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Research and Scholarship Policy

PURPOSE

This policy details Global Leadership Institute’s (GLI) commitment to ensuring academic staff are effective, relevant, and current in their disciplines and in the field of higher education learning and teaching.

SCOPE

All staff and students

PRINCIPLES

GLI ensures that:

  • all permanent and sessional academic staff engage in scholarship to maintain currency in their disciplines, as well as higher education learning and teaching in those disciplines;
  • relevant internal professional development workshops are provided for all academic staff;
  • appropriate resourcing is allocated to research and scholarship;
  • academic staff are encouraged to apply for competitive external research grants;
  • research and scholarship data is collected, collated, and analysed for impact within and outside academia. The findings are included in the Annual Academic Report for Academic Board and Governing Board;
  • all human research by academic staff or students must adhere to the Research Ethics Policy;
  • all research raw data is stored securely by GLI for at least five (5) years;
  • research adheres to the of Conduct Policy and Nations People’s Education Policy;
  • Research and Scholarship Committee carries out its responsibilities as listed in the Board Terms of Reference Policy.

DEFINITIONS

  • Research: systematic and rigorous investigation aimed at the discovery of previously unknown phenomena, the development of explanatory theory and its application to new situations or problems, and the construction of original works of significant intellectual merit.
  • Scholarship: analysis and interpretation of existing knowledge aimed at improving, through publications, teaching or by other means of communication, the depth of human understanding.

SCHOLARSHIP ENGAGEMENT

Scholarship engagement of GLI permanent and sessional academic staff is directly related to their discipline expertise, including:

  • peer reviewed research publications and conference presentations;
  • contributing to course developments and reviews;
  • synthesising and communicating innovations in discipline knowledge, practice, or teaching (e.g. presentations, podcasts, feature articles);
  • contributions to communities of practice (e.g. development of resources, codes, or standards; engagement in academic societies; editorial roles; peer review or moderation);
  • undertaking a Higher Degree Research (HDR) course or supervising HDR students;
  • professional development associated with informing higher education learning and teaching in a relevant discipline, including disciplinary knowledge;
  • undertaking advanced specialist practice or scholarly secondments.

RESEARCH ACTIVE STATUS

GLI academic staff who achieve at least five research points in the past five years may be listed on the Academic Staff Register as “research active” (pro-rata for early career or part-time academic staff). This includes:

  • peer-reviewed monograph (5);
  • editing a peer-review collection of essays in a book or journal (2);
  • peer-reviewed journal article, book chapter, or conference paper (1);
  • research or professional industry grant (1 point per $10,000 to a maximum of 2 points);
  • external peer reviewer or examiner e.g. HDR examination, competitive research grants, peer review of research articles, manuscripts, or book reviews (0.25 to a maximum of 1)
  • Plant Breeder’s Rights (1)
  • Patent (1)

A publication, grant, or patent with multiple authors counts as one point for each author. Objective indicators of the quality of research output are considered including, but not limited to, number of citations.

SPECIAL RESEARCH LEAVE

Subject to budgetary constraints, the Institute provides opportunities for permanent academic staff to undertake Special Research Leave (SRL) for a maximum of six months. Applicants must meet the following criteria:

  • have usually been employed by the Institute continuously for at least seven (7) years on a permanent academic contract;
  • have produced high quality research publications within the previous five (5) years;
  • the SRL proposal demonstrates tangible benefit to the research and GLI;
  • the applicant has not been on probation due to unsatisfactory conduct, performance, or misconduct;
  • no period of SRL may exceed six (6) months.

Conditions

The SRL researcher shall:

  • agree to return to GLI after completing SRL and remain in its service for at least one more year;
  • not be permitted, while on SRL, to accept remunerative employment outside of GLI (excluding external research grants)

PROCEDURES

FUNDING AND WORKLOAD ALLOCATIONS

GLI funds research active permanent academic staff to maintain membership in relevant academic societies, present papers at academic conferences and/or receive a research workload allocation where appropriate. Applications for research workload allocation are negotiated with the relevant supervisor. An academic staff member, HDR student, or postgraduate capstone student may apply for competitive funding to present papers at academic conferences. All applications are submitted to Research and Scholarship Committee for approval subject to budget constraints.

