Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Join the Opportunity Tech Lab Research Team!

https://www.monash.edu/business/impact-labs/opportunity-tech-lab

We are currently accepting PhD students who are passionate about contributing to an equitable society and digital economy through innovative applied research. Our interdisciplinary team explores a variety of impactful topics, including:

Digital Innovations for Social Good: Focus on developing and implementing digital technological solutions that address societal inequities. For example, virtual reality programs that counteract socio-cultural stigmas or foster an empathetic understanding of the barriers people with disabilities face on their path to open employment and digital tools to identify bias in digital services or apps.

Inclusive Employment and Entrepreneurship: Leverage emerging technologies (e.g., VR, AR, AI) to tackle bias, discrimination, and barriers faced by minorities and disadvantaged groups, such as vulnerable and low-income women, neurodivergent individuals (e.g., autism, ADHD, Dyslexia), people with cognitive impairments, and people with mental health conditions (e.g., depression, anxiety, PTSD).

Social Impact Evaluation: Measure and evaluate the effectiveness of social initiatives. This theme involves developing new metrics and indicators to assess the impact of various programs and technologies on all members of society.

Mental Health Disparities: Address systemic social and economic disparities, focusing on mental health disparities. Research may include studying the social determinants of mental health and initiatives to improve access to mental health care for underserved populations, e.g., creating mental health platforms for underserved populations and digital coaching tools to support employee mental health.

Inclusive Work Design: Explore innovative approaches to work and learning with virtual, extended or augmented reality. Projects could involve designing VR-based training modules for people with disabilities and their employers, or developing AR tools to foster inclusive behaviours in groups and organisations.

1993 …2024

Research activity per year

Network

Neal M. Ashkanasy

Prof

  • University of Queensland
  • Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Incorporated
  • Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management

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Wilfred J. Zerbe

Dr

  • University of Calgary

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W J Zerbe

Prof

  • Unknown
  • University of Calgary

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Gunter Hartel

Dr

  • Council of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (trading as QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute)
  • CSL Limited
  • Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
  • University of Queensland

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Oluremi B Ayoko

  • Unknown
  • University of Queensland

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Kenneth G. Brown

  • University of Iowa

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Rebekah Russell-Bennett

  • Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

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Yuka Fujimoto

  • Deakin University
  • Universiti Sunway (Sunway University)
  • University of Queensland

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Debra Pauline Panipucci

Miss

  • Deakin University

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Anna Krzeminska

  • Macquarie University

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Matthew Neale

Dr

  • Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

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Rebekah Bennett

Ms

  • University of Queensland

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Andre Anugerah Pekerti

Dr

  • University of Queensland

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Victor J. Callan

Prof

  • University of Queensland

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Xiao Yu Liu

  • University of International Business and Economics

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Peter J Jordan

Prof

  • Griffith University

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Ethel Brundin

  • Högskolan i Jönköping (Jönköping University)

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Elaine Farndale

  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Universiteit van Tilburg (Tilburg University)

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Laura Petitta

  • Sapienza Universita di Roma (Sapienza University of Rome)

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Maria Teresa Beamond

  • RMIT University
  • University of Queensland

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Magdalena Markowska

  • Högskolan i Jönköping (Jönköping University)

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Alain Klarsfeld

  • École Supérieure de Commerce de Toulouse (Toulouse Business School)

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Catherine S Daus

Ms

  • Unknown
  • Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Prem Ramburuth

Prof

  • University of New South Wales (UNSW)

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Jo'Anne Langham

  • Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
  • University of Queensland

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Jennifer M. O'Connor

  • University of Queensland

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Mona White

Ms

  • Deakin University

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Helen Gough

Ms

  • Unknown
  • Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera (CEU Cardinal Herrera University)

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Wahed Waheduzzaman

Dr

  • Swinburne University of Technology

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Neil Paulsen

Dr

  • University of Queensland

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Michael Craner

  • Palladium Group (Australia)

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Jasmin C.R. Härtel

  • University of Queensland

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Faith Wambura Ngunjiri

  • Concordia College

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Judy Wollin

Ms

  • Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

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Nasreen Sultana

  • University of Queensland
  • Frankston Hospital

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Ruth Elder

Ms

  • Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
  • University of Sydney

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Wayne Sanderson

Mr

  • Unknown
  • Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

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Fara Azmat

  • Deakin University

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Shams Rahman

Prof

  • RMIT University

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Jawad Syed

  • Lahore University of Management Sciences

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Josh Keller

  • University of New South Wales (UNSW)

