{"id":3909,"date":"2020-01-30T03:52:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T03:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/?page_id=3909"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:19:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:19:00","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/learning-teaching\/business-and-law\/about\/sustainability-and-social-impact-strategy\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We conduct research aimed at finding solutions to local, national and global problems. Excellence in academic research is of key importance to us, we strive to be translators \u2013 making sure practitioners can use and benefit from our work.<\/p>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"testimonial\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Testimonial\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n    \n<div class=\"block-heading\"\n     data-segment=\"dom\"\n     data-style=\"\"\n     data-align=\"center\"\n>\n\n                                <h2 class=\"block-heading__title \" id=\"message-from-the-dean\">Message from the Dean<\/h2>\n            \n                        \n                        \n            \n                <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"testimonial\">\n                                    \n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\"\n             alt=\"A portrait image of the testimonial author\"\n             srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/Fay-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/Fay-385x370.png 385w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/Fay.png 385w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/Fay.png 385w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/Fay.png 385w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/Fay.png 385w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/Fay-385x240.png 385w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/Fay.png 385w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/Fay.png 385w\"\n             sizes=\"(min-width: 2560px) 2560px, (min-width: 1920px) 1920px, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px, (min-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 768px) 768px\" loading=\"lazy\">\n    \n            <div class=\"testimonial__content\">\n            <p>Researchers in the Faculty of Business and Law combine academic excellence with deep engagement across government and industry to address real-world challenges. Our applied research delivers practical outcomes that create value for individuals, organisations and communities \u2014 improving lives, strengthening businesses and informing better decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n            <div class=\"testimonial__meta\">\n                                    <h4 class=\"testimonial__author\">Dr Fay Rola-Rubzen<\/h4>\n                \n                                    <div class=\"testimonial__title\">Dean, Research, Faculty of Business and Law<\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<\/mimas-block>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Research Themes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All research programs within the Faculty of Business and Law are underpinned by ethics, responsibility and sustainability, and align to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Healthy people and economies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These research projects support labour economics, health economics, the future of work, decent work and transformative work design, worker safety, sustainable career development, leadership and management sciences, strategic project management, resilient workplace cultures, mental health and wellbeing, healthy eating and food consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"button\"\n        \n        data-align=\"left\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Button block\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n    \n    \n<div class=\"block-heading hidden\"\n     data-segment=\"dom\"\n     data-style=\"\"\n     data-align=\"default\"\n>\n\n                                <h2 class=\"block-heading__title \" id=\"button-block\">Button block<\/h2>\n            \n                        \n                        \n            \n                <\/div>\n\n                    <a\n    href=\"https:\/\/research.curtin.edu.au\/businesslaw\/our-research\/key-research-themes\/healthy-people-and-economies\/\"\n    class=\"ico-link--arrow link black filled\"\n    target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Find out more\">Find out more<\/a>    <\/mimas-block><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Digital and technological transformation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These research projects support Artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, fintech, regtech, open knowledge and intellectual property, robots and the workforce, human-machine interactions; application and use of new technologies; technology ethics and legal issues, social media analytics, digital marketing. 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The project expects to generate solutions to Australia\u2019s declining work engagement and make work teams more efficient. The outcomes of this project will include new automated team assessment tools and team training programs for organisations to improve teamwork.<\/p>\n\n        \n                                    <ul class=\"accordion__buttons\">\n                                                                    \n                        <li>\n                            <a\n    href=\"https:\/\/dataportal.arc.gov.au\/NCGP\/Web\/Grant\/Grant\/DP210101031\"\n    class=\"ico-link--arrow 1\"\n    target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Read more about this project\">Read more about this project<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n                    \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Integrated-models-of-learning-and-decision-making-in-complex-tasks\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Integrated-models-of-learning-and-decision-making-in-complex-tasks\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Integrated-models-of-learning-and-decision-making-in-complex-tasks\">Integrated models of learning and decision making in complex tasks<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Integrated-models-of-learning-and-decision-making-in-complex-tasks\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p><strong>Investigator<\/strong>: Dr Luke Strickland<\/p>\n<p>Integrated models of learning and decision making in complex tasks. How do people learn to make decisions in complex work systems when assisted by automation? This project will develop computational models of human learning and decision making that explain and predict complex decisions relevant to industries such as aviation and defence. It will examine how humans learn to use automated advice, how learning affects remembering to perform planned (deferred) actions, and factors that pose a risk to learning and adaptation. The expected outcome is a significant theoretical advance in human factors and cognitive psychology, and a tool for informing work design (e.g., computer interface, task allocation) and training, with the potential to reduce human error in safety-critical workplaces.<\/p>\n\n        \n                                    <ul class=\"accordion__buttons\">\n                                                                    \n                        <li>\n                            <a\n    href=\"https:\/\/dataportal.arc.gov.au\/NCGP\/Web\/Grant\/Grant\/DP210101031\"\n    class=\"ico-link--arrow 1\"\n    target=\"_top\" aria-label=\"This project is funded by the Australian Research Council.\">This project is funded by the Australian Research Council.<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n                    \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Precarious-housing,-housing-assistance-and-wellbeing\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Precarious-housing,-housing-assistance-and-wellbeing\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Precarious-housing,-housing-assistance-and-wellbeing\">Precarious housing, housing assistance and wellbeing<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Precarious-housing,-housing-assistance-and-wellbeing\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Australia\u2019s housing system is undergoing a major transformation, marked by growing precariousness that has now spread across all housing tenures. The wellbeing impacts of this are not well-understood. This project aims to develop a contemporary conceptualisation of housing precariousness as a multidimensional experience that exists in potentially variable ways for renters, owners and the marginally housed. Using mixed methods and cross-country analyses, the project expects to produce new evidence on pathways in and out of precariousness, as well as the coping strategies and wellbeing of the precariously housed. This is expected to offer major benefits by informing housing assistance policies that promote the wellbeing of Australians.<\/p>\n\n        \n                                    <ul class=\"accordion__buttons\">\n                                                                    \n                        <li>\n                            <a\n    href=\"https:\/\/dataportal.arc.gov.au\/NCGP\/Web\/Grant\/Grant\/DP240100927\"\n    class=\"ico-link--arrow 1\"\n    target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"This project is funded by the Australian Research Council. \">This project is funded by the Australian Research Council. <\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n                    \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Optimizing-benefits-of-cultural-diversity-in-Australian-healthcare-sector\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Optimizing-benefits-of-cultural-diversity-in-Australian-healthcare-sector\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Optimizing-benefits-of-cultural-diversity-in-Australian-healthcare-sector\">Optimizing benefits of cultural diversity in Australian healthcare sector<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Optimizing-benefits-of-cultural-diversity-in-Australian-healthcare-sector\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Optimizing benefits of cultural diversity in Australian healthcare sector. 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