Hi, I’m Claire
Business historian, researching the first history of Australian women in corporate leadership.
I want to make the world a better place through meaningful and rigorous research.
Research
I research topics related to corporate leadership, business networks, accountability and workplace diversity. In 2026 I was recognized as the leading researcher in Economic History and was among Australia’s top 250 researchers by The Australian’s Research magazine.
Teaching
I am an award-winning educator, and use principles of multidisciplinary education, industry-led learning, and psychological safety to deliver rigorous, practical and supportive education to students.
Media and industry
I regularly contribute to media and industry events on matters related to business history, women’s empowerment, corporate leadership, social justice and equality.
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GENDER AND WORK
The history of men and women in the workplace, masculinity and femininity at work, the history of feminist activism and corporate efforts towards equality
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP
The ownership and control of large companies, career paths of corporate leaders, history of the professions, and corporate governance expectations.
RESEARCH POLICY
The long-run development of universities, policies to encourage interdisciplinary research, the history of economic thought, and progress of Australian economic history.
Australian Economic History: Transformations of an interdisciplinary field
In a time of pandemics, war and climate change, fostering knowledge that transcends disciplinary boundaries is more important than ever. Economic history is one of the world’s oldest interdisciplinary fields, with its prosperity dependent on connection and relevance to disciplinary behemoths economics and history.
Australian Economic History is the first history of an interdisciplinary field in Australia, and the first to set the field’s progress within the structures of Australian universities. It highlights the lived experience of doing interdisciplinary research, and how scholars have navigated the opportunities and challenges of this form of knowledge.
These lessons are vital for those seeking to develop robust interdisciplinary conversations now and in the future.
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Senior Lecturer at UTS Business School
I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. In particular, I acknowledge that I live and work on the unceded lands of the Dharawal and Gadigal people. This always was, and always will be Aboriginal land. I pay my respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander peoples today.
All thoughts and opinions posted on this website are my own, and not reflective of the institutions I may represent.
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