Hi, I’m Claire

Business historian, researching the first history of Australian women in corporate leadership.

Award-winning researcher and educator, using meaningful and rigorous knowledge for a better world.

Research

I research topics on 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 events

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

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.

Interviewing humans; or, a project update

Dec 8, 2023

Today is (probably) the last of my interviews for 2023. Over the last 6 months I have interviewed...

New article! Interrogating diversity: Feminism and the destructuration of Australian board appointment practices

Oct 5, 2023

Our article on feminism and Australian company board diversity has just been published by...

New article! Sharyn Kay Cederman for the Australian Dictionary of Biography

Jul 14, 2023

Recently I was invited to contribute an entry on feminist icon/corporate leader Sharyn Cederman to...

Currently

Senior Lecturer at UTS Business School

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I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. I live and work on the unceded lands of the Dharawal and Gadigal people. 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.