Briony Lipton

Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Sydney Business School
As an early career academic who recently completed a PhD on women and leadership in higher education, Briony is passionate about gender equality and the empowerment of women. In teaching undergraduate gender studies she encourages students in developing critical skills to analyse the workings of gender and its intersections with race, class, ethnicity, sexuality, and ability. Her teaching is focused on creative, student-centred learning in which students apply scholarship learnt in the classroom to activism beyond the university. In bringing together her academic research and teaching with her professional skills in executive management she is also experienced in strategic planning and policy analysis, and is known for her communication skills and ability to deliver value to organisations through improving and enhancing relationships and research collaborations across institutions.

From this author

Inclusive and workplace acceptance of refugees
Partnering for refugee employment

When considering their talent pipelines, few companies think outside-of-the-box. Most refugees flourish in the workplace, and so do the businesses that hire them.

SDG 16
Institutional investors demand a more sustainable capitalism

Honey gathering is a solitary job in Indigenous communities. The collector then shares the honey with their community but refrains from joining in the honey feast themself. The idea is that the gathering is not about their gratification, it’s about their contribution to the collective.  

SDG15 Bushfires
Optimisation model as a guide to burning forests to save forests

Setting fire to parts of a forest to save it might seem counterintuitive to urban communities. There is no equivalent of torching a few streets to protect a suburb. However, amongst First Nations people in Australia, hazard reduction burning is a well-established practice.

SDG13 - coal mining
Net zero now – it’s the economy AND the planet

In Australia, as elsewhere, the climate wars have focused on the climate versus jobs dichotomy. Yet while Australia remains highly dependent on fossil fuel extraction for its national economic prosperity it has also become increasingly unequal in its distribution of that wealth.