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Dr Monica Chien has multidisciplinary training in marketing, psychology and tourism, and has an extensive background in hospitality. She has won multiple awards for her teaching and research, and has been invited as a visiting scholar to universities in Japan.

Dr Chien’s scholarly interest and expertise lie in the field of Consumer Behaviour, and she is an active researcher in the associated fields of traveller behaviour, sports fan behaviour, resident study, branding and marketing communications with demonstrated research impact on industry, government and policy both within Australia and internationally. She has particular expertise and interest in experimental studies, and has published in leading international marketing and tourism journals.

Dr Chien has conducted research and consultancy with industry and government, leading several international and national projects. She is currently investigating how sport scandals affect sponsoring brands and stakeholders in sport. Her recent projects also examine the nexus between international education and tourism, as well as residents’ response to tourism and mega-event development.

Dr. Childs has taught into several courses in GPEM/SEES and has been involved with research projects in the Queensland Centre for Population Research and on slum upgrading in Southeast Asia. She was previously Senior Lecturer in Geography at QUT where she directed the Geography program and taught in Human, Australian and Asia-Pacific Geography and Environmental Hazards. During 2010 she was Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Resources at QUT. Dr. Childs previously held teaching and research positions in the former Dept. of Geography at UQ, the East-West Center in Hawaii. She holds a Masters degree in Japanese language and has lived and worked in Japan for several years. She volunteers with the Australian Red Cross in Queensland and over the past few years has been deployed with Red Cross to assist in evacuation centres in several parts of Queensland during cylcone and flood emergencies.

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Chia-Yen (Chad) Chiu is an Associate Professor in Leadership and the Head of Management Discipline at the UQ Business School. He received his PhD in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA. As a behavioural scientist specialising in leadership and organisational behaviour, his research focuses on how line managers—the critical bridge between organisational strategy and employees’ daily experiences—can become more productive and resilient. He is particularly interested in leader humility as a developmental resource that enables managers to build stronger teams, foster emerging leadership, and sustain organisational performance over time. Before joining UQ, he held academic positions at the University of South Australia and the University of Adelaide, where he received multiple research and teaching awards in recognition of his scholarly contributions and classroom excellence. He has attracted multiple competitive international and domestic grants to support research on leadership development in Australia.

His research has been published in leading journals in management and organisational studies (FT50/ABDC A*; with 3% - 5% acceptance rate), including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Human Relations, Journal of Management Studies, Human Resource Management, Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Journal of Vocational Behavior. He serves as an Associate Editor at Human Relations (2022~) and a Guest Editor at the Journal of Management Scientific Reports (2025). Additionally, he is current on the Editoriall Board of Personnel Psychology (2025~) and was on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Organizational Behavior (2018 ~ 2025) and the Journal of Management (2019 ~ 2025), and has received outstanding reviewer awards from the Journal of Organizational Behavior (2023), Journal of Management (2023), and Journal of Management and Organization (2024). He also teaches various courses related to leadership and people management in organisations at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States. His leadership-relevant courses (for undergraduate and MBA students) are among the top-rated courses in various Australian and US universities.

Selected Honours and Awards:

• Adelaide Business School Excellence in Research Award, University of Adelaide, 2023
• Adelaide Business School Excellence in Research Leadership Award, University of Adelaide, 2023
• UniSA Business Research Excellence, University of South Australia, 2021
• UniSA Business Teaching Excellence, University of South Australia, 2020, 2021
• UniSA Business Mid-Career Research Excellence Award, University of South Australia, 2020
• UniSA Business School Early-Career Research Excellence, University of South Australia, 2017
• Early Career Researcher Networking Awards, University of South Australia, 2017
• PhD Student Award, School of Management, University at Buffalo, 2013

Research Grants, Funding, and Scholarships:

