergenerational equity and risk aversion
Professor Renée Jeffery
Transitional and post-conflict justice with a special regional focus on the Asia-Pacific
Dr Kanchana Kariyawasam
Intellectual property law, consumer law
Associate Professor Parvinder Kler
Economics of education, economic determinants of subjective wellbeing, economic development. financial market regulation
Associate Professor Ki-Hoon Lee
Corporate sustainability management embracing environmental, social and economic challenges; integrating sustainability into the business value chain
Professor Leong Liew
China's political economy; political economy of Sino-US relations; development economics and studies; political economy of international business, trade and finance
Professor Tony Makin
International macroeconomics, international finance, Asia–Pacific economies, monetary and fiscal policy
Dr Ferran Martinez i Coma
Electoral integrity, comparative politics, political parties, electoral behaviour
Dr Stephen McCarthy
Political theory, comparative politics, international relations, South East Asia, Burma
Dr Cameron McConchie
Mango and tropical horticulture, manipulation of mango flowering and mango resin canal discolouration, post-harvest performance of fruit
Professor Sara McGaughey
International, corporate and institutional entrepreneurship; knowledge and innovation, including knowledge spillovers; foreign direct investment and intellectual property across borders; global value chain coordination in multinational enterprises
Dr Lili Mi
Strategic management, foreign direct investment strategies, firm performance
Dr Byung Min
Corporate governance, family business, corporate social responsibility, business groups, corporate finance, trade and investments
Professor Reza Monem
Corporate governance, earnings quality and earnings management, executive compensations, corporate social responsibility reporting, international accounting
Dr Lee Morgenbesser
Authoritarian regimes, classical dictatorship, concept systemisation, democratisation, hybrid regimes, South East Asian politics
Professor Andrew O’Neil
International relations of the Asia–Pacific, strategic studies, Australian foreign and defence policy, international terrorism and counter terrorism
Dr Emma Palmer
International criminal law, international humanitarian law, human rights and social justice, transitional justice, corporations and commercial law, infrastructure governance, criminal law, and gender issues.
Dr Tri Dung Phung
Environment and population health in the Asia-Pacific
Professor Juliet Pietsch
Migration politics, political behaviour
Associate Professor Robin Roberts
Export and trade development, product innovation and development for consumer markets
Dr Shannon Rutherford
Climate change vulnerability and adaptation; risk assessment and decision making ; health systems and public health; leadership
Associate Professor Tapan Sarker
Business strategy for sustainability; political economy of sustainable development; climate change and growth; corporate social responsibility and governance; tax policy and management
Dr Harsha Sarvaiya
Corporate social responsibility, business ethics, internationalisation, sustainability
Professor Eliyathamby (Selva) Selvanathan
Consumer demand analysis, stochastic index numbers, alcohol consumption, advertising, time series modelling, tourism analysis
Professor Saroja Selvanathan
Applied econometrics and economic forecasting, econometric theory, economic modelling, consumer demand
Dr Dhara Shah
International HRM, Indian IT workers, expatriates, cross-cultural studies, international business, multinational corporations in emerging economies
Dr Parmendra Sharma
Stock market and banking sector reforms, stock market and banking sector development, special focus on the South Pacific
Dr Marta Sinclair
Intuition in business, intuition in managerial decision-making
Associate Professor Tarlok Singh
Open economy macroeconomics, applied econometrics, economic growth and development, money and finance
Dr Jen-Je Su
Econometrics, growth and development economics, financial economics
Professor Dian Tjondronegoro
Digital innovation, artificial intelligence, intelligent systems for transforming the future of business, work, productivity, health and well being
Dr Neda Todorova
Volatility estimation and forecasting, informational content of option markets, asset pricing in incomplete markets, technical analysis
Dr Yi Wang
International relations and media, language and translation, Australian foreign policy, Australia-Asia relations, Chinese foreign policy
Professor Scott Weaven
Online and offline relationship marketing, customer engagement, omnichannel retailing, big data and consumer sentiment analysis, marketing strategy and small business performance.
