Outstanding Achievement in Research .. to recognize a meritorious award, activity, ground-breaking output in terms of originality and impact or other related factor, measured in terms of external recognition
Dr Kefei You for her generation of high-quality research outputs, its impact on foreign exchange trading and policy makers such as the Chinese Central Bank.
Dr Alberto Botta for his research into the effects of structured financial products on macroeconomic variables such as inequality and stability, and his collaboration with the Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz.
Excellence in Pedagogical Research .. that recognizes scholarly investigation related to the dissemination and practical application of research results.
Dr Crystal Tsay for her research on gamification that provided the University with evidence-based recommendations that were implemented on PPD modules this academic year.
Outstanding Achievement in Enterprise .. to recognize a meritorious activity or award, significant in income value, prestige or possible impact, measured in terms of external recognition
Dr Sven Kuenzel for his success in delivering successful outcomes in two KEEP+ projects, on environmental friendly coffins and Reapsource, an online collaboration platform that enables student to student, student to teacher, and teacher to teacher collaboration.
ECR Public Engagement and Communication Awards
Dr Wenjie Cai research focuses on Chinese backpackers, intercultural communications, technology use, and digital detox and wellbeing in the context of tourism. He hopes his research will encourage behavioural changes in the general public about effective technology use, and be adopted by practitioners and interested parties (e.g. tour operators) in their training materials and strategic decision-making (e.g. provide insights of how to design tourism products and marketing strategies to better cater for digital-free travellers).
Early Career Researcher Poster Competition Winner,for the Faculty of Business is Dr Emmanuel Mogaji
Postgraduate Research Poster Competition Winner, for the Faculty of Business is Aya Awad