SPECIAL RESEARCH LEAVE PROCEDURES

Application

The applicant should submit the Special Research Leave Proposal Form, including:

  • endorsement from the relevant supervisor;
  • benefits to the researcher and GLI;
  • potential high quality publication outlets for research;
  • detail delegation of duties while on SRL;
  • any additional internal or external funding that will be allocated;
  • a signed statement indicating that the applicant is aware of and agrees to all conditions of SRL.

Approval

  • In line with the budgetary cycle, Research and Scholarship Committee will consider all SRL applications received for the following year;
  • If recommended by Research and Scholarship Committee, the application is then tabled at Academic Board and Executive Management Team for approval;
  • The awarding of SRL leave is a benefit not an entitlement and is at the discretion of Academic Board and Executive Management Team. No appeal will be considered.
  • No substantial variation to the approved SRL can be made without approval by Research and Scholarship Committee, on the recommendation of the relevant supervisor.

Reporting

Within one month of completion of SRL, the researcher shall submit a written SRL Report to Research and Scholarship Committee.

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Associate Professor Jason Hartley

Jason Hartley is lecturer in criminology at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. He is a former police officer with 23 years of experience, and has trained personnel for deployment in Timor Leste, the Solomon Islands, Iraq and Afghanistan. Jason specializes in, and has published on engagement with Muslim communities, Indigenous Polynesian approaches to rehabilitation and reducing recidivism, and Asian Organised Crime. Jason also completed a community internship in Hebron on the West Bank.

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Professor Grant Pitman

Professor Grant Pitman is the president of the Global Leadership Institute. He has held senior leadership roles in government such as Chief Superintendent of Police and Director of Strategic Planning ICT in the Queensland Police Service;

  • Varied list of contributions to law enforcement, including disaster management, auditing and finance, organizational reform, education and human resources, and policy development
  • National, state, and regional levels of professional service, including the Ipswich Economic Forum, the Brisbane Airport Emergency Planning Committee, the National Emergency Communications Working Group, the National Police Drug and Alcohol Task Force, and the Police Education Advisory Council.

He has a Ph.D. and Master of Administration from Griffith University. He is a well-versed researcher and has published numerous articles and journals.

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Professor Kevin Tickle

Professor Kevin Tickle has extensive experience in Executive Management roles in the tertiary education sector, both public and private, over the last two decades and has been a consultant to Higher Education providers in Australia and overseas. His primary areas of interest are Leadership, Management, Information Technology, Mathematics and Statistics with expertise in the areas of probability modelling; decision support, and data analytics. He is currently a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, a member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, the Australian Computer Society and an Emeritus Professor at CQUniversity.

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Mr Des Lacy OAM

Des serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the Asia Pacific Chapter of FBI National Academy Associates, after completing 40 years in the Queensland Police Service. During his distinguished career, Des was District Officer (A/Chief Superintendent) in Charge of the Gold Coast Police District, Police Commander for the Gold Coast Indy, Super V8s, Gold Coast Marathon, and Schoolies, as well as National Rugby League and Australian Foot League events in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Des oversaw development and implementation of the Integrated Justice Information Systems, Integrated Traffic Policing Program, and Integrated Tasking and Analysis System. He served as Director of the Strategic Services Branch and Information and Communications Technology Command, as well as Chair of the District Disaster Management Group and Security Operations Coordinator for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. 

Des has been a member of Rotary International for 30 years, representing Rotary International in the United States and the Middle East. For his work in the Gold Coast Community Des was awarded Citizen of the Year at the 2013 Gold Coast Australia Day celebrations. Des also was one of the founding Directors for the Oxenford and Coomera Community Youth Centre that provides much needed social services to the Northern Gold Coast Community. For the past 15 years, he has also been the Chair of this not-for-profit establishment. It. For his work promoting International Law Enforcement Des was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 2017.

