Contact

Email

andy.wear@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Senior Lecturer in Higher Education
Faculty of Business and Economics - Centres and Institutes
Education
PhD
University of Tasmania
ORCID

0000-0003-2074-7841

Dr Andy Wear

Senior Lecturer in Higher Education
Faculty of Business and Economics
20 Scholarly works
1 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Research grants (other domestic)

    First Peoples’ Knowledges in Business and Economics Teaching and Curriculum
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Accounting for taste: somaesthetics as a pedogogical reawakening
    DOI: 10.1108/AAAJ-05-2025-595
  • 2024

    Report

    Decolonising Practices at Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative
  • 2024

    Book Chapter

    Retomando Freire: uma Perspectiva Australiana das Epistemologias Indígenas e do Currículo Universitário
  • 2024

    Journal article

    How artists can help us perceive organizational dysfunction and broken-ness differently
  • 2023

    Conference Proceedings

    The Role of Organization In Transforming Business Education: A Critical Post Pandemic Agenda
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Experimentalism as Aesthetic Entrepreneurialism: a (sonic) pedagogical offering
Andy Wear

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2026
<p>Visiting Scholar: Professor Silvia Casa Nova, Universidade São Paulo, Brazil.</p> <p>Professor Casa Nova was a VRS with the WCLA in Feb-March 2025. During this time we founded the research project that is the subject of this application.This project will extend our work on ‘relational accounting’ by deepening engagement with First Peoples' led organisations and finalising our thematic and dialogic analysis of key documents and interview transcripts. Through collaborative reflection, writing, and dissemination, we aim to develop a framework for accounting that aligns with First Peoples’ values and supports self-determination. Professor Casa Nova’s visit will be pivotal in consolidating findings and advancing relational, decolonial methodologies in critical accounting research.</p> FBE
2026
<p>First Peoples’ Knowledges in Business and Economics Teaching and Curriculum </p> <p>This project, First Peoples’ Knowledges in Business and Economics Teaching and Curriculum, builds on foundations established through the Indigenous Knowledge Institute (IKI) Seed Grant and the Intercultural Education Program partnership between the University of Melbourne, USP, UFSC, and Tech. de Monterrey. The project now strengthens its international credentials through an established collaboration with Professor Luz María Stella Moreno Medrano (Tech de Monterrey), a leader in intercultural education and faculty development, pedagogical design in culturally diverse contexts, and community-based educational research. Her institutional role and research networks in Mexico provide both access and legitimacy for deeper engagement with Indigenous communities and university interlocutors.</p> FBE
2025
<p>This project has as its aim the development of Indigenous Knowledge pedagogy in Business Education (BE). The first phase of the project (the subject of this application) is an international/institutional exchange to lay the groundwork for translating a successful intensive postgraduate Program from Brazil (<em>Bem </em>Viver: details B3) to the Australian context.</p> <p>Historically there has been limited engagement between Indigenous Knowledge-related research and BE. While this has distinct outcomes for BE, its impact transcends discipline by focusing on the sustainability of Indigenous Knowledge-related research and teaching across the University (for example: cultural tourism, land management practices, food security, etc.)</p> <p>The aim of this project is threefold:</p> <ul><li>To develop a Program of study that demonstrates the purposeful engagement of Indigenous Knowledge in BE.</li><li>To build a partnership and exchange between the UoM and the UFSC established on shared visions of a) reconciliation with each continent’s First Peoples, and b) the purposeful Indigenisation of curriculum.</li><li>To summarise and disseminate the findings of the research and practice undertaken (details in B5).</li></ul><p>This project addresses significant gaps in BE; regularly cited as among the least engaged in this work (Wear, 2024; Sutherland, 2013; Neville &amp; Godwin, 2011). It also demonstrates a novel methodological approach (details B3) to the challenges facing educators seeking to embed or integrate Indigenous Knowledge into their curriculum. <strong>VS</strong>’s experience in Indigenous Sociolinguistics offers a unique dimension to the project via insight into the role of language in ‘Indigenisation of the Curriculum’ strategies (see ASE, 2024).</p> <p>The project develops the limited intercultural dialogue between the First Peoples of Brazil and Australia (moreover, the project team believes this is the first such dialogue in BE). Considering the parallel between each country’s histories, environmental challenges and economies, there is an added imperative to improve knowledge through partnership and collaboration.</p> Indigenous Knowledge Institute
2025
<p>Visiting Scholar: Professor Silvia Casa Nova, Universidade São Paulo, Brazil.</p> <p>This initiative has as its goal the stimulation of substantial research within the faculty,</p> <p>particularly in collaboration with the WCLA, the Department of Accounting, and the Dilin</p> <p>Duwa Centre. The research's value is highlighted by its alignment with several dimensions</p> <p>(1, 2, 5, 6, and 7) of the Framework for Educational Excellence and the Advancing Students</p> <p>and Education Strategy, particularly the element focusing on Indigenous Knowledges.</p> <p>My engagement with relevant university stakeholders (Dilin Duwa Centre; Indigenous</p> <p>Partnerships, Chancellory; Indigenous Knowledges Institute) has revealed that FBE is under</p> <p>represented in this field. This project aims to develop impactful research at the intersection</p> <p>of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Knowledge Systems and to change this perception,</p> <p>positioning the Faculty as leaders.</p> <p>As we cultivate a greater profile of Education Focused academics, nurturing educational</p> <p>research is crucial. This project will showcase how educational research can enhance</p> <p>disciplinary expertise and graduate outcomes, inspiring other educators to engage more</p> <p>deeply with research and scholarship.</p> FBE

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2023

    Conference Proceedings

    When the stars align: reclaiming Adorno’s constellate criticality to transform the business education curriculum
  • 2023

    Conference Proceedings

    Introducing ALEx: somaesthetics, affect and improving moral judgement in learners
  • 2022

    Conference Proceedings

    Sense and sensibility: How (and why) an understanding of aesthetics is integral to experiential learning
  • 2022

    Conference Proceedings

    Sense and sensibility: measuring and evaluating the impact and value of aesthetic experience in teaching and learning