Dr Lanita Winata
Balanced scorecard, incentive management systems, management accounting and organisational strategy, information technology and accounting, marketing and accounting information, culture and accounting systems
Associate Professor Peter Woods
Chinese leadership, cross-cultural management, diversity management, expatriate management, human resource management in China, Indonesian leadership, performance management, teaching in the multicultural context
Adjunct membership
- Professor Colin Brown
- Dr Bounthanongsack Chanthalath
- Adjunct Professor Clinton Dines
- Professor Michael Heazle
- Professor Yan Islam
- Emeritus Professor Colin Mackerras
- Dr Bradley McConachie
- Dr Wesley Morgan
- Associate Professor Jane Munro
- Dr Tess Newton Cain
- Dr Tanya Ogilvie-White
- Associate Professor David Schak
- Professor Andrew Selth
- Dr Christian Wirth
Visiting Fellows
- Dr Peter Layton
- Dr Nikolay Murashkin
- Dr Selvi Ravinthirakumaran
- Dr Yenny Tjoe
- Associate Professor Qianyu (Rita) Zhu
Industry Fellows
- Mr Stefan Armbruster
- Mr Rowan Callick
- Dr Adam Findlay
- Dr Mark Hickey
- Mr Peter Johnson
Professional staff
- Meegan Thorley - Institute Manager
- Louise O'Neil - Executive Assistant
- Dr Lucy West - Senior Research Assistant
- Natasha Vary - Events and Publications Manager
- Aliyah Ravat - Communications and Events Officer
- Jill Moriarty - Web Communications/Design Officer
Higher degree by research students by Department
Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
| Name | Research topic | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|
Syed Abbas | Cyclicality, stability, and welfare effects of aid and remittances: Evidence from the developing world | Professor Jayatilleke Bandaralage, Professor Saroja Selvanathan and Professor Selva Selvanathan |
Abdulrahman Alhassun | The relationship between corporate governance, earnings management and earnings quality | Professor Reza Monem and Dr Mohammed Hossain |
Namal Balasooriya Mudiyanselage | Health and socio-economic status: Empirical investigation on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) | Professor Jayatilleke Bandaralage and Associate Professor Nicholas Rohde |
Melissa Belle Isle | Small business cash flow stability in the service sector: Is there a relationship with tax obligations? | Professor Brett Freudenberg and Associate Professor Tapan Sarker |
Ryszard Bliszczyk | Social context matters: Identity economics and salience of social identification in economic choice | Associate Professor Andreas Chai, Professor David Butler and Professor Lisa Farrell |
Lakshi Boolaky Doorgakunt | Investigating the economic impact of International Standard of Auditing (ISA): A cross country study | Associate Professor Tarlok Singh and Dr Jen-Je Su |
Simeon Azrasentario Paolo Conterius (CRI) | Foreign investors impact in the domestic government bonds market: case of Indonesia | Professor Eduardo Roca and Dr Alexandr Akimov |
Singgih Gunarsa | An empirical investigation of key issues in fiscal policy in Indonesia: 1968-2010 | Professor Tony Makin, Professor Ross Guest and Associate Professor Nicholas Rohde |
Jeleta Kebede | Financial inclusion, inequality and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa: Does institution matter? | Dr Athula Naranpanawa and Professor Saroja Selvanathan |
Gihani Mandala Waththage | Sustainability, organisational strategy and management control systems | Dr Lanita Winata and Dr Kerry Bodle |
Ashkan Mirzay Fashami | Determinants and consequences of auditors low-balling: Evidence from Australia | Professor Reza Monem and Professor Shireenjit Johl |
Ripon Mondal | The impacts of off-farm employment on food security and nutrition of rural households in Bangladesh | Professor Saroja Selvanathan, Dr Moazzem Hossain, Professor Selva Selvanathan and Dr Parvinder Kler |
