Our research staff

Ackermann, Dr Chris

Chris is a Senior Lecturer in accounting.He is passionate about accounting education and instilling the necessary technical knowledge in students. He enjoys teaching the technical aspects of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on first and second year level, and ... more

Alimi, Dr Omoniyi (Niyi)

I am a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Waikato Management School. I currently teach the first year Business Economics and the New Zealand Economy paper, as well as in the Master of Professional Accounting programme. I am a 2022 ... more

Arunachalam, Dr Murugesh

Dr Murugesh Arunachalam holds a PhD from the University of Waikato, a master's degree in accounting and finance from the University of Stirling in Scotland, and a bachelor (honours) degree in accounting from the University of Malaya, Malaysia.He is also ... more

Bai, Dr Min (Martin)

Finance Subject ConvenorPathway College/WMS Finance Subject ModeratorWMS High Commendation for Excellence in Teaching Practice 2019Associate Editor of International Journal of Finance and Economics (ABS 3)Editorial Board Member of Journal of Finance and Accounting ... more

Bakri, Dr Marlini

Marlini Bakri is a lecturer in marketing at Waikato Management School. She has held academic and industry roles in marketing in a variety of institutions in Aotearoa, Singapore and the United Kingdom. Marlini's research intersects the areas of digital communications ... more

Benjamin, Dr Samuel Jebaraj

Dr Samuel Jebaraj Benjamin joined the University of Waikato in 2019. Prior to this, he was lecturing at the University of Otago, New Zealand.He obtained his PhD from Multimedia University and also holds a Master of Business Administrative (MBA) from ... more

Botes, Dr Vida

Vida works at Waikato University where she teaches forensic accounting and financial accounting and researches into forensic accounting and innovation in accounting education. Prior to arriving in New Zealand Vida worked in audit practice, the corporate energy sector and academia ... more

Bowden, Dr Stephen

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Brooksbank, Associate Professor Roger

Roger Brooksbank BA, MBA, Dip M, PhD is currently Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Waikato, New Zealand, with previous experience as a Sales Executive, Sales Manager, Sales & Marketing Manager, Marketing Director and Business Owner.His research interests ... more

Buschgens, Dr Mark

Mark is a lecturer in marketing at Waikato Management School. Over the last 13 years, he has held academic and industry roles in the field of creative design and marketing in various institutions in Australia, California and the Middle East. ... more

Cameron, Associate Professor Michael

Dr Michael Cameron is an Associate Professor in Economics. He is also a Research Fellow in the National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA). He was a PGDA Visiting Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ... more

Cockburn-Wootten, Dr Cheryl

Academic background information: Cheryl is currently Director of Teaching & Learning and Senior Lecturer in the School of Management & Marketing, Waikato Management School, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.She has held previous positions in the UK and completed her ... more

Collins, Professor Eva

Eva Collins is Associate Dean of Research and Postgraduate at Waikato Management School; Director of the New Zealand Institute for Business Research; Council Member, University of Waikato; Trustee of the Community Enterprise Leadership Foundation; Lifetime Member Clare Hall, Cambridge University ... more

Corbet, Professor Shaen

Since 2020, Dr Shaen Corbet has held a part-time role as Professor of Finance at Waikato Management School. He is also a full Professor of Finance at Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, where he has been since 2014.Dr Corbet's main ... more

Davey, Professor Howard

Professor Howard Davey is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a Fellow of CPA Australia. His research includes more than 200 publications, with over 55 refereed journal articles and five books, three of which have multiple ... more

Deakins, Associate Professor Eric

Eric's work experience in New Zealand, the UK, and the USA has spanned senior management, consulting, and tertiary-level academic roles. Following a merchant navy career, he completed a Bachelors degree and then managed a CAD centre at the University of ... more

Desmarais, Dr Fabrice

Dillon, Associate Professor Stuart

Associate Professor Stuart Dillon is the Head of the School of Management & Marketing, within the Waikato Management School. Most of Stuart's teaching and research is in the broad area of emerging digital business technologies. In particular, he explores how ... more

Dorner, Dr Zack

I am a Pākehā who grew up in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. I am passionate about research in the areas of behavioural and environmental economics and am currently Deputy Director of the Waikato Experimental Economics Laboratory (WEEL). I specialise in survey and ... more

