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As airlines stir back to life, can we safeguard lower carbon emissions?

As airlines stir back to life, can we safeguard lower carbon emissions?

During the pandemic, aviation's carbon emissions dropped to lows comparable to taking around 100 million cars off the road.

Jadranka Petrovic

Department of Business Law and Taxation

Is ‘local shock’ the key to overcoming vaccine hesitancy?

Is ‘local shock’ the key to overcoming vaccine hesitancy?

Members of close-knit ethnic communities who resisted vaccinating against COVID-19 changed their minds when the virus struck close to home. 

Yves Zenou

Department of Economics

The grim reality for older Australians during COVID-19

The grim reality for older Australians during COVID-19

While public health issues have been foremost in the global fight against COVID-19, public policies are only now exposing the full consequences of this international scourge. And for more than a third of older Australians, isolation – not health concerns – was the biggest problem.

Gang Chen

Centre for Health Economics

A tourist drawcard and an economic lifeline – but a threat to health

A tourist drawcard and an economic lifeline – but a threat to health

Exotic to tourists, essential for local low-skilled workers, Indian street food vendors also peddle another ware: the risk of contaminated food.

Denni Tommasi

Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics

The lockdown quandary: is the pain worth the gain?

The lockdown quandary: is the pain worth the gain?

Monash researchers are mapping the global effects of different strategies used to contain and manage COVID-19. This is what they have found so far.

Ranjan Ray

Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability

How a simple phone call calmed misconceptions around COVID-19

How a simple phone call calmed misconceptions around COVID-19

When the pandemic first broke across India, foreigners, minority groups, police and frontline workers were falsely blamed for its spread, fuelled by misinformation, rumours and long-held discriminatory beliefs.

Asadul Islam

Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability

“This is really a marathon.” Meet the statistician helping forecast the spread of COVID-19

“This is really a marathon.” Meet the statistician helping forecast the spread of COVID-19

Globally renowned statistician Professor Rob Hyndman is at the centre of an elite team modelling COVID-19 cases for Australia's leaders and policymakers.

Rob J Hyndman

Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics

When COVID-19 first hit, Australian investors under-reacted. Why?

When COVID-19 first hit, Australian investors under-reacted. Why?

In the weeks following the outbreak of the coronavirus, the Australian market drifted down. Then came the reaction.

Dharmendra Naidu

Department of Accounting

The concept of collective leadership and how it could lead us out of a pandemic

The concept of collective leadership and how it could lead us out of a pandemic

In a crisis are more heads better than one? Here are five ways your organisation can introduce collective leadership and put a group of leaders making joint decisions at the helm.

Nathan Eva

Herman Tse

Julie Wolfram Cox

Department of Management

Things you need to know before using a debt management company

Things you need to know before using a debt management company

As more Australians struggle with debt due to COVID-19, the services of credit repair or debt management companies may seem attractive. But it pays to look more closely.  

Department of Business Law and Taxation

Full speed into the future (ep6)

Full speed into the future (ep6)

COVID-19 is accelerating society's digital transformation. Who are the winners and losers? What does it mean for how we work, live and learn? With Deep Kapur and the Head of Monash Business School, Simon Wilkie.

Simon Wilkie

We’re cut off, but how deep should this moat be? (ep 5)

We’re cut off, but how deep should this moat be? (ep 5)

Caught between one very tetchy trade partner and another flailing superpower. We're lost in the world.  How do we get unstuck between two superpowers – and can our trade agreements? The experts map out our biggest challenges – and how to solve them. With Nicola Charwat, He-Ling Shi and Paul Kalfadellis.

He-Ling Shi

Department of Economics