Nasser Nasser | The audit expectation gap in an emerging economy: Evidence from Kuwait | Professor Reza Monem and A Ng |
Uththara Neelawela | Policy tools for a secure and sustainable electricity sector | Professor Selva Selvanathan and Dr Liam Wagner |
Lan Nguyen | Health benefits: Interplay between policies, private health insurances, customer behaviours | Professor Andrew Worthington and Professor Selva Selvanathan |
Lan Nguyen | Credit constraints and firm performance: A study of manufacturing SMEs in Vietnam | Dr Parmendra Sharma and Dr Jen-Je Su |
Gabriel Paes Herrera | Analysis of sustainable agricultural systems through machine learning | Dr Athula Naranpanawa, Dr Jen-Je Su and Michel Constantino |
Anna Ploszaj | Income inequality and psychosocial processes in Australia | Associate Professor Tarlok Singh and Dr Jen-Je Su |
Shashika Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage | Economic analysis of organic tea small holding sector in Sri Lanka | Professor Saroja Selvanathan, Professor Selva Selvanathan and Dr Parvinder Kler |
Brett Ryder | Essays In Australian macroeconomic history | Associate Professor Tarlok Singh and Professor Tony Makin |
Chamila Thushara Senadeerage | Modelling international tourism demand and implications of Its volatility for Sri Lanka at a disaggregate level | Professor Jayatilleke Bandaralage and Dr Jen-Je Su |
Deni Wahidin | Bond market development and economic growth in Indonesia | Professor Eduardo Roca and Dr Alexandr Akimov |
Tingxi Zhang | Essays on Chinese commodity futures markets | Dr John Fan and Professor Robert Bianchi |
Department of Business Strategy and Innovation
| Name | Research topic | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|
Yvette Baxter | Perceptions of graduate attributes for employment | Professor Michelle Barker and Dr Amanda Daly |
Rodrigo De Luca | The institutional context of foreign direct investment in emerging economies: The role of multinational enterprises in shaping new capital market institutions | Professor Sara McGaughey and Dr Julienne Senyard |
Nuwan Gunarathne | Parallel development of accounting alongside the evolutionary stages of environmental management | Associate Professor Ki-Hoon Lee and Dr Lanita Winata |
Hendriane Namotemo | A study on Indonesia non-profit organisations: An assessment on strategies toward sustainability | Professor Heidi Dahles and Associate Professor Gloria Ge |
Alvaro Pureza | How institutional logics shape corporate sustainability practice in Brazil | Associate Professor Ki-Hoon Lee and Dr Gustavo Guzman |
Juan Miguel Rosa Gonzalez | The effects of self-shock on expatriate adjustment | Professor Michelle Barker and Dr Dhara Shah |
Gunaro Setiawan | Political branding of Jokowi's governance | Associate Professor Peter Woods and Dr Catherine Burns |
Nehemia Sugianto | Deep facial analysis of integrated video surveillance for measuring customers journey experience | Professor Dian Tjondronegoro and Professor Rosemary Stockdale |
Roni Tua | Indonesian small-medium enterprises internationalisation | Associate Professor Gloria Ge and Dr Bernard Gan |
Jessica Zhao | Analysis of electric car firms’ Innovation strategies in China: Perspective of strategy tripod? | Associate Professor Gloria Ge and Dr Bernard Gan |
Department of Marketing
| Name | Research topic | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|
KC Diwakar | Does market participation affect the income and livelihood of smallholders: A case study of vegetable farmers in Nepal | Associate Professor Robin Roberts and Dr Cameron McConachie |
School of Government and International Relations
