Adjunct Professor
Deanna Grant-Smith
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Management
Biography
The pursuit of social justice and sustainability is at the heart of my teaching and research.I am an adjunct professor with the QUT Centre for Decent Work & Industry. I am also the editor-in-chief of the QUT Centre for Justice Briefing Paper series.
I have extensive experience conducting research in a government and academic context across three main areas: decent work & responsible management practices; sustainable governance & stakeholder engagement; and unspeakable policy problems.
My research has been funded via grants from Australian Collaborative Education Network, Ecstra Foundation, Financial Basics Foundation, iMove CRC, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education, RACE 2030 CRC, Services to Youth Council, and WACE.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Pronouns: she / her
Personal details
Positions
- Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Management
Keywords
unpaid work, internships, deathscapes, unspeakable policy problems, stakeholder engagement, participatory planning, environmental stewardship, education-to-employment transitions, work-integrated learning, equity and social justice
Research field
Strategy, management and organisational behaviour, Education systems, Policy and administration
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosphy (Griffith University)
- Master of Business (Communication Studies) (Queensland University of Technology)
- Graduate Diploma of Sciences Communication (Central Queensland University)
- Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (Queensland University of Technology)
- Graduate Certificate in Management Communication (Other)
- Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (Queensland University of Technology)
- Bachelor of Science (Australian Environmental Studies) (Griffith University)
Professional memberships and associations
- Professor of Management, University of the Sunshine Coast [current appointment]
- QUT Centre for Decent Work & Industry [Deputy Director 2019-2024, adjunct professor 2024-ongoing]
- CI, QUT Centre for Justice [Technologies of Justice Program CoLead 2022-2024]
- Editor-in-Chief, C4J Briefing Papers, QUT Centre for Justice [2021-ongoing]
- Board member, TJ Ryan Foundation
- Director, Qld Advisory Board, The McKell Institute
- Advisory Board member, Research Unit on Law & Education [RULE], The University of Adelaide
- Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy
- Associate Fellow (Indigenous Knowledges), Higher Education Academy
Teaching
I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and an Associate Fellow (Indigenous Knowledges) of the Higher Education Academy.
My teaching focuses on developing critical thinking skills, embracing multi-stakeholder perspectives and achieving sustainable and socially responsible outcomes. While at QUT I taught the undergraduate units BSB250 Business Citizenship, MGB310 Managing Sustainable Change, MGB348 Implementing Sustainable Change and MGB306 Independent Project and the postgraduate units BSN502 Research Methodology, GSZ633 Managing Outwards in a Networked Government (as part of the Public Sector Management Program), and MGN509 Independent HRM Project.
I am committed to enhancing my teaching practice by engaging in the Scholarship of Learning and Teaching and have published on work-integrated learning as well as approaches to student engagement through an ethics of care. In 2017 I received an Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning and in 2020 was awarded the inaugural QUT Carumba Institute Embedding Indigenous Perspectives Outstanding Proposal Award .
Experience
I have more than 20 years of experience in the government and academic sectors researching, providing policy analysis and advice, and developing and delivering consultative approaches to inform strategic evidence-based decision-making for infrastructure planning, Indigenous boating safety, transport disadvantage, pollution prevention, participatory planning, staff training and development, and organisational strategy and development.
Publications
Research outputs by year
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Deanna, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Associate Professor Grant-Smith was awarded the inaugural Carumba Institute Embedding Indigenous Perspectives Outstanding Proposal Award
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Associate Professor Grant-Smith was awarded Associate Fellow (Indigenous) of the Higher Education Academy. The Higher Education Academy (HEA) is an international organization which promotes excellence in teaching and learning. This award demonstrates an emerging engagement with Indigenous perspectives in teaching and learning.
- Type
- Other
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Associate Professor Grant-Smith was named a 2020 World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) Champion for Change by the Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) and National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE). This award recognises those who regularly go above and beyond to make the Australasian tertiary education landscape more inclusive and accessible
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Dr Grant-Smith was awarded an Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. AAUT Awards recognise the impact that educators have on the learning and teaching experiences and outcomes of university students.
- Type
- Other
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Associate Professor Grant-Smith was awarded a Case Writing Scholarship from the Case Centre UK
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Dr Grant-Smith was named the 2016 Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Early Career Researcher. This award recognises the research and scholarly achievements of emerging researchers who are at an early stage of their academic career.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Dr Grant-Smith was awarded a QUT Vice-Chancellors Performance Award for research excellence in recognition of a significant and superior contribution to the work of the university.
- Type
- Other
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Dr Grant-Smith was awarded the 2016 Higher Education Research Network (HERN) Best Higher Education Research Publication Award Early Career.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Dr Grant-Smith was awarded a QUT Vice-Chancellors Performance Award for teaching excellence in recognition of a significant and superior contribution to the work of the university.
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Dr Grant-Smith was awarded Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. The Higher Education Academy (HEA) is an international organization which promotes excellence in teaching and learning.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Eudaemonic design as an approach to co-creating health and well-being in the built environment: An exemplar case of older adults at home (2023)
- The social construction of spaces of spas and the identity of the masseuse in Sri Lanka (2023)
- Female Shop Floor Worker Voice in the Corporate Social Responsibility Agenda of the Sri Lankan Apparel Industry (2022)
- Minding My Own Business: Small Business Owners' Decision Making During a Response to a Natural Disaster in Southeast Queensland, Australia (2022)
- (Re)Constructing power in the Australian Federation: Advancing Multi-level Governance as an explanation for the emergence of independent regulators (2021)
- Governing the Interface of Commercial Mining and Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) in Indonesia (2021)
- Regional Planning In Transition: Policy Narratives at the Intersection of Regional Planning and Sustainable Infrastructure Transitions (2020)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
- Environmental Equifinality: (Re)Examining Predictors of Specific Responsible Environmental Behaviours in Australian Recreational Fishing Environments (2021)
- Fishers Are Doing It For Themselves? Responsibilisation and the framing of fish habitat rehabilitation and stewardship (2018)
- The Role of Professional Identity and Self-Interest in Career Choices in the Emerging ICT Workforce (2016)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.