Research Awards
The FBL Research Awards are part of our commitment to excellence in research, leadership and research supervision. The Industry Engagement Awards recognise the importance of being industry connected.
This award encourages upcoming researchers and acknowledges their research output. The New Researcher of the Year category is open to Early Career Researchers at Academic Level C or below.
2023 Recipients
- Dr Abebe Hailemariam (Bankwest-Curtin Economics Centre)
- Dr Christopher Phelps (School of Accounting, Economics & Finance)
2022 Recipient
- Dr June Cao (School of Accounting, Economics and Finance)
Highly Commended
- Dr Ranjodh Singh (School of Accounting, Economics and Finance)
2021 Recipient
- Dr Florian Klonek (Future of Work Institute)
Highly Commended
- Dr Anwar Sadat Shimul (School of Management & Marketing)
This award recognises research activities that demonstrate leadership (including mentoring), result in significant research outcomes, make a contribution to FBL research culture and collaboration, and increase external recognition by attracting interest both nationally and globally.
2023 Recipient
- Professor Astghik Mavisakalyan (Bankwest-Curtin Economics Centre)
2022 Recipient
- John Curtin Distinguished Professor Marylène Gagné (Future of Work Institute)
2021 Recipient
- Associate Professor Billy Sung (School of Management & Marketing)
This award recognises and rewards excellent HDR research supervision. Applications should address an FBL staff member’s combined supervision activities, where they have supervised more than one HDR student, in the relevant year.
2023 Recipient
- Professor Mingming Cheng (School of Management & Marketing)
2022 Recipient
- Dr Harj Singh (School of Accounting, Economics and Finance)
2021 Recipient
- Associate Professor Kantha Dayaram (School of Management & Marketing)
FBL staff may submit a maximum of one journal article that was published (in print or online) in 2022 or the last quarter of 2021.
2023 Recipient
- Dr June Cao (School of Accounting, Economics & Finance)
2022 Recipients
- Associate Professor Mingming Cheng (School of Management and Marketing)
- Associate Professor Amy Tian (School of Management and Marketing)
This award takes into account the variety of ways that researchers promote FBL research beyond academia, and aims to foster a culture that values engagement and impact activities with organisations – be they governmental, public or private sector, or not-for-profit. The award does not focus on one particular activity or output, but rather the overall contribution nominees have made to promote FBL and Curtin research during 2021.
2023 Recipient
- Associate Professor Liz Jackson (School of Management & Marketing)
Highly Commended
- Dr Daniel Kiely (Bankwest-Curtin Economics Centre)
2022 Recipient
- Dr Lien Duong (School of Accounting, Economics and Finance)
Highly Commended
- Dr Anwar Sadat Shimul (School of Management & Marketing)
2021 Recipient
- Associate Professor Htwe Htwe Thein (School of Management & Marketing)
Highly Commended
- Associate Professor Billy Sung (School of Management & Marketing)
This award recognises a demand-driven research project, undertaken with an organisation (public, private or not-for-profit), that has had clear demonstrable benefits for the organisation and potentially for the wider community.
2023 Recipient
- Professor Mingming Cheng (School of Management & Marketing)
2021 Recipient
- Future of Work Institute
- Associate Professor Karina Jorritsma
- Professor Mark Griffin
- Professor Sharon Parker
- Ms Alexandra Boeing
- Dr Belinda Cham
- Ms Katrina Hosszu
- Mr Philippe Kilpatrick
- Dr Luke Strickland
- Dr Michael David Wilson