Centre for Contemporary Australasian Business and Economics Studies

Established in 2017, the Centre for Contemporary Australasian Business and Economics Studies (CCABES) is a focal point for researchers of Australasian business and economic developments among staff in the Faculty of Business. The Centre’s focuses on inter-disciplinary research.

Our Vision

To be a Centre of excellence for collaborative research on contemporary Australasian business and economics.

Our Mission

To develop, promote and encourage research excellence through collaborative research and activities on contemporary Australasian business and economics. To further the Faculty’s international research profile and standing through innovative and high quality research which has broad academic, business and policy impact.

Our Research

CCABES is conducting research into:

• Asian capital markets, finance and disclosure
• Competition policy and regulation
• Social change/responsibility and accountability
• Entrepreneurship, SMEs, innovation and growth
• Cross border trade, production and regional integration
• Economic development issues – inequality, poverty and inclusion

CCABES Members

• Associate Professor Andrew Ainsworth
• Associate Professor Amir Arjomandi - (Co-Director)
• Professor Millicent Chang 
• Dr Ian Douglas, Honorary Senior Lecturer
• Dr David Du, Lecture
• Dr Eduardo Fernandez-Pol, Senior Lecturer
• Dr Maria Kim, Senior Lecturer
• Associate Professor Thanh Le 
• Dr Bin Liu, Senior Lecturer
• Dr Liangbo (Jack) Ma, Lecturer
• Associate Professor Shiguang Ma
• Associate Professor Rabindra Nepal
• Associate Professor Xiaofei Pan - (Co-Director)
• Dr Tina Prodromou, Lecturer 
• Dr Parulien Silaen, Lecturer
• Dr Ciorstan Smark, Senior Lecturer
• Professor Sandy Suardi - (Co-Director)
• Dr Farzana Tanima, Lecturer
• Dr Ivy Zhou, Senior Lecturer

Associate Members

• Dr Dorothea Bowyer, Western Sydney University
• Dr Anil Chandrakumara, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, University of Wollongong
• Professor Yuanchen Chang, Department of Finance, Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan
• Professor Amelie Charles, Audencia Business School, Nantes, France
• Dr Lian Chua (Michael) Chew, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China
• Professor Shu-hen Chiang, Chung Yuan Christian University
• Associate Professor Daisy Hsin-I Chou, RMIT University
• Professor Corinne Cortese, School of Business, University of Wollongong
• Professor Olivier Darne, University of Nantes, France
• Professor Tooraj Jamasb, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
• Associate Professor Michael Jones, School of Business, University of Wollongong
• Dr Trevor Kollmann, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
• Associate Professor Wenchien Liu, Chung Yuan Christian University
• Dr Askhan Masouman, KPMG Sydney
• Associate Professor Simone Marsiglio, University of Pisa
• Dr Paul McPphee, Federation University
• Dr Tu Nguyen, University of Otago 
• Dr Rachel Nichols, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong
• Dr Stephanie Perkiss, Lecturer, School of Business, University of Wollongong
• Dr Sinhalage Rajakaruna, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
• Dr Nadeera Ranabahu, University of Christchurch
• Dr Israfil Roshdi, Islamic Azad University, Semnan Branch, Iran
• Dr Carl Shen, Senior Lecturer, Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance at Macquarie University 
• Dr Tanapond Swanpitak, Lecturer, School of Management Science, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Nonthaburi, Thailand
• Dr Hui-Ling Wang, Lecturer, School of Business, University of Wollongong
• Dr Sarah Wang, Casual lecturer, University of Wollongong
• Dr Vipula Wikramarachchi, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
• Dr Sharna Wiblen, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, University of Wollongong
• Associate Professor Jing Zhao, La Trobe University

Strategic Associate Partners

• International Think Tank for Land Locked Developing Countries (ITTLLDC), Mongolia

HDR Members

• Tayyab Ayaz
• Guna Bhatta
• Sheetal Deo
• David Havyatt
• Ruichen Ma
• Yun Maung
• Suranga Perera
• Muhammad Saleem
• Theseem Muhammadu Theseem
• Trang Vu
• Gusti Wardhani

Professor Sandy Suardi

Email: sandy_suardi@uow.edu.au

Telephone: +61 02 4221 5525

Dr Amir Arjomandi

Email: amir_arjomandi@uow.edu.au

Telephone: +61 02 4252 8823

Associate Professor Xiaofei Pan 

Email: xiaofei_pan@uow.edu.au 

Telephone: +61 02 4252 8915

Crafting Impactful Research Workshop

Speakers shared invaluable insights and strategies for designing and publishing impactful research.

• Publishing in Top Journals Learnings from Failures (PDF: 411 KB), Associate Professor Buhui Qiu, University of Sydney 
• Finding the next research project (PDF: 295 KB), Dr Carl Hsin-han Shen, Macquarie University

CCABES Cluster 3B Seminar

Failing to Fail: The Lost Policy Opportunity of the Pandemic

Short Abstract: International aviation is emerging from the pandemic like so many bears coming out of hibernation. Weak carriers should have failed, but many survived.  What were the survival strategies and regulatory responses?

Biography: Dr Ian Douglas is currently an Honorary Research Fellow with both UOW (BAL) and UNSW Aviation. Dr Douglas was appointed Chair of the Australian International Air Services Commission in May 2016, after serving as a Commissioner from November 2012. He stepped down as Chair in August 2021. Prior to academia Dr Douglas had a long career with Qantas Airways, holding senior positions in pricing, business development, and route management.

Watch recording: Seminar by Dr Ian Douglas