Our People
Meet the experts who lead research, education and collaboration activities at the centre, and learn why each of them chose to become involved.
Steering Group
Dean of the Business School
University of Auckland
Professor Susan Watson
Interim Director
Juncture: Dialogues on Inclusive Capitalism
Can we rebalance to do capitalism better—harnessing its undoubted benefits whilst minimising its harms and sharing its benefits more equitably?
Professor of Macroeconomics
University of Auckland
Professor Prasanna Gai
Resilient market economies operate best when there is a robust social framework—where individuals, firms, and governments have a sense of their shared values and responsibilities to the system as a whole.
Professor of Innovation & Research Management
University of Auckland
Professor Kenneth Husted
This centre will be a core institution in Aotearoa’s transformation toward a more sustainable and inclusive economy, with circular economy offering pathways for sustainable and inclusive business.
Professor of Accounting
University of Auckland
Professor Charl de Villiers
My research brings an accounting perspective to social and environmental matters, including inequities entrenched by power differences. This matches with the centre’s focus on enhancing outcomes for everyone in society.
Professor of Economics
University of Auckland
Professor Robert MacCulloch
We’ve long moved beyond the idea that achieving economic growth at any cost is a worthy ideal.
Members
Director of Business Masters
Graduate School of Management
Dr Ruth Dimes
My research and teaching interests lie in how organisations make decisions that balance financial considerations with broader societal and environmental impacts. The work of the centre aims to provide this holistic perspective and to encourage the research and teaching of the Business School to become more widely known.
Senior Lecturer
Management & International Business
Dr Billie Lythberg
Associate Director Research
Juncture: Dialogues on Inclusive Capitalism
The centre will encourage dialogues across disciplines and knowledge systems and generate research and projects of global significance for the well-being of people and planet.