Dyer, Dr Suzette

As a scholar in the fields of organisational behaviour and human resource management, I research in the specialised areas of gender and diversity management, globalisation and the sustainability of small communities, management pedagogy, and career management.As a qualitative researcher, the ... more

Feng, Dr Terrence

Terrence Feng is a Lecturer in Accounting at the Waikato Management School.His research focuses on the interaction of auditor choice, financial accounting, capital market research, earnings quality, and corporate governance. In particular, he examines the quality of statutory and voluntary ... more

Gibb, Dr Jenny

Jenny is a senior lecturer in entrepreneurship and strategic management at Waikato Management School, at the University of Waikato. As a behavioural strategist, her research intersects the fields of entrepreneurship, psychology, strategic decision making. She is interested in the psychological ... more

Gibson, Professor John

Professor John Gibson previously taught at the University of Canterbury and Williams College, was a research visitor at the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford and is an Associate Researcher at the LICOS Centre for Institutions ... more

Gilbert-Saad, Dr Antoine

Antoine is a lecturer in innovation and strategy at Waikato Management School, at the University of Waikato.His current research includes entrepreneurial decision-making, and in particular non-analytical approaches to decision-making under uncertainty, such as heuristics and empathy. ... more

Gulzar, Dr M. Awais

Dr. Gulzar joined Waikato Management School in August 2019 as a lecturer in finance. Prior to this, he served as a lecturer and teaching fellow of finance at Waikato Management School's overseas programme in China, and as an assistant professor ... more

Harcourt, Professor Mark

Mark has studied workplace happenings in some of New Zealand’s best-known organisations – turnover at the Bank of New Zealand, stress at the Reserve Bank, commitment at the Police and Fire Services, and occupational over-use syndrome at BRANZ. Mark's research ... more

Hassan, Dr Gazi

Gazi Hassan is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Waikato. He is also a Research Associate in the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA) at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, and a Visiting ... more

Hewa Wellalage, Dr Nirosha

Dr Nirosha Hewa Wellalage has had several years of experience in the finance industry before moving to the University of Waikato.Dr Nirosha’s main research centres on issues related to corporate finance practices. Her main research goal as a researcher is ... more

Holmes, Mark

Mark has research interests that relate to applied macroeconomics, international finance, housing and energy markets. He primarily lectures on macroeconomics and research methods. Mark has previously served as elected President of the New Zealand of Association of Economists and as ... more

Hou, Dr Greg

The research interest of Dr. Greg Hou includes univariate and multivariate financial time series analysis, volatility models, information transmission and spillovers, derivatives markets, cryptocurrency, and energy economics. His recent works have been published in some high-quality journals including Energy Economics, ... more

Hu, Dr Yang

Dr Yang Hu is currently a Senior Lecturer in Finance and Economics at the University of Waikato's Management School. Dr Hu joined the School of Accounting, Finance, and Economics in June 2019 after completing his PhD degree.His research interests lie ... more

Jackson, Professor Brad

Brad Jackson joined Waikato Management School as Associate Dean Strategic Engagement in May 2020. He currently serves as MBA Director and Professor of Leadership and Governance and is the Programme Director for the Community Enterprise Leadership Foundation Elevate programme.Prior to ... more

Khan, Dr Gohar

Gohar is a computational social scientist with expertise in digital business, digital analytics, digital business strategy, and network science. He specializes in both quantitative and qualitative research methods. His main research is focused on the link between data analytics and ... more

Kilgour, Dr Mark

Dr Mark Kilgour is serious about marketing and the role of marketers in top-level management. "Marketing is not a soft business skill at all, it's about understanding the customer in different and ever-changing environments," he says. "It's about knowing how ... more

Kumar, Dr Vijay

Dr Vijay Kumar is Senior Lecturer in Finance at Waikato Management School at the University of Waikato.He gained his PhD from the University of Waikato in 2018 with a thesis titled 'The Profitability of Banking Sectors in the Asia-Pacific Region ... more

L'Hermitte, Dr Cécile

Cécile is a senior lecturer in Supply Chain Management at the University of Waikato. Her research focuses on logistics operations in the aftermath of a disaster.Prior to joining the University of Waikato, Cécile worked for 10 years in corporate banking ... more

