Our people

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 Christoph
Nedopil Wang

Sustainable, green and climate finance
Development economics
China and its Belt and Road Initiative, Asia-Pacific
Climate smart governance and board leadership

Deputy Director

Associate Professor Gloria Ge

Strategy and innovation
International business
Multinationals
Emerging markets and institutions

Griffith Asia Institute members

Meet our team of dedicated experts, who are driving our research success. Follow the links to individual profile pages for more information about our research strengths, key projects, collaborations and research supervision opportunities.

Ms Maria Dharmesti

Adjunct members

Visiting Fellow

Dr Peter Layton

Industry Fellows

Professional staff

gai@griffith.edu.au

Advisory Council

The Griffith Asia Institute Advisory Council was formed in 2005 to support the Director, staff and members in achieving the goals of the University and the strategic vision of the Griffith Asia Institute. The Advisory Council provides strategic advice to the Griffith Asia Institute on its research profile, activities, structure and strategic direction; ways in which the Griffith Asia Institute can improve its links with industry and government and also raise its profile in the wider community; achieving its objective of becoming a widely recognised leading Centre contributing to scholarship and international debate on the Asia–Pacific region and its importance to ɫ��վ; and fundraising to support research activities.

Professor Caitlin Byrne

Pro Vice Chancellor Business, Griffith University

Clinton Dines

Member, Griffith University Council

Professor Christoph Nedopil Wang

Director, Griffith Asia Institute

Dr Huong Le Thu

Perth US Asia Centre

Sung Lee

PwC ɫ��վ

Graham Perrett MP

Federal Member for Moreton

Chris Rees

Manager, Supply Nation

Professor Sarah Todd

Vice President Global, Griffith University

Higher Degree Research Students by Department

Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics

Name	Research topic	Supervisors
Duha Mohammad Radwan Abujleedan	Does assurance on non-financial information enhance the credibility of the audit reports?	Dr Fang Hu and Professor Shireenjit Johl
Abdallah Al Khawaja	Relationship between corporate governance policies, CEO decision making and CSR on disclosure quality	Dr Fang Hu and Professor Shireenjit Johl
Ajanthan Alagathurai	Three essays on integrated reporting	Professor Shireenjit Johl and Professor Reza Monem
Iis Alviya	The role of land-based private sectors in low emission development	Dr Md Iftekhar, Dr Tapan Sarker and Dr Harsha Sarvaiya
Wijesooriya Basnayake	Impact of financial inclusion on economic growth: Evidence from Asia-Pacific region	Professor Saroja Selvanathan, Professor Jayatilleke Bandaralage and Dr Athula Naranpanawa
Mpho Bosupeng	The J-curve and asymmetric effects between trade balance and exchange in an undiversified economy	Dr Athula Naranpanawa and Dr Jen-Je Su
Simeon Azrasentario Paolo Conterius	Foreign investors impact in the domestic government bonds market: Case of Indonesia	Dr Alexandr Akimov, Professor Eduardo Roca and Dr Jen-Je Su
Eflinna Cross	The impact of mandatory CSR reporting on shareholders and non-shareholder stakeholders	Professor Shireenjit Johl and Dr Fang Hu
Olivera Driscoll	Economic impact of COVID-19 stimulus package: The case of ɫ��վ	Associate Professor Tarlok Singh and Associate Professor Parvinder Kler
Ryan Esplin	Considering the temporal nature of consumer welfare in developing energy policy	Professor Andreas Chai and Timothy Nelson
Maryam Farooq	Corona Pandemic and Emerging Economies: Gender Board Diversity and firm's performance	Professor Shireenjit Johl and Dr Fang Hu
Yunchao Ge		Dr Neda Todorova and Dr Bin Li
Yathra Mullage Chithrasheeli Gunaratne	Factors affecting the internal control weaknesses- A comparative study on US and Sri Lankan firms	Dr Fang Hu and Professor Shireenjit Johl
Sama Haddad	The Impact of Regulatory quality on Market co-movements	Professor Saroja Selvanathan, Professor E. A. Selvanathan, Associate Professor Tarlok Singh and Associate Professor Rakesh Gupta (External)
Paul McDonald	Optimal utilisation of renewable energy zones in the ɫ��վn national electricity market	Associate Professor Alexandr Akimov and Dr Paul Simshauser
Sri Mulyati	The effect of leadership style and organisational culture on employees' performance with rewards in NGOs	Dr Lanita Winata, Associate Professor Tapan Sarker and Associate Professor Nicholas Rohde
Tahlia Nolan	Market design and incentives to decarbonise the ɫ��վn economy using the electricity market	Associate Professor Andreas Chai and Timothy Nelson
Prabath Perera	Exploring digital inequality and navigating towards inclusive and sustainable development : A comparative Study between Sri Lanka and ɫ��վ	Professor Eliyathamby Selvanathan, Dr Jen-Je Su, Professor Saroja Selvanathan & Maneka Jayasinghe Mudiyan Selage (External)
Anna Ploszaj	Financial stress and psychosocial processes in ɫ��վ	Dr Jen-Je Su, Associate Professor Tarlok Singh and Dr Robert Bianchi
Catherine Wales		Professor Reza Monem and Dr Kerry Bodle
Liyanwalagama Appuhamilage Wimalaratna	Innovative tariffs and demand response potential for residential and industrial customers	Dr Alexandr Akimov and Dr Nawaratne Ratnasiri
Tianyi Yang	Does CEO communication and characteristics inspire market confidence under uncertainty?	Professor Shireenjit Johl and Dr Fang Hu
Dezhong Xu	Essays on cross-asset momentum	Dr Bin Li and Associate Professor Tarlok Singh
Samia Zahra	Disaggregate renewable energy production and carbon Nneutrality.	Professor Saroja Selvanathan, Professor E. A. Selvanathan, Associate Professor Tarlok Singh and Dr Maneka Jayasinghe (External)

