2023

Celebrating our talented female alumni, students, educators and researchers.

Messages from two of Monash Business School's senior leaders

Our educators are delivering transformative education in a world facing unique challenges

Associate Professor Jagjit Plahe

Creating a safe space for student debate

Associate Professor Jagjit Plahe, who can have students from more than 10 different nationalities in her classroom, is an award-winning creator of inclusive learning environments "where students feel supported to deliberate and debate different world views, and respected as individuals and as a group".

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Our world-leading researchers are tackling critical social, business and economic issues across climate change, COVID-19 and beyond

Professor Yulia Merkoulova.

Professor Yulia Merkoulova’s research into the impact of financial literacy on household wealth is helping solve a perplexing question commonly known as the ‘stock market participation puzzle’: Why don’t more people invest in the stock market? This research, and her work as a graduate research supervisor, recently earned her two 2023 Dean's Awards.

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Researchers Sonja de New and Nicole Black

Defining economic factors that help change lives

What impact did COVID-19 have on the mental wellbeing of Australians? And how can we improve mental health support access for our most vulnerable children? Researchers Sonja de New and Nicole Black are on a mission to answer these pressing health questions.

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Our alumnae are working to change the corporate landscape

Sarah McCann Bartlett

Leading through a global shift in future of work

After taking advantage of new opportunities emerging from COVID-19, HR executive Sarah McCann-Bartlett is using her broad range of skills and experience to lead her organisation through a company-wide transformation program.

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Our PhD students are making a real-world impact

Our students are the global leaders of tomorrow

Miranda Park

Making an early impact

Miranda Park concentrated on arts subjects in high school but - after jumping into a double degree at Monash - discovered marketing and hasn't looked back, winning a Monash Business School Tony Palmer Award in 2022.

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Monash University's annual IWD event

7 March 2023

We're proud to host our 5th annual International Women's Day event in collaboration with Monash Law and Monash Arts. This year a panel of Monash University alumni and esteemed female leaders – The Hon. Gabrielle Williams MP, Kylie Watson-Wheeler and Bedi Othow – share personal stories of challenging gender stereotypes, changing the status quo, calling out bias and seeking inclusion. The global theme for this year’s celebration of International Women’s Day is #EmbraceEquity.

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Our women's achievements over the years