Li, Assoc Prof Leon

Dr Li has been teaching finance for 20 years. He joined the University of Waikato in 2015. All the universities where Dr Li studied and taught are AACSB-accredited. He also served as the Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of ... more

Lu, Dr Susanna

Dr. Susanna Lu is currently a Senior Lecturer in Finance at the School of Accounting, Finance, and Economics (SAFE) in Waikato Management School (WMS). She joined the University of Waikato in early 2015 after completing her PhD in Finance at ... more

M. Nourani, Dr Pedram

Pedram is a senior lecturer in finance and economics at the University of Waikato's Management School, based at the Joint Institute at Zhejiang University City College (NZUWI).Prior to joining the University of Waikato, he was a senior lecturer in finance ... more

Marsh, Associate Professor Dan

Dan is an environmental economist. He researches natural capital and the efficiency of alternative policies designed to address environmental problems. He teaches environmental economics, with a focus on the role of economic analysis in solving real-world environmental problems. For a ... more

McKie, Professor David

Professor David McKie teaches strategic communication and leadership and has co-authored six books, published more than 40 book chapters, 60 refereed journal articles, and/or spoken widely on the following areas: Action learning and research; change and leadership; creativity and innovation, ... more

Mika, Associate Professor Jason

Associate Professor Jason Mika completed a BMS(Hons) at Waikato Management School and his PhD in Māori entrepreneurship in 2015 at Massey University in 2015.His research centres on the principles and methods by which Indigenous entrepreneurs balance cultural and commercial imperatives ... more

Mirza, Dr Sultan Sikandar

Dr. Sultan Sikandar Mirza is working as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Waikato. He started his career after his Ph.D. by joining Zhejiang Gongshang University in 2017. He has diverse teaching experience of more than 5 years in ... more

Mohsin, Associate Professor Asad

Asad Mohsin is an Associate Professor in Tourism and Hospitality Management. Nearly half his career spent in the industry working as Executive Chef, Food and Beverage Manager, Rooms Division Manager, he has accumulated several years of industry and academic experience. ... more

Mukherjee, Dr Abhishek

The focus of my PhD research was to investigate the influence of corporate social responsibility expenditure on firms' market valuation, financial performance and senior managers' attitude toward such expenses.Before starting my PhD, I completed an MBA from India and a ... more

Munshi, Professor Debashish

Professor Debashish Munshi is primarily a communication scholar but his research agenda spans disciplinary boundaries as he seeks answers to difficult societal questions.Recipient of the University of Waikato's Excellence in Research Award in 2019, Professor Munshi has a special interest ... more

O'Connor, Dr Huw

Refereed Journal Articles:O’Connor, Koslow, and Kilgour (2022). Absorbing External Information: How Team-Level Cohesion and Friction Influence the Formulation of Creative Advertising. Journal of Advertising. (forthcoming)Kilgour, Koslow, and O’Connor. (2019). Why the rejection: Understanding actor-observer differences in assessments of creative ideas. ... more

Oetzel, Professor John

Originally from the United States, Professor John Oetzel previously taught at the University of New Mexico. He teaches courses in communication consulting, health communication, and research methods. He has consulted with a number of for-profit and governmental organisations including Intel, ... more

Olivia, Dr Susan

Susan is a development economist whose research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of development, public economics, economic geography, microeconometrics and spatial econometrics. She has worked as a consultant to the World Bank and has previously taught at the ... more

Oxley, Professor Les

Les Oxley is Professor in Economics at the University of Waikato's Management School; Adjunct Professor at Curtin University and an Affiliate at Motu.He is an Elected Fellow (since 2006) of the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ).His research interests include ... more

Pavlovich, Professor Kathryn

Kathryn Pavlovich is a professor of strategic management and entrepreneurship at the University of Waikato Management School, Hamilton, New Zealand. Her research programme intersects three fields within the strategic management discipline: entrepreneurship, sustainability, and ethics and values. Much of this ... more

Rastrick, Dr Karyn

Karyn is the Director of Digitisation Strategy at Waikato Management School. In this role, she works with academic staff across Waikato Management School and the University of Waikato to develop a strategy and implementation plan.She is a project champion of ... more

Roche, Associate Professor Maree

Maree is a Fellow of the NZ Psychological Society, a Fellow of the Positive Organisational Behavior Insitute (USA), and her research and consultancy spans three clusters in Leadership that intersect. These are (1) leadership neuropsychology/mindset of high performance (2) the ... more

