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Vice Chancellor’s Award for Emerging Researcher
Dr Helen Tregidga from the Accounting discipline was recently awarded the Vice Chancellor's Award for Emerging Researcher at AUT University in a ceremony held on Monday 24th May at Akoranga Campus North Shore.
Dr Tregidga has rapidly established herself in an emerging research area through gaining an Exceptional Thesis Award from Otago and then generating a portfolio of high profile international publications. Book chapters, conferences, and international awards have followed.
She has specialised in the study of the discourse of organisations in relation to sustainable development. This involves the study of the use of language in identity construction and relates to the wider social movement to sustainability.
She achieved a prestigious Marsden 3-year Fast Start Contract in the 2009/2010 round for a project entitled “Corporate Chameleons, Greenwashing and Counter-Narratives”.
She has undertaken numerous national and international editing, disciplinary and professional roles including acting as an independent judge of the National Sustainable Business Network Awards for the last 3 years.
Congratulations
Associate Professor Keith Macky has just been made an Associate Fellow of the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand. It is in recognition of his "academic standing in human resource management and the contribution he has made to the advancement of knowledge and professional practice in HRM."
Professor Trish Corner was appointed to the editorial review board of the Academy of Management Learning and Education (AMLE). This is an A* journal on the Australian Research Council's list of journal rankings.
Awarded PhD
Ann-Marie Kennedy, Senior Lecturer Marketing and Advertising