| Name | Research topic | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|
Lizzy Ambler (CGPP) | A critical analysis of foreign fighter motivations and the implications for Australian and UK policy | Professor Andrew O’Neil and Associate Professor Gideon Baker |
Pia Dannhauer | Centrality Under Strain - Shortcomings of ASEAN-led institutions in the Indo-Pacific | Professor Ian Hall and Professor Kai He |
Nadia Farabi | Overcoming protracted displacement of Ahmadiyya Lombok Indonesia | Professor Renee Jeffery and Dr Luis Cabrera |
Dongnu (Erin) Guo | Western images of Chinese culture: A comparative analysis | Professor Caitlin Byrne and Professor Sue Trevaskes |
Diego Leiva (CGPP) | Latin American foreign policy behaviours towards China in the 21st century: A neoclassical realist analysis | Professor Ian Hall, Professor Kai He and Dr Huiyun Feng |
Ida Mork Larsson (CGPP) | Anti-science in the policy process | Dr Cosmo Howard and Professor Sara Davies |
Thu Nguyen | International refugee law in South East Asia | Professor Sara Davies and Professor Renee Jeffery |
Phyu Phyu Oo | Sexual and gender-based violence in armed conflict areas: A case study of Myanmar | Professor Sara Davies and Dr Caitlin Mollica |
Sovinda Po | Congrats to the Mekong?: Factors influencing Chinese establishment of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation | Professor Andrew O'Neil and Dr Huiyun Feng |
Teesta Prakash | Australia's official development assistance to India: In the donor's interest? | Professor Ian Hall and Professor Sara Davies |
Athaulla Rasheed (CGPP) | China-South Asia relations and trade | Dr Giorel Curran and Dr Huiyun Feng |
Fatima Raza (CGPP) | The ideological shift of Pakistan and its effects on sectarian violence | Dr Dan Halvorson and Associate Professor Halim Rane |
Melodie Ruwet (CGPP) | Small island states foreign policies: Balancing geopolitical realities and domestic aspirations | Professor Sara Davies and Professor Andrew O'Neil |
Huma Siddiqi (CGPP) | The failure of police reform in Pakistan | Professor John Kane and Dr Huiyun Feng |
Elise Stephenson (CGPP) | Women's leadership in Australian international-facing agencies | Dr Elizabeth van Acker, Professor Anne Tiernan and Associate Professor Susan Harris Rimmer |
Bikram Timilsina | Conflict prevention in a post-conflict state: The case study of Nepal | Professor Sara Davies and Professor Renee Jeffery |
Dimitri Tsakas | The role of The Holy See as a "hyper-power" in international relations | Professor Ian Hall, Dr Lee Morgenbesser and Professor Haig Patapan |
Daniel W Tuominen Szabo (CGPP) | Extraordinary decisions: Migrant decision-making on the Sahara Desert crossing | Associate Professor Luis Cabrera and Dr Lee Morgenbesser |
Mun Vong | Mass organisations in South East Asia | Dr Stephen McCarthy, Dr Lee Morgenbesser and Professor John Kane |
Emilia Yustiningrum (CGPP) | The policy of natural disaster management in Indonesia: Challenges to domestic and foreign policies | Professor Andrew O’Neil and Dr Huiyun Feng |
School of Medicine
| Name | Research topic | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|
Noore Alam | TBA | Professor Cordia Chu |
Fetus Adams | TBA | Professor Cordia Chu and Dr Dung Phung |
Nina Atkin | TBA | Professor Cordia Chu |
Dicky Budiman | TBA | Professor Cordia Chu and Dr Dung Phung |
Connie Gan | TBA | Professor Cordia Chu and Professor Sara Davies |
Haijun Guo | TBA | Professor Cordia Chu and Dr Dung Phung |
Yingying Jiang | TBA | Professor Cordia Chu and Dr Dung Phung |
Taufik Kurrohman | TBA | Professor Cordia Chu |
Muyesaier Tudi | TBA | Professor Cordia Chu and Dr Dung Phung |
Quy Linh Tran | TBA | Professor Cordia Chu and Dr Dung Phung |
Kin Hing Yong | TBA | Professor Cordia Chu and Dr Dung Phung |