• ABLE Research Innovator Grant, University of Adelaide, 2024 (AUD 4,763)
• ABLE Research Innovator Grant, University of Adelaide, 2023 (AUD 4,796)
• RNUDS 2020 Scheme – DSTG Grant, 2021-2022 (AUD $249,702; shared with Ruchi Sinha, Gillian Yeo, Bart De Jong, and Andrew Yu)
• UniSA Research Themes Investment Scheme (RTIS) Seed Fund, 2019 (AUD $38,500; Primary Investigator; shared with Michelle Tuckey, Carol Kulik, and Matylda Howard)
• The Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS) funding, 2019 (GBP £8,000)
• Australia-Germany Joint Research Cooperation (DAAD) Scheme Grant (No. 57379159), 2017 (AUD $30,500; Primary Investigator; shared with Brooke Gazdag and Jill Gould).
• Research Fellowship, Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness, University of Buffalo, 2014-2015 (USD $50,000)
• Research Fellowship, Wheatley Institution at Brigham Young University, 2013-2015 (USD $50,000)
• Chung Hwa Rotary Scholarship, Taiwan, 2004 (NTD $ 120,000)

Professor Yeoungjee Cho is a consultant nephrologist from Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, Australia. She is a current Deputy Co-Chair of executive operations secretariat of the Australasian Kidney Trials Network. She is an elected member of Council for International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, and is Chair of ISPD International Studies Committee. She has published >190 manuscripts in the field of peritoneal dialysis in peer-reviewed journals. She is a member of the steering committee for the Standardised Outcomes in Nephrology – Peritoneal Dialysis (SONG-PD) and a deputy editor-in-chief of Peritoneal Dialysis International. She is a current recipient of the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Emerging Leadership Investigator Grant.

Dr Yoon Kwon Choi is a final stage psychiatry registrar in Brisbane and an associate lecturer at The University of Queensland. Dr Choi has worked in various health services including Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Children's Health Queensland, Mater Hospital, and Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH). He is dual advanced training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, and passionate in advocating for our neurodiverse population as well as culturally and linguistically diverse people. He was awarded the Beverely Raphael New Investigator Research Grant in 2024 by The Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP).

Outside of clinical work and academia, he sits on multiple leadership and advocacy roles including President of Queensland Psychiatry Trainee Association (QPTA), Queensland's jurisdictional representative for RANZCP Bi-National Committee for Trainees (BCT), student course representative at University of Leeds, bi-national trainee representative of RANZCP Emergency Department Steering Group (EDSG) and RANZCP Section of Psychiatry of Intellectual and Developmental Disability (SPIDD).

He is also undertaking further training with The Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA) to pursue associate fellowship, whilst completing his Masters in Biomedical and Healthcare Ethics at University of Leeds with part scholarship awarded by IDEA: The Ethics Centre.

Dr. Ki Young Choi has been a researcher and educator in the field of Korean language, conducting research and teaching at universities in Korea, Thailand, and Australia since 2010. His key research interests include the critical analysis of Korean textbooks. Dr. Choi employs methods such as Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Visual Image Analysis (VIA) to examine how ideologies, norms, and cultural values are represented in educational materials. His work significantly contributes to understanding and improving the quality of Korean language education internationally, aligning with broader efforts to promote Korean language and culture globally.

Bobae is an Associate Professor of Accounting with a specialisation in financial accounting and financial analysis. Her research expertise encompasses various areas within accounting, including financial reporting, corporate governance, CEO compensation, corporate social responsibility (CSR)/ESG, and carbon accounting. Bobae’s research focuses on exploring the relationship between corporate financial and non-financial information and firm performance. Her work has been published in several top-tier A/A* journals, such as Contemporary Accounting Research, European Accounting Review, and British Accounting Review.

In addition to her research publications, Bobae has served as an academic reviewer for various prestigious journals, including the Journal of Business Ethics, European Accounting Review, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Accounting and Finance, Journal of Business, Finance & Accounting, Economic Modelling, and Journal of Business Research. Her role as an academic reviewer highlights her expertise and dedication to maintaining high research standards in the accounting field. She is also a member of the Technical Committee for AFAANZ (Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand) and currently serves as an Associate Editor for the Australian Accounting Review.

Bobae is also passionate about teaching and has been coordinating and teaching introductory and intermediate financial accounting courses, as well as financial statement analysis and valuation courses at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.