Research

Australia was active in the creation of the international institutions which underpin international trade and investment. A number of institutions and scholars across Australia continue to undertake the critical research needed to inform business, policy and consumer decisions.

ACITI showcases these individuals and institutions and their work to promote debate and collaboration

  • Associate Professor Emma Aisbett

    AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

    International Trade And Investment Law, International investment governance, Political economy of trade policy, International political economy, International Economics, Public Economics Public Choice, Environment And Resource Economics, Trade-related climate policy, International Green Industrial Policy, and Panel Data Analysis.

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  • Emeritus Professor Kym Anderson AC

    UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE

    International trade and development economics, and the economics of agriculture, food and wine.

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  • Professor Sajid Anwar

    UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST

    International trade and trade policy

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  • Associate Professor Sobhan (Sean) Arisian

    LA TROBE UNIVERSITY

    Applied operations with a special interest in modeling and practical logistics and supply chain problems, security and resiliency at the global supply chain/international trade interface, transformative digital supply chain strategies.

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  • Professor Shiro Armstrong

    AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

    Japan economic policy, international trade, free trade agreements.

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  • Professor Vivienne Bath

    UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

    Chinese law, international trade and investment, international commercial transactions.

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  • Associate Lecturer Raffaella Belloni

    UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST

    Labour economics, international trade, and macroeconomics.

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  • Professor Jeffrey H Bergstrand

    UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

    Determinants of international trade flows and of bilateral foreign direct investment (FDI) and quantitative measurement of partial and general equilibrium effects of economic integration agreements on trade flows and bilateral FDI.

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  • Professor Helen Cabalu

    CURTIN UNIVERSITY

    International trade policy, particularly ASEAN and developing countries in the light of changing World Trade Organisation deliberations, competition policy at the national and international levels, resource economics with major international economics component, macroeconomic policy of economies in East Asia and Australia

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  • Mr Dominic Carbone

    UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE

    Legal Aspects of International Business

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  • Professor Anthony E Cassimatis AM

    UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND

    International law, administrative law and public law generally.

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  • Dr Ivana Damjanovic

    AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY & UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA

    International investment law; EU trade and investment law and policy.

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  • Dr Cecilia Das

    EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY

    Innovation systems, employment and labour practices and corporate governance.

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  • Associate Professor Felicity Deane

    QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

    Issues where economics and the law intersect, World Trade Organization law and international trade law and practice, and the impact of trade rules on climate change market based instruments.

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  • Professor Peter Draper

    UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE

    International trade policy, World Trade Organisation agreements and negotiations, FTAs, EU Trade Policy, developing countries.

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  • Associate Professor Jiangang Fei

    UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA

    International logistics, supply chains and maritime freight.

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  • Dr Nicholas Frank

    AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

    The political economy of trade and investment governance using formal theory, econometrics, inferential network approaches, and text-as-data techniques

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  • Dr Umair Ghori, Associate Professor

    BOND UNIVERSITY

    International trade and investment laws

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  • Institute for International Trade

    THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE

    The Institute for International Trade brings together leading academics, experienced trade practitioners and negotiators to address key challenges faced by businesses and governments seeking to expand trade and investment opportunities across the globe.

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  • Dr Wei Li

    THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

    Australia China trade and investment relations.

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  • Dr Naoise McDonagh

    EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY

    Politics and international trade; geopolitics and international business; foreign direct investment screening and national security; economic sanctions and business risk; China and the world economy.

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  • Professor Andrew Mitchell

    MONASH UNIVERSITY

    International Economic Law, International Law, Public international law, International trade law, International investment law, Digital trade

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  • Dr James Munro

    WTO & UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND

    Trade Remedies; Carbon pricing and international trade/investment rules; Trade and environment

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  • Professor Luke Nottage

    UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

    International investment (treaties and arbitration), corruption, consumer protection, corporate governance – especially ASEAN and Japan

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  • Professor Richard Pomfret

    UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE

    International trade, international economics, and economic development.

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  • Associate Professor Evgeny Postnikov

    THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

    International political economy and politics of trade, European Union politics and external relations.

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  • Associate Professor Esmé Shirlow

    AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

    International investment law and arbitration; public international law; international dispute settlement

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  • Professor Lisa Toohey

    UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

    International trade law, trade disputes, traceability and trade, trade and geopolitics.

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  • Professor Markus Wagner

    UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG

    International economic law, international trade law, international investment law, public international law, international health law, food security and food safety.

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  • Associate Professor Robert Waschik

    VICTORIA UNIVERSITY

    Computable general equilibrium modelling; international trade theory and policy

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  • Professor David Widdowson AM

    CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY

    Trade facilitation; regulatory compliance management; risk management; supply chain security

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  • Dr Genevieve Wilkinson

    UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY

    International IP Law

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  • Dr Ping Xiong

    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

    International economic law and focus on international protection of intellectual property

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  • Professor Weihuan Zhou

    UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

    International economic law, World Trade Organization law, customs law especially trade remedies, free trade agreements, Chinese commercial law, China’s regulation of international trade and investment, and China’s integration into the international and regional economic order.

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