• Internationally recognised scholar in the field of in the field of management of social impact enterprises and practices including social entrepreneurship and Autism employment/Neurodiversity
• Manages and lead an international research and industry engagement portfolio, for example, as the Autism CRC Project Lead on the Neurodiversity project, an Australian-first project focused sustaining and scaling autism employment.
• Published in leading international, peer-reviewed A, A* and FT50 journals including: Strategic Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management Inquriy, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, R&D Management, and Journal of Management & Organization and books (e.g. Routledge, Springer). Published influential industry reports (e.g. Leadership Manual with Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship with over 17,000 downloads to date) and Autism at Work: new insights on effective employment practices
• Successfully attracted competitive and industry research grants as a Chief Investigator of over 700,000AUD.
• Demonstrated impact of research on industry, government and policy; citation by media and policy (e.g., European Commission); advisor and speaker to industry and government (e.g., G20 Innovation Hub).
• Guest editorial role for Journal of Management & Organization, and regular reviewer for numerous A and A* journals.
• Consistently outstanding teaching evaluations.
• Significant leadership contribution as founding Director of UQBS UN PRME (United Nations’ Principles of Responsible Management Education), the Neurodiversity Hubs at QU and MQ as well as Engagement and Impact Coordinator at the MQBS Management Department 
• Experienced in curriculum development and design, and teaching Masters and Undergraduate courses
• Faculty and teaching positions at University of Queensland, University of Technology, Sydney, Leuphana University Lüneburg, HULT Business School, London and Macquarie University

Social Impact Enterprises

• Neurodiversity and autism employment
• Intercultural tensions and immigrant (social) entrepreneurs
• Management of hybridity paradox
• Legitimation of new social impact markets and market categories
• Social impact business models
• Leadership and governance for social impact
• CSR and CPA relationships

 Entrepreneurship

• Metaphors in Entrepreneurship research
• Failure and re-entry
• Understadning and transitioning growth and development stages of enterprises and university spinn-offs
• Role of mindfulness and personal development in the development of responsible leadership practices and entrepreneurail skills

My vision in teaching is to inspire and enable business students to contribute to the society’s most pressing problems by (1) using their business and management skills and knowledge to create social impact (2) based on their capacity to act mindfully and in a self-reflective manner.

My dedication to teaching excellence is demonstrated through my consistent delivery of high quality, engaging courses that develop students as change agents across, undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA levels. I have over 12 years international teaching experience and have successfully developed, coordinated and taught a wide range of subjects such as Management and Organization Theories (PG), (Social) Entrepreneurship (PG), Strategic Management (UG) across undergraduate to MBA level.  I am the recipient the 2018 ANZAM Educator of the Year award.

Mentoring Experience

• Mentor for the Impact Social Enterprise, Brisbane
• University Advisor for the global Student Initiative Enactus at Leuphana University Lüneburg and UQ Business School
• Mentor in the study reflexion program at Leuphana University Lüneburg
• Doctoral Coachings through the organization of frequent research seminars and feedback sessions at the chair of Strategic Management at Leuphana University Lüneburg

Editorial Service

Reviewing

• Strategic Management Journal
• Organization Science
• Australian Journal of Management
• European Journal of Management
• Journal of Social Entrepreneurship
• R&D Management.

Editorial Roles

• Lead guest editor on Special Issue on Neurodiversity and the Journal of Management and Organization (ABDC rank B), which is the official journal of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management

Membership in Academic and Professional Organizations and Networks

• Academy of Management
• Strategic Management Society
• Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.
• European Group of Organisational Studies (EGOS)