Qualifications

Graduate Diploma of Management

Graduate Certificate Business Management 

Bachelor of Business

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Dr Shantanu Banerjee

Dr Shantanu Banerjee is senior lecturer at Leaders Institute. With extensive experience in management, leadership, and administration across a range of contexts in India and Australia, Dr Banerjee is also currently an Industry Fellow at the University of Queensland Business School. His research focuses on socio-cultural-political contexts, particularly in the field of agribusiness and international business. His research has highlighted variations in the theme of international competitiveness by emphasising non-economic and non-market variables and on how multinational enterprises subsidiaries can pursue legitimacy pursuing non-market strategies. 

Dr Banerjee has presented his research work at esteemed international conferences such as ANZIBA and EIA and has published in scholarly journals including International Business Review and Management International Review. He graduated from the Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi (India) and the University of Queensland Business School. He has been an academic staff member at the University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology, lecturing in undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Dr Banerjee has over 15 years of extensive and varied experience as an International Business Manager dealing and negotiating with overseas clients based in the United States of America, China, Japan, Canada, Switzerland, and Germany. He is currently employed with a Federal agency of the Australian Treasury. 

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Queensland, 2012

Master of Research, Queensland University of Technology, 2005

Master of Business, Queensland University of Technology, 2003

Postgraduate Diploma in International Trade, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, 1986

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, 1985

 

Communities of Practice

  • Editorial Board, Academy of International Business
  • Editorial Board, European Academy of Management
  • Editorial Board, Leadership & Management Studies in Sub-Sahara Africa Conference
  • Editorial Board, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
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Associate Professor Ben Arachi

BIOGRAPHY

Associate Professor Ben Arachi has four decades (1977-2023) of experience in higher education leadership and teaching. During his 15 years as Unit Coordinator at Central Queensland University, he received two Excellence in Teaching Awards and was nominated for the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Learning and Teaching and the Australian Awards for University Teaching. His online learning study was published in Economics for Today (Cengage 2022).

Previously, Associate Professor Arachi  served as Vice Principal, Head of the Department of Extension and Research, and Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal at Arul Anandar College, India (1992-1997). He was then Research Coordinator and Course Coordinator (1999-2008), as well as Chair of the Division of Economics (2000-2005) at HELP University, Malaysia. This included senior involvement in the application to become a University College and then a full University.

Associate Professor Arachi also has over 20 years of experience as a higher degree research supervisor, moderator, and examiner for doctoral degrees. In his five years as a Coordinator of All India Christian Higher Education, he organised numerous state-level seminars and workshops for academics in higher education in India. He has published four monographs, many research papers and articles while editing the Research AAC Journal of Economics. He has reviewed many higher education textbooks.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Madursi Kamaraj University, India, 1989

  • Master of Arts, University of Madras, 1975 (Gold Medalist)

  • Bachelor of Arts, Madursi Kamaraj University, India, 1973 (University Rank and Merit Scholarship)

  • Diploma in Applied Economics, Madursi Kamaraj University, India, 1980

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP

  • Member, Academic Board, 2023-current

  • Chair, Examiners Committe, 2023-current

  • Member, Course Advisory Committee, 2022-current

AWARDS

  • Central Queensland University Student Voice Commendation. The 2021 program includes unit evaluation data from term 3, 2020 and terms 1 and 2, 2021.

  • Central Queensland University  Student Voice Commendation. The 2020 program includes unit evaluation data from term 3, 2019 and terms 1 and 2, 2020.

