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Showcasing our student's research

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We are proud to showcase the outstanding work of our research students at events open to the public each year. 

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) 

The popular 3MT competition displays the breadth and depth of our student research projects and is a highlight of the academic year. A fun and rigorous event, 3MT puts our world-class research on display in a highly accessible way. Through three-minute ‘pitches’, 3MT supports PhD candidates to develop their presentation and communication skills and translate academic ideas effectively to a general audience.  

How it works 

Business School students compete during heats, and three winners then progress to the Â鶹Éçmadou 3MT interfaculty final. The Â鶹Éçmadou finalist then presents at the Australia and New Zealand 3MT Competition, joining representatives from more than 30 other Universities from the region. 

Award winners

  • First place, Sustainable development goals award and People’s choice award: Ka Wing Chan, PhD in Marketing

    Title: EV Charging Availability and Grocery Store Performance

    Runner-up: Mohamed Ibrahim, PhD in Risk and Actuarial Studies

    Title: Using Smart Driving Data and AI to Set Fair Car Insurance Premiums

    Third place: Yawei Wang, PhD in Risk and Actuarial Studies

    Title: Retirement Income Product Innovation

  • First place: Lisa Lu, PhD in Management and Governance

    Title: Evolving Charismatic Leadership: Gender-Inclusive Tactics and Development

    Runner-up and Sustainable development goals award: Rita Li, PhD in Marketing

    Title: Creating the 'Cinderella' Effect: Increasing Consumer Acceptance of Aesthetically Unattractive Food

    Third place: Annie Deng, PhD in Banking and Finance

    Title: Shareholder Voting: Driving Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability

    People’s choice award: Zongxi Chen, PhD in Accounting, Auditing and Taxation

    Title: Who to Believe: Managers vs Analysts in Diverse Firms

  • First place and Sustainable development goals award: Carolyn Ngowi, PhD in Management and Governance

    Title: Effects of firm centrality on firm performance and the wellbeing of its alliance officers

    Runner-up: Zonghe Guo, PhD in Banking and Finance

    Title: Getting away with merger: Proximity and acquisition activity

    Third place: Hao Zhang, PhD in Banking and Finance

    Title: Buy and build strategy in private equity buyouts: Value creation or window-dressing

    People’s choice award: Shu Chen, PhD in Risk and Actuarial Studies

    Title: Social environment and the risk of dementia

  • First place: Yuchen Zhang, PhD in Accounting, Auditing and Taxation

    Title: Is mandatory quarterly reporting worth it? The $3 billion question

    Runner-up: Roham Rezaei, PhD in Banking and Finance

    Title: Start-ups vs. Incumbents: VC financing of competition

    Third place: Michelle Vhudzijena, PhD in School of Risk and Actuarial Studies

    Title: Life, liberty and happiness for all during retirement: Modelling mortality heterogeneity using statistical learning techniques

    Sustainable development goals award: Xi Xin, PhD in School of Risk and Actuarial Studies

    Title: Insurance discrimination and pricing fairness

    People’s choice award: Roxanne Llamzon, PhD in School of Information Systems and Technology Management

    Title: Alignment practices in health information systems implementations

  • First place: Maria George, PhD in School of Information Systems and Technology Management

    Title: Societal implications of algorithmic decision-making systems

    Runner-up: Phong Thanh Nguyen, PhD in School of Management and Governance

    Title: Communicating change

    Third place: Doreen Kabuche, PhD in School of Risk and Actuarial Studies

    Title: Longevity risk: Retirement product innovation and risk management strategies

    People’s choice award: Blair Wang, PhD in School of Information Systems and Technology Management

    Title: Critical theory perspectives on location-independent digital work and digital nomadism

  • First place: Fatima Jamal Khan, PhD in School of Economics

    Title: Positive psychology, human capital and wellbeing: Experimental evidence from Pakistan

    Runner-up and People's choice award: Blair Wang, PhD in School of Information Systems and Technology Management

    Title: Critical theory perspectives on location-independent digital work and digital nomadism

    Third place: Angtyasti Jiwasiddi, PhD in School of Information Systems and Technology Management

    Title: Understanding the relationship between digital nomads and local communities

  • First place: Christian Criado-Perez Chanin, School of Management 

    Runner-up: Nursafwah Tugiman, School of Marketing 

    Third place: Daniel Wheadon, School of Economics 

    People's choice award: Christian Criado-Perez Chanin, School of Management, and
                                              Julian Prester, School of Information Systems, Technology and Management 

  • First place: Bradley Hastings, School of Management 

    Runner-up: Guillaume Boglioni Beaulieu, School of Risk and Actuarial Studies 

    Third place: Eunice Khoo, School of Accounting

    People's choice award: David Lie, School of Marketing

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Further information

For further information on this event, please contact the Â鶹Éçmadou Business School Research Office.