Department of Business Strategy and Innovation

Name	Research topic	Supervisors
Sai Siddhartha Achanta	Disruptive sustainable energy technology, a comparison of India and ɫ��վ	Associate Professor Luke Houghton, Associate Professor Rob Hales and Patrick Glynn
Ali Behnood	Strategy for integration of digital innovations and collaborative working systems in asset delivery	Professor Dian Tjondronegoro and Professor Rosemary Stockdale
Geoffrey Ebbs	Research, develop and test a framework for developing and ensuring sustainable practice in business	Associate Professor Rob Hales and Professor Ingrid Burkett
Cera Ghang	Factors on the relationship between female employees ratio and firm performance in South Korea	Dr Byung Min and Dr Harsha Sarvaiya
Chandima Jeewanthi Hapu Achchige	Integrating sustainability strategy within management control systems (MCSs) in Sri Lanka	Professor Ki-Hoon Lee and Associate Professor Rob Hales
Taufik Kurrohman	Model of business valuation through carbon management accounting as a part of corporate environment	Associate Professor Tapan Sarker and Professor Cordia Chu
Salvador Macagno	Exploring continual improvement of Argentinian SME managers' decision making through the process of internationalisation	Dr Heather Stewart and Dr Lili Mi
Ishmael Macharia	The nexus between sovereign debt, bank portfolios and uncertainty in Sub Saharan Africa	Professor Peter Woods and Dr Byung Min
Jason Rogers	What is Maori Entrepreneurship?	Professor Naomi Birdthistle and Dr Kerry Bodle
Md Reaz Uddin	Opportunity creation of MNC in an emerging market: An institutional perspective	Professor Ki-Hoon Lee and Dr Sara Ekberg
David Waters	An analysis of business intelligence and analytics initiatives in ɫ��վn higher education	Associate Professor Luke Houghton and Dr Sharmistha Dey
Nicole Yeung	To understand how the interaction with felt sense affects entrepreneurial decision-making effectiveness in small to medium enterprises (SMEs)	Dr Marta Sinclair and Dr Gustavo Guzman
Elizabeth Yuwono	Transforming businesses through machine vision innovation and integration	Professor Dian Tjondronegoro and Dr Carla Riverola

Department of Marketing

Name	Research topic	Supervisors
Hanan Afzal		Dr Joan Carlini and Professor Muhammad Saleem
Md Abdul Alim	Investigating the effects of social media marketing on brand equity and consumer buying intention	Associate Professor Park Thaichon and Professor Scott Weaven
Jessica Booth	Decoding CRM in the digital age: How major sports brand manage customer relationships online	Professor Scott Weaven and Dr Park Thaichon
Alexander Campbell	Improving effectiveness of social marketing in ɫ��վ: The role of corporations	Associate Professor Sameer Deshpande, Professor Sharyn Rundle-Thiele and Dr Tracey West
Duc Hay Dang	Context interconnectedness and AI adoption behavior: An exploratory study	Dr Sara Thaichon and Associate Professor Robin Roberts
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
Sherif Keryakes	A comparison between low-cost airlines and full-service airlines marketing communications strategies	Associate Professor Sameer Deshpande, Dr Charles Jebarajakirthy and Dr Marie-Louise Fry
Dann Moudry	ɫ��վ's older people: Their adoption of wearable technology for health management	Professor Scott Weaven, Dr Sara Thaichon and Dr Gavin Northey
Ali Razzaq	Meme marketing: Exploration of its role in a viral marketing strategy to engage young customers over social media platforms	Dr Wei Shao and Dr Sara Thaichon
Artem Redine	Role of sales promotions in online impulse buying	Associate Professor Sameer Deshpande, Dr Charles Jebarajakirthy and Dr Jiraporn Surachartkumtonkun
Aarti Sewak	Bridging the gap between community and stakeholders to tackle littering problem in Fiji using SMtkg	Professor Sharyn Rundle-Thiele, Associate Professor Sameer Deshpande and Fang Zhao
Alastair Smith	The effects of cryptocurrency scams on crypto-consumers	Dr Charles Jebarajakirthy,Dr Jiraporn Surachartkumtonkun and Dr Shamsun Nahar
Jovanie Tuguinay	Acquisition and retention strategies for enhancing market share and customer loyalty: Case of casino resorts	Associate Professor Catherine Prentice, Professor Brent Moyle and Dr Sera Vada
Michael Winardi	Emotional intelligence, future anticipation, conflict management, and perceived market performance	Dr Wei Shao and Associate Professor Catherine Prentice
Xiaolan Xia	Artificial Intelligent (AI) Chatbot service recovery	Dr Wei Shao, Dr Jiraporn Surachartkumtonkun and Dr Haroon Iqbal Maseeh
Yunen Zhang	A consumer behavior analysis on the factors influencing tourists' perception towards their destinations	Associate Professor Park Thaichon and Dr Wei Shao

