Tackling the problem of data curation, predicting the outcomes of financial crises, and creating a legal framework to protect mangrove ecosystems are some of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law (BEL) research projects that have netted a total of $2.15 million in Australian Research Council (ARC) grant funding.
BEL researchers were recently awarded seven ARC Discovery Project grants totalling $1.64 million, and one ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities(LIEF) grant amounting to $515,000.
All three BEL schools – UQ Business School, the School of Economics and the TC Beirne School of Law – had successful ARC grant applications.
BEL Faculty Associate Dean (Research) Professor Victor Callan said the Australian Government funding would empower BEL researchers to strive for greater global impact with their work.
“Winning these highly competitive grants to fund these research projects illustrates the high quality of the researchers across our three schools,” he said.
“By collaborating with co-investigators in their own schools, across faculties and partner institutions, our researchers will be able to bring together different perspectives and apply their findings to help solve complex global challenges.
“Congratulations to our ARC grant recipients on their success.”
UQ Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Peter Høj said UQ claimed the second highest number of Discovery Project grants awarded to universities across Australia.
“When coupled with the August announcement of Laureate and Future Fellowships, UQ has been awarded more funding across the ARC Discovery Program than any other Australian university, securing more than $60.5 million,” Professor Høj said.
“It’s an emphatic result that underscores that you can find the nation’s best researchers at UQ.”
Business School researchers were awarded grants for the following projects:
$440,000 to Professor Marta Indulska (UQ Business School) and co-investigators from UQ’s Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology for a Discovery Project to tackle the problem of time-consuming data curation. Using crowdsourced data curation processes, this research is expected to help organisations fast track their data analysis projects and speed up their decision-making.
$240,000 to Associate Professor Tyler Okimoto (UQ Business School) and co-investigators from Flinders University for a Discovery Project to study the dynamics between forgiveness and self-forgiveness following hurt and wrongdoing in interpersonal relationships. The research is expected to benefit family wellbeing and employee productivity by improving reconciliation processes and alleviating pain, stress and financial costs.
Read more about the 67 UQ projects to receive ARC Discovery Project grants.
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