  • Central Queensland University Central Queensland University Platinum certificate Top rated Unit in Term 2, 2019

  • Central Queensland University Gold certificate Highly rated Unit in Term 2,2019 (ACCT20070)

  • Gold certificate Highly rated Unit in Term 2,2019 from CQU(ECON11026)

  • Charles Sturt University Excellence in Teaching Award (ECO511)

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Dr Bandula Nambukara-Gamage

Dr Bandula Nambukara-Gamage is a Senior Lecturer of Accounting and Finance at James Cook University, Brisbane campus. He currently teaches Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Accounting, Master of Professional Accounting, and Master of Business Administration students based on the Brisbane campus. Dr Nambukara-Gamage has previously lectured at Central Queensland University, Federation University, and Charles Darwin University.

QUALIFICATIONS

Doctor of Philosophy, University of New England, 2013

Master of Commerce

Licentiate Certificate (recognised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia)

Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours)

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Professor Rod St Hill

Professor Rodney St Hill is the former President of Leaders Institute (2018-2020) and serves as Senior Pastor (2016-current) at IgniteLife Church Gold Coast, where he heads IgniteLife Business, an outreach to Christians in business. He is a leader in the global Business As Mission movement. He also consults on governance and executive management in higher education and business, with a particular special interest in Christian education institutions and businesses.

Previously, Professor St Hill was a long-term senior leader and Vice President Academic of Christian Heritage College, Brisbane. With the input of his colleagues and many others in his network, he developed business curriculum that embeds the ‘5 P missional business’ model – a model of production, people, planet, and profit. He was also Dean of Students, among other roles, at University of Southern Queensland (1993-2009).

QUALIFICATIONS

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cantebury, 1989

Bachelor of Commerce (Hons 1), University of Newcastle, 1979

EXTERNAL EXPERT REVIEWER

External Member, various course assessment panels in business, management and leadership at Alphacrucis College, Australian College of Divinity, and Avondale University College, 2014 to 2020

Member: Australian Institute of Company Directors

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE

Member: Economic Society of Australia

External Expert, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), 2019-current

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Ps Duane Van Vuuren

Ps Duane Van Vuuren has served as Brisbane Campus Director, Postgraduate Leadership Studies Director, Unit Coordinator, and Lecturer at Alphacrucis University College. He also served as Executive Pastor at several churches across Australia.

Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy in Leaders – candidate
Master of Arts
Master of Leadership
Graduate Certificate of Leadership

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Geoff Sheldon

Associate Professor Geoff Sheldon

Associate Professor Geoff Sheldon is a part-time Doctoral and Masters theses examiner for University of Southern Queensland and has been a visiting professor and guest lecturer at Bond University. He is the holder of a Doctorate of Policing and Security and a Master of Leadership, together with five other post and under-graduate qualifications. His distinguished Queensland policing career saw him serve across the entire state for just over 42 years (1982-2023), most recently in the Gold Coast and Cairns Districts at the level of Superintendent. He serves on multiple boards and charity committees.

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Research and Scholarship Policy

PURPOSE

This policy details Global Leadership Institute’s (GLI) commitment to ensuring academic staff are effective, relevant, and current in their disciplines and in the field of higher education learning and teaching.

SCOPE

All staff and students

PRINCIPLES

GLI ensures that:

  • all permanent and sessional academic staff engage in scholarship to maintain currency in their disciplines, as well as higher education learning and teaching in those disciplines;
  • relevant internal professional development workshops are provided for all academic staff;
  • appropriate resourcing is allocated to research and scholarship;
  • academic staff are encouraged to apply for competitive external research grants;
  • research and scholarship data is collected, collated, and analysed for impact within and outside academia. The findings are included in the Annual Academic Report for Academic Board and Governing Board;
  • all human research by academic staff or students must adhere to the Research Ethics Policy;
  • all research raw data is stored securely by GLI for at least five (5) years;
  • research adheres to the of Conduct Policy and Nations People’s Education Policy;
  • Research and Scholarship Committee carries out its responsibilities as listed in the Board Terms of Reference Policy.

DEFINITIONS

  • Research: systematic and rigorous investigation aimed at the discovery of previously unknown phenomena, the development of explanatory theory and its application to new situations or problems, and the construction of original works of significant intellectual merit.
  • Scholarship: analysis and interpretation of existing knowledge aimed at improving, through publications, teaching or by other means of communication, the depth of human understanding.