Ryan, Professor Chris

Professor Chris Ryan undertakes research in the field of tourism, and has developed research interests in China in the last two decades, including contractual work with Chinese partners such as Beijing Union University, Sun Yat-sen University and others. He has ... more

Safari, Dr Narges

Narges is a lecturer in digital business at Waikato Management School at the University of Waikato. Her current research focuses on information systems development, legal-aid platforms, and conversational artificial intelligence (AI).Prior to joining the University of Waikato, Narges taught programming ... more

Scarpa, Professor Riccardo

Professor Scarpa is a leading international authority on non-market valuation and is at the forefront of developing efficient experimental design, estimating willingness to pay from random utility models of discrete/continuous choices. His research is highly interdisciplinary and has had a ... more

Scott, Dr Jonathan

Scott-Kennel, Associate Professor Joanna

Scrimgeour, Professor Frank

Professor Frank Scrimgeour's research focuses on the economics of agriculture, economics of the environment, regional economics and financial economics. He has recently completed 4 years as editor-in-chief for the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (Volumes 61-64). He is ... more

Sharma, Associate Professor Umesh

Associate Professor Umesh Sharma holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Accounting from the University of the South Pacific (Fiji), Graduate Certificate in Management from the University of Southern Queensland (Australia) and a Doctor of Philosophy from ... more

Sharma, Professor Rajeev

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Simpson, Dr Mary

Associate Professor Mary Simpson’s research explores issues in health and organisational communication.She has a specific interest in community-driven research about the health, wellbeing, and housing of older people and kaumātua Māori, and family and whānau care of older relatives. This ... more

Sinha, Dr Paresha

Associate Professor Paresha Sinha researches at the intersection of international business, strategy, and international entrepreneurship domains.Her research examines the impact of home and host institutional environments on the expansion of MNE operations and evaluates CSR strategies in the emerging or ... more

Spiller, Professor Chellie

Dr Chellie Spiller, (hapū Matawhaiti Iwitea, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa), is a Professor at the University of Waikato's Management School. Leadership. I'm especially interested in Wayfinding Leadership, Authentic Leadership, Collective/Relational Leadership, Wisdom, Leadership Development and Change, Spiritual and Servant LeadershipMāori ... more

Strutt, Professor Anna

Anna Strutt is a Professor of Economics at the University of Waikato, where she has held an academic position since 1996. She served as Chairperson of Economics (2016-2017) and is currently Waikato Management School’s Academic Director Asia Programmes and Agreements ... more

Sun, Associate Professor Peter

Associate Professor Peter Sun has degrees in mechanical and industrial engineering. He has over 15 years' experience working on a variety of projects. He worked for Coopers and Lybrand (now PWC), Unilever, and MAS Holdings, and his most recent assignment ... more

Toledano, Dr Margalit

Associate Professor Margalit Toledano’s teaching and research focus on management communication and public relations. She has been an accredited PR professional (APR) since 1985.Her publications address professional ethics, especially on social media, the role of PR in democratic systems, building ... more

Trent, Dr Nadia

Nadia is a senior lecturer in supply chain management at the University of Waikato Management School. Her research focuses on the resilience of national and global supply chain systems and how these systems affect quality of life and equity within ... more

Tucker, Associate Professor Steven

Steven Tucker is an Associate Professor of Economics and has been with The University of Waikato since 2012. He is also a senior research associate with the Economic Science Lab at The University of Arizona. He is an expert in ... more

Wang, Dr Ou

Ou is a senior lecturer in the Agribusiness Unit, based at the School of Accounting, Finance and Economics of The University of Waikato. He has a Ph.D. in food marketing and consumer behaviour. He has completed or been working on ... more

Wang, Associate Professor William (Yu Chung)

With the experiences of being an IT engineer and corporate consultant, Dr William Wang has supervised research projects and provided industrial consultancy in Australasia and Asian regions regarding global supply chain planning, business process re-engineering, and health information analytics. He ... more

Williamson, Dr Amanda

Amanda is a lecturer in innovation and strategy at Waikato Management School, at the University of Waikato. She is passionate about the adoption of artificial intelligence, and the ways it can be leveraged in business and in research. Amanda teaches ... more