Professor Olivera Marjanovic (PhD) is a Professor of Business Analytics in the Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics, Macquarie Business School. 

Olivera has a multidisciplinary background with a PhD in Information Systems and GradCert in Higher Ed. from the University of Queensland and Master and Bachelor's degrees in IS & Computer Science. Prior to joining Macquarie Business School, Olivera held positions at UTS where she was a Head of School Professional Practice & Leadership in the Faculty of Engineering and IT, the University of Sydney Business School, UNSW's Business School and Department of IT and Electrical Engineering & Department of Business Studies at the University of Queensland and the Faculty of Commerce (now Business School) at Griffith University as well as several visiting positions at Australian overseas institutions (QUT, UTS, Arizona State University in USA, University of Duisburg in Germany and Inria/Loria Institute in France).

Olivera is interested in, and passionate about the human side and societal impact of new technologies such as AI, advanced analytics, algorithms and digital platforms. Her specific areas of expertise include organisational and societal aspects of analytics, algorithms and AI, harmful effects of datafication practices, visual data exploration (for not-technical domain experts), interactive data visualisation (as a "verb" rather than a "noun"), data-driven storytelling in organisations, visual ethics, algorithmic pollution, datafication, algorithmic ethics, algorithmic justice, data humanism, digital platform cooperatives, data cooperatives, responsible leadership of technology and innovative education.

Olivera has received important recognitions and awards for her innovative teaching and highly applied industry-based research. In 2015, she won the Bronze Award (Category: MBA and Social Sciences) at the highly prestigious International Wharton-QS Starts Re-imagine Education Awards—the Oscars of Higher Education Innovation—for her innovative teaching in visual analytics and visual storytelling. In 2012, Olivera was named as one of the top 20 researchers in the world in the area of Big Data, Business Analytics and Business Intelligence. Olivera has completed numerous industry-based research case studies and action design projects with companies worldwide and has published over 200 fully refereed conference and journal publications. Her most recent category 1 grants include two Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery grants and a large Australian Learning and Teaching Innovation (OLT) grant, which focuses on innovative education for the future of visual analytics. Her teaching is informed by leading industry practices and grounded in her applied research in business analytics, data visualisation and visual analytics, digital transformation, algorithmic justice and ethics of analytics and AI as well as her ongoing educational research on innovative teaching methods for the fast-advancing digital world.

Olivera is also very passionate about the future of Higher Education sector, purpose-driven academic work, human flourishing, and ways of re-thinking and embedding human wellbeing in organisational systems and practices.