School of Economics

Awards and achievements

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The School of Economics is a driver of excellence in teaching and of research into improving teaching. It has recognized its good teachers in diverse ways over the last 20 and more years. The School has also trained its tutors in-house since the mid-1990s, with great success.

National AAUT, ALTC and UQ Awards

Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT)

  • 2021: Associate Professor Ian MacKenzie - Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning 
  • 2017: Mr Carl Sherwood - Australian Award for  University Teaching Excellence
  • 2013: Mr Carl Sherwood - Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning 
  • 2011: Associate Professor Phil Bodman - Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
  • 2011: Mr Alan Duhs - Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning

Australian Learning and Teaching Council Awards (ALTC)

  • 2010: Dr James Laurenceson - Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning

UQ Award for Teaching Excellence

  • 2015: Mr Carl Sherwood

​UQ Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning

  • 2020: Associate Professor Ian MacKenzie - for linking economic theory to practical applications using unconventional contextualisation and multiple layers of engagement, resulting in deep and transferable learning for students.

  • 2019: Associate Professor Marco Faravelli - For developing and implementing a serious economics game which enhanced student learning and outcomes in the economics discipline.
     
  • 2019: Dr Ian MacKenzie - For linking economic theory to real-world applications using unconventional contextualisation and multiple layers of engagement resulting in deep and transferable learning for students (Commendations)
     
  • 2018: Dr Bruce Littleboy, Mr Carl Sherwood, Associate Professor KK Tang, Dr Frederique Bracoud, Dr Bryan Morgan 
    Tutor Trainers in Economics, School of Economics (Commendations) - For enhancing students’ tutorial experience through an innovative selection process that identifies tutors best suited for facilitating small group learning and a discipline-specific training program.
     
  • 2016: Dr Frédérique Bracoud - For encouraging students from Economics, Arts and Business to acquire proficiency in Finance through original learning resources and activities, which foster engagement and accommodate diversity.
     
  • 2011: Mr Carl Sherwood - For sustained teaching excellence in economic theory by stimulating student learning via a case-based teaching approach, innovatively linking theory with business applications. ​
     
  • 2010: Mr Alan Duhs - For decades of inspiring students to learn through interactive, ‘unsettling’ teaching that illuminates the philosophical roots of economics, and for scholarly leadership in economics education.
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School of Economics Teaching Excellence Awards

 

 

Designing LearningDesigning AssessmentBuilding Integrated
Learning Environments		Enhancing EmployabilityLeading Teaching
2020Frederique Bracoud Temesgen Kifle  
2019Andrés Bellofatto   Begoña Domínguez
2018Ian MacKenzieRigissa MegalokonomouCarl SherwoodFlavio MenezesHeiko Gerlach
 Large UndergraduateMedium UndergraduateSmall UndergraduateLarge PostgraduateSmall PostgraduateCasual Lecturer
2018Carl SherwoodBruce LittleboyZachary BreigKK TangAndrѐs BellofattoTerence Yeo
2017Ian MacKenzieBegoña DominguezEric EisenstatVera Te Velde,
Renuka Mahadevan		Peggy Schrobback,
Ian MacKenzie		Terence Yeo
2016Carl SherwoodAntonio PeyracheLana FriesenAntonio PeyrachePeggy Schrobback 
2015Carl SherwoodBegoña DominguezJackie RobinsonTemesgen KiflePravin Trivedi 
2014James LaurencesonJames LaurencesonKenan KalayciFrédérique BracoudJohn Foster 
2013Frédérique BracoudBegoña DominguezPriscilla ManTemesgen KifleBegoña Dominguez 
2012James LaurencesonBegoña DominguezMarco FaravelliTemesgen KifleCarl Sherwood 
2011Carl SherwoodJames LaurencesonValentin ZelenyukTemesgen KifleCarl Sherwood 
2010Lana FriesenKK TangRabee TourkyPaul ReithmullerCarl Sherwood 
2009James LaurencesonJason PottsJames LaurencesonGareth LeevesChris O'Donnell 
2008David WillisJames LaurencesonJason PottsDavid WillisChris O'Donnell 

 

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School of Economics Research Awards 

BEL Research Excellence Awards 

  • 2019: Brenda Gannon - Excellence in Research Award for Higher Degree Research Supervision
  • 2019: Duc Manh Pham - Excellence in Research Award for Higher Degree Research 

BEL Awards for Excellence in Research 

  • 2020: Sabrina Lenzen - Excellence in Higher Degree Research 
  • 2020: Christiern Rose - Early Career Research Commendation 

UQ Awards for Excellence in Higher Degree Research Training, Industry Engagement 

  • 2020: Prof. Brenda Gannon

BEL Excellence Awards 

  • 2022: BEL Faculty EDI Committee; and Professor Daniel Zizzo, Law School and Professor Rodney Strachan, School of Economics - Award for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
  • 2022: Michelle Tran, School of Economics - Award for HDR Research 
  • 2022: Professor Alicia Rambaldi, School of Economics - Award for Engagement and Impact 

 

 

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