The world’s largest business education alliance has announced its 2024 Class of Influential Leaders, a group of 22 AACSB-accredited business school faculty demonstrating impact through their research.
One Australian academic is on the list.
Professor Rachel Ong ViforJ is a John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin University and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow.
She is the co-designer of Australia’s first and only dynamic housing policy simulation model and provides direct advice to the Australian government on issues around housing supply and affordability.
Celebrating quality business education
AACSB International (AACSB) is a global non-profit association that connects educators, students, and business and aims to elevate the quality and impact of business schools globally.
Now in its ninth year, AACSB’s Influential Leaders member spotlight program highlights the value that business schools bring to business and society – whether through the alumni who have used their business education to improve the industries and communities they serve, or the faculty leading positive impact through their research. All faculty from this year’s class are from one of AACSB’s more than 1,000 accredited business schools worldwide.
The 2024 honourees are advancing research in the areas of AI, healthcare, sustainability, finance, entrepreneurship, and more. The selected leaders exemplify the important role of business school faculty in developing new knowledge that provides timely and relevant solutions for business and societal challenges.
Each Influential Leader was nominated by their school, which shared inspiring research examples that demonstrate how the honouree leads in new knowledge creation, engages in timely solutions, and positively impacts business and society. Support for the 2024 Influential Leaders initiative is provided by Academic Partnerships.
Accredited Australian business schools deliver world-class education
As of 2 April 2024, 1020 business school institutions around the world hold the AACSB accreditation. Australian universities and business schools featured include:
- University of Melbourne – Melbourne Business School
- UTS Business School – University of Technology, Sydney
- La Trobe Business School – La Trobe University
- Tasmanian School of Business and Economics – University of Tasmania
- Curtin University – Faculty of Business and Law
- UNSW (AGSM)
- University of Western Australia – UWA Business School
- Deakin University
- University of Wollongong – Faculty of Business and Law
- Western Sydney University – School of Business
- Monash University – Business and Economics
- The University of Sydney – Business School
- University of South Australia – UniSA Business School
- The University of Newcastle – Newcastle Business School
- Swinburne University of Technology – Faculty of Business and Law
- University of the Sunshine Coast – School of Business and Creative Industries
- QUT Business School
- The University of Queensland – UQ Business School
- Griffith University – Griffith Business School
- Macquarie University – Macquarie Business School
- Edith Cowan University – School of Business and Law
- Bond University – Business School
- The University of Adelaide – Adelaide Business School
Business leaders are change-makers
These faculty change-makers are using their expertise to encourage environmental responsibility, improve healthcare outcomes, enable digital innovation, empower marginalized populations, and transform investment practices.
“The 2024 Influential Leaders demonstrate the potential of business school research to address some of today’s most critical challenges,” says Lily Bi, AACSB president and CEO.
“The knowledge they’re producing will help inform and create real change in the world.”
