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Management and Marketing researchers have long recognised the sustainability and climate implications of business and consumption practices. Some of this research has been conducted within specialist fields such as corporate social responsibility (CSR), stakeholder theory, ethical consumption, and transformative consumer research (TCR). Many of the issues that researchers address confront the overly narrow focus upon profit or consumption maximisation, without appreciation or integration of broader impacts upon stakeholders and systems. This research hub thus provides researchers with a platform to share and learn from each other, and to encourage cross-disciplinary research approaches to complex sustainability and climate problems.

Researchers

Researchers in the research group. Showing 12 of 17.

Prof Hari Bapuji

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Prof Vikram Bhakoo

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Prof Michal Carrington

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DR Dawn Chow

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DR Zahra Hosseinifard

Prof Jill Lei

DR Zhengyu Li

A/Prof Fang-Chi Lu

DR Kanika Meshram

A/Prof Ben Neville

DR George Panas

A/Prof Marcus Phipps

Projects

Projects conducted by research group members

Displaying 10 projects from 55 for the research group.

Scholarly Works

Scholarly Works by research group members

Displaying 10 scholarly works from 857 for the research group.

Rethinking Consumer Competence for Genuine Inclusion

Daiane Scaraboto, Pilar Rojas-Gaviria, Flavia Cardoso

Journal article | 2026 | Journal of Public Policy & Marketing

Journal of Management Studies 2026 Conference Proceeding:

Dawn Chow, thomas calvard

Conference Proceedings | 2026

ABSTRACTIn this conceptual article submitted to the Journal of Management Studies Conference 2026, we theorize the problem of how ..

Off the radar or right on target? academic research opportunities in logistics and supply chain management that align with industry identified trends

G Panas, K Dohrmann

Journal article | 2026 | Operations Management Research

As key stakeholders in each other’s work, academics and practitioners can enhance their collective impact by aligning research age..

Indigeneity and Indigenous Peoples Around the World: Expanding the Intersections of Business and Society

V Doshi, AM Peredo, C Spiller, H Bapuji

Journal article | 2026 | Business and Society

Platelet inventory management in hospital networks: A reinforcement learning approach

S Valizadeh, B Abbasi, S Nguyen, Z Hosseinifard

Journal article | 2026 | Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review

Open access

This study proposes a reinforcement learning (RL)-based framework incorporating the Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) algorithm t..

From barriers to solutions: an ensemble ranking-based framework for circular economy adoption

S Khan, A Haleem, Z Husain, D Samson

Journal article | 2026 | Operations Management Research

Open access

Several governments and organizations have embraced the Circular Economy (CE) model to promote sustainable economic development. W..

Romance in times of crisis: Contingent social synchronization in accelerated love markets

S Ordóñez-Giraldo, M Phipps, JL Ozanne

Journal article | 2026 | Marketing Theory

Open access

This work extends Rosa’s theory of social acceleration drawing on empirical findings from a qualitative study of online dating. Du..

Desk Rejection: When the Musical Notes Just Don’t Come Together

P Arora, H Bapuji, C Higgins, C Louche, R Panwar

Journal article | 2026 | Business and Society

Customers’ tales: Special-request motives and responses to frontline employees’ denials

S Wang, LL Bove, SE Beatty, FC Lu

Journal article | 2026 | Journal of Business Research

This research investigates customers’ motivations for making special requests and their reactions to frontline employees’ (FLEs’) ..

Solving the paradox of Lean Management’s low success rate

D Samson, W Ho, Z Seyedghorban, D Bevington, S Kelly

Journal article | 2026 | Australian Journal of Management

Open access

Lily O'Neill, Ben Neville

What a difference six months makes. Before the federal election, the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory was to have spearheaded Austr..

September 20, 2022

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Interested in engaging with the The Sustainability Hub on potential research collaborations? Please contact the Hub Coordinator, Dr Franz Wohlgezogen

Emailfranz.wohlgezogen@unimelb.edu.au

The Sustainability Hub

This hub connects Management and Marketing researchers focused on sustainability and climate impacts, supporting work in CSR, stakeholder theory, ethical consumption, and TCR, and encouraging cross-disciplinary collaboration on complex challenges.

Our Research

Researchers

Projects

Building 4.0 CRC

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Standards Interpretation in Indonesia

Use of Oaten Hay to Support Sustainable Development of Dairy Production

Linking Executive Compensation to Corporate Sustainability Outcomes

Understanding and Ethically Managing Sovereign Financial Climate Risks

Advancing Investor Action on Energy Transition

Eminent Scholar Professor Gokhan Ertug - Singapore Management University

VRS Professor Turgay Ayer - Georgia Institute of Technology

Visiting Scholar Ass. Professor Pierre-Yann Dolbec

Visiting Scholar Professor Abhinav Gupta- The University of Washington

Scholarly Works

Rethinking Consumer Competence for Genuine Inclusion

Journal of Management Studies 2026 Conference Proceeding:

Off the radar or right on target? academic research opportunities in logistics and supply chain management that align with industry identified trends

Indigeneity and Indigenous Peoples Around the World: Expanding the Intersections of Business and Society

Platelet inventory management in hospital networks: A reinforcement learning approach

From barriers to solutions: an ensemble ranking-based framework for circular economy adoption

Romance in times of crisis: Contingent social synchronization in accelerated love markets

Desk Rejection: When the Musical Notes Just Don’t Come Together

Customers’ tales: Special-request motives and responses to frontline employees’ denials

Solving the paradox of Lean Management’s low success rate

News

Muito além do Carnaval: o que as multidões e o caos que tomaram as ruas em 2026 revelam sobre o ‘DNA social’

Green finance was supposed to contribute solutions to climate change. So far, it’s fallen well short

Trump, tariffs and the implications for Australian supply chains

These eight tests will help you decide which of your innovation ideas is going to be a winner

I analysed more than 10,000 Reddit posts on supermarket pricing. 5 key themes emerged

Have yourself a very thrifty Christmas

The role you play in modern slavery in Australia

In Brazil, the future of environmental sustainability needs a strong ally: collectors of recyclable materials

India's 'untouchable' women face discrimination even in schemes meant to help them

In a win for Traditional Owners, Origin is walking away from the Beetaloo Basin. But the fight against fracking is not over

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