SCHOLARSHIP ENGAGEMENT

Scholarship engagement of GLI permanent and sessional academic staff is directly related to their discipline expertise, including:

  • peer reviewed research publications and conference presentations;
  • contributing to course developments and reviews;
  • synthesising and communicating innovations in discipline knowledge, practice, or teaching (e.g. presentations, podcasts, feature articles);
  • contributions to communities of practice (e.g. development of resources, codes, or standards; engagement in academic societies; editorial roles; peer review or moderation);
  • undertaking a Higher Degree Research (HDR) course or supervising HDR students;
  • professional development associated with informing higher education learning and teaching in a relevant discipline, including disciplinary knowledge;
  • undertaking advanced specialist practice or scholarly secondments.

RESEARCH ACTIVE STATUS

GLI academic staff who achieve at least five research points in the past five years may be listed on the Academic Staff Register as “research active” (pro-rata for early career or part-time academic staff). This includes:

  • peer-reviewed monograph (5);
  • editing a peer-review collection of essays in a book or journal (2);
  • peer-reviewed journal article, book chapter, or conference paper (1);
  • research or professional industry grant (1 point per $10,000 to a maximum of 2 points);
  • external peer reviewer or examiner e.g. HDR examination, competitive research grants, peer review of research articles, manuscripts, or book reviews (0.25 to a maximum of 1)
  • Plant Breeder’s Rights (1)
  • Patent (1)

A publication, grant, or patent with multiple authors counts as one point for each author. Objective indicators of the quality of research output are considered including, but not limited to, number of citations.

SPECIAL RESEARCH LEAVE

Subject to budgetary constraints, the Institute provides opportunities for permanent academic staff to undertake Special Research Leave (SRL) for a maximum of six months. Applicants must meet the following criteria:

  • have usually been employed by the Institute continuously for at least seven (7) years on a permanent academic contract;
  • have produced high quality research publications within the previous five (5) years;
  • the SRL proposal demonstrates tangible benefit to the research and GLI;
  • the applicant has not been on probation due to unsatisfactory conduct, performance, or misconduct;
  • no period of SRL may exceed six (6) months.

Conditions

The SRL researcher shall:

  • agree to return to GLI after completing SRL and remain in its service for at least one more year;
  • not be permitted, while on SRL, to accept remunerative employment outside of GLI (excluding external research grants)

PROCEDURES

FUNDING AND WORKLOAD ALLOCATIONS

GLI funds research active permanent academic staff to maintain membership in relevant academic societies, present papers at academic conferences and/or receive a research workload allocation where appropriate. Applications for research workload allocation are negotiated with the relevant supervisor. An academic staff member, HDR student, or postgraduate capstone student may apply for competitive funding to present papers at academic conferences. All applications are submitted to Research and Scholarship Committee for approval subject to budget constraints.

SPECIAL RESEARCH LEAVE PROCEDURES

Application

The applicant should submit the Special Research Leave Proposal Form, including:

  • endorsement from the relevant supervisor;
  • benefits to the researcher and GLI;
  • potential high quality publication outlets for research;
  • detail delegation of duties while on SRL;
  • any additional internal or external funding that will be allocated;
  • a signed statement indicating that the applicant is aware of and agrees to all conditions of SRL.

Approval

  • In line with the budgetary cycle, Research and Scholarship Committee will consider all SRL applications received for the following year;
  • If recommended by Research and Scholarship Committee, the application is then tabled at Academic Board and Executive Management Team for approval;
  • The awarding of SRL leave is a benefit not an entitlement and is at the discretion of Academic Board and Executive Management Team. No appeal will be considered.
  • No substantial variation to the approved SRL can be made without approval by Research and Scholarship Committee, on the recommendation of the relevant supervisor.

Reporting

Within one month of completion of SRL, the researcher shall submit a written SRL Report to Research and Scholarship Committee.