Alumni features

In 1946, Charles Bean, Australia’s official WWI historian, wrote of the ANZAC spirit that “Anzac stood and still stands for reckless valour in a good cause, for resourcefulness, enterprise, fidelity, comradeship and endurance that will never own defeat”.

Professor John Foster and Dr Liam Wagner from the Energy Economics and Management Group will collaborate with the University of Sydney, University of Newcastle and University of NSW on a three-year project to provide a suite of tools and models to plan and manage the future grid.

Only three per cent of CEOs of top Australian companies are women, making it one of the lowest rates in the Western world. But surprising data uncovered by UQ Business School’s Dr Terrance Fitzsimmons about what it really takes for a woman to become a CEO, offer clues as to what needs to be done to raise the numbers of women at the top.

New research into Australian Indigenous Tourism aims to help businesses and communities plan for a sustainable future.

Happiness levels over a lifetime in Australia, Britain and Germany. People are at their happiest at retirement age and their most miserable in their geriatric years, a new study has found.

A report by the Education and Health Standing Committee of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly has identified Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) as the leading cause of non-genetic, intellectual disability in Australia and the Western World.

Online commerce is booming, but the evolving nature and application of new technologies presents numerous challenges for the courts, businesses and law makers. UQ Law academic Dr Alan Davidson is helping Australia to take the lead in adopting a law which will change the way the world does business.

Dr Jan Packer is on a mission to capture the elusive ‘visitor experience’, pioneering a new tool that will enable researchers to quantify experiences at cultural sites and events.

Banning biker gangs and criminalising membership of outlaw motorcycle groups will not be an effective way to combat organised crime says legal expert Dr Andreas Schloenhardt of UQ's TC Beirne School of Law.

The University of Queensland Business School will name its Chair in Finance in honour of Malcolm Broomhead, in recognition of a $3 million gift from the alumnus and leading Australian businessman.