Maria Ishkova

Maria Ishkova

Lecturer (Education focused)
The University of Sydney Business School
Dr Maria Ishkova is an education-focused Lecturer in the Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney Business School. Educated as a high school teacher, with PhD in motivation and award-winning professional experience in management, communication, and Higher Ed, I am passionate about helping learners to discover and empower the best of their authentic selves, build their self-efficacy and readiness to thrive in the future work/employability, and encourage these current & future leaders to nurture mutual cross-cultural respect and practice win-win-win communication in leadership for good.

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.