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Greg Fisher

  • Flinders University
  • Australian National University (ANU)

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George Cairns

Prof

  • RMIT University

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Nancy Spencer

Ms

  • Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

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Janet R McColl-Kennedy

Prof

  • University of Queensland

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Josephine Previte

Dr

  • University of Queensland

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Geoff Smith

  • St George and Sutherland Hospitals
  • Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

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Huong Le

  • Deakin University

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Divya Singhal

  • Goa Institute of Management

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Garima Sharma

Dr

  • Western University (Canada)
  • Georgia State University
  • University of New Mexico
  • American University

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K M Weaver

  • California Institute of Technology

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Hassan Raza

  • University of Warwick

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Vicki S. Kaman

  • Colorado State University

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Simone Carmine

  • Universita degli Studi di Padova (University of Padua)

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Josh Keller

  • University of New South Wales (UNSW)

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Felix Arndt

  • Universite de Lausanne (University of Lausanne)

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Andrea Tunarosa

  • University of Tampa

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Jian Min (James) Sun

Prof

  • Renmin University of China

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Melissa E. Berry

  • University of Tulsa

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Shane S. Douthitt

  • University of Georgia

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Nadine Courmadias

  • Deakin University

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Lin Cui

Dr

  • Australian National University (ANU)

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Tatbeeq Raza-Ullah

  • Umeå Universitet (University of Umea)

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Ruth Rentschler

Dr

  • Deakin University

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Deshani Buddhika Ganegoda

  • National University of Singapore

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Gregory S Hooper

Dr

  • Unknown
  • University of Queensland

External person

David Edwards

  • Unknown
  • James Cook University
  • Ysbyty Gwynedd (Gwynedd Hospital)
  • EMBL Australia Bioinformatics Resource
  • University of Western Australia
  • Deakin University

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Greg M. Latemore

  • University of Queensland

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Amanda Louise Blyth

  • Deakin University

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Lixin Jiang

  • Fu Wai Hospital
  • HCor Research Institute
  • University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

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Erik Lundmark

  • Macquarie University

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Jacob Eisenberg

  • University College Dublin

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Bill Hart

  • Cleveland-Cliffs Inc

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Natalie Slawinski

  • Western University (Canada)
  • Memorial University of Newfoundland

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Anna Krzeminska

  • Macquarie University

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Sunita Barker

  • Deakin University

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Constantine Andriopoulos

  • University of London

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Charmaine Glavas

  • Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

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Camille Pradies

  • EDHEC Business School

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John Hunter McWilliams

Dr

  • Deakin University

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Günter K. Stahl

  • WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
  • INSEAD (Singapore)

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Oluremi Ayoko

  • University of Queensland

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Cheryl Leo

Ms

  • Murdoch University
  • University of Queensland

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Sen Sendjaya

  • Swinburne University of Technology

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Jameson B.G. Härtel

Mr

  • University of Sydney

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Jan Fermelis

Mr

  • Deakin University

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Rick B. Trumble

  • Ocean Lakes High School

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Agata Bialkowski

  • University of Queensland

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Casper Winther-Hansen

  • Copenhagen Business School

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Ruby M.M. Ma

  • Deakin University

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Justin Carrero

  • University of Queensland

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Greg Vines

  • Victorian Public Sector Commission

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Sarah Yarbrough Douthitt

  • University of Georgia

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Matt Tice

Mr

  • Unknown

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Yee Kok Meng

Ms

  • Unknown
  • Ohio State University

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Jade Evans

  • Palladium Group (Australia)

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Rory Mulcahy

  • University of the Sunshine Coast

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Genevieve Plant

  • University of Melbourne
  • Melbourne Health
  • La Trobe University
  • Imperial College London
  • University of Cambridge

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Manto Gotsi

  • Birkbeck University of London

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Raymond N.C. Trau

  • RMIT University
  • University of Western Australia

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Mulyadi Robin

  • Alphacrucis College

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Stephanie Schrage

  • Technische Universitat Hamburg-Harburg (Hamburg University of Technology)

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Amanda Beatson

Dr

  • Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

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Amanda Margaret Roan

Dr

  • Unknown
  • University of Queensland

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Marianne Roux

  • University of Queensland

External person

Leon Mann

Prof

  • University of Melbourne

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Tyler G. Okimoto

  • University of Queensland

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Lea Stadtler

  • Grenoble Ecole de Management (Grenoble School of Management)

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Joel Lim

Dr

  • Children's Mercy Hospital
  • University of Queensland

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