I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Business at UNSW, Canberra.
I take a sociological view to investigate decision-making in governance and regulatory frameworks in public and corporate environments, with a focus on reumeration schemes, organisational safety and the associated impact for individuals and groups. A key theme across my research is critically assessing the way that governance and regulatory frameworks, such as regulations, codes of conduct or other types of frameworks, can have unintended outcomes. I use the concept of 'risk shifting' to research how, or whether governance frameworks can inadvertently divert risk and the responsibility for managing that risk to individuals, groups or communities who are not well placed to bear the burden of those risks. I've used this approach to look at the impact of regulatory responses for worker safety in civil construction, and for athletes subject to anti-doping policies in elite sport, as well as community safety and urban development. I also conduct evaluations of programs or other initiatives in both the Australian public service and the corporate sector.
I received my PhD in sociology from the Australian National University (ANU). Prior to joining UNSW Canberra in 2020, I was a Research Fellow in the Energy Pipeline Cooperative Research Centre at ANU and later at RMIT.