

Significant Research Achievements
Dr Irene Ryan from the Management Department has been awarded a Marsden Fast Start.
Irene's project was titled: 'Something else is happening here': The invisibility of female leadership. Irene will be investigating the role of sport in male-dominated leadership cultures in a three year project starting in 2012.
This is a prestigious award - and it is excellent to see Irene's hard work in pursuing this grant across the two round application and external reviewing process, recognised and rewarded.
Professor Alireza Tourani-Rad, Chair of the Finance department, has been appointed as a:
The AUT Finance team came second, after University of Auckland and ahead of five other participating universities, at the CFA Research Challenge Competition held at Massey University. This is a great achievement. Acknowledgements go out to all our students and to Senior Lecturer Katrin Gottshalk for her superb role in mentoring the team.