School of Environment and Science

Name	Research topic	Supervisors
Maggie Muurmans	Supporting local communities towards effective governance and engagement for climate change response	Professor Brendan Mackay, Professor Chris Fleming and Professor Caitlin Byrne

School of Government and International Relations

Dr Stephen McCarthy and Dr Lee Morgenbesser

Name	Research topic	Supervisors
Pia Dannhauer	Centrality Under Strain - Shortcomings of ASEAN-led institutions in the Indo-Pacific	Professor Ian Hall and Professor Kai He
Abu Farhad	Democratic qualities of citizen debate on news media’s Facebook pages: A case study of Bangladesh	Dr Max Grömping and Dr Heather Anderson
Savithri Fernando		Professor Renée Jeffery and Dr Emma Palmer
Richard Gallaher	Artificial Intelligence effect on the liberal international order	Professor Andrew O'Neil, Dr Huiyun Feng and Dr Lee Morgenbesser
Dongnu (Erin) Guo	Western images of Chinese culture: A comparative analysis	Professor Caitlin Byrne and Professor Sue Trevaskes
Rizky Ihsan	Foreign policy decision-making process: A case study of Indonesia's foreign policy towards China	Professor Kai He and Professor Ian Hall
William Kang	Middle power states, role conceptions and strategies for multilateralism-institutional hedging	Professor Kai He and Professor Andrew O'Neil
Nay Kim	Citizen's voice and action in improving education, health and governance: impact of SAcc in Cambodia	Professor Alexander Brown, Dr Byung Min and Dr Andrea Haefner
Seng Maw	Contesting sovereignty: War, global markets and ethnic politics in Kachin State, Northern Myanmar	Professor Renée Jeffery and Dr Stephen McCarthy
Haydn McComas	Working together or working apart? Organisational culture, leadership learning, ethics and interoperability	Professor Andrew O'Neil, Professor Caitlin Byrne and Timothy Legrand
Lukas Nagel	Myanmar peace warriors: Discourses and strategies of identity and interethnic peace among youths	Professor Renée Jeffery and Dr Max Grömping
Phyu Phyu Oo	Sexual and gender-based violence in armed conflict areas: A case study of Myanmar	Professor Sara Davies, Dr Caitlin Mollica and Professor Susan Harris Rimmer
Sovinda Po	Congrats to the Mekong?: Factors influencing Chinese establishment of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation	Professor Andrew O'Neil and Dr Huiyun Feng
Jhalak Sharma Sapkota	Irregular Migration of Nepalese Women and Girls to the Gulf States	Professor Renée Jeffery and Dr Kate van Doore
Nadia Setijono	Overcoming protracted displacement of Ahmadiyya Lombok Indonesia	Associate Professor Luis Cabrera and Professor Renée Jeffery
Queenie Tomaro	Knowing what works for women and why: A Realist Evaluation of the Gender-responsiveness of the PCVE Programmes in the Philippines	Professor Sara Davies and Dr Outi Donovan
Dimitri Tsakas	The role of The Holy See as a "hyper-power" in international relations	Professor Ian Hall and Dr Lee Morgenbesser
Anggia Valerisha	Women and Democracy in Indonesia: Social-Political Engagement and Participation in Digital Era	Professor Sara Davies and Dr Sarah Cameron
Mariel Dominique Verroya	The politics of expertise during COVID-19	Professor Sara Davies
Holly Willson	The rewarding state: Re-performing histories of tax policy in New Zealand and ɫ��վ	Professor Juliet Pietsch and Associate Professor Cosmo Howard
Erika Yague	Advancing the youth peace and security agenda in Southeast Asia	Professor Sara Davies and Dr Helen Berents

School of Medicine and Dentistry

Name	Research topic	Supervisors
Noore Alam	The need for one health approach to respond to emerging infectious disease threats in Bangladesh	Professor Cordia Chu
Festus Adams	Facing emerging infectious diseases threat in a global health security context: Comparative cases	Professor Cordia Chu and Dr Dung Phung
Dicky Budiman	Universal health coverage in Indonesia: A case study and comparison of health policy analysis	Professor Cordia Chu and Dr Dung Phung
Haijun Guo	Evidence-based policy development to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage consumption by Chinese children	Professor Cordia Chu and Dr Dung Phung
Yingying Jiang	Changes in the burden of disease for chronic diseases of a nation-wide community intervention program	Professor Cordia Chu and Dr Dung Phung
Taufik Kurrohman	Model of business valuation through carbon management accounting as a part of the corporate environment	Professor Cordia Chu

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