JCU Postgraduate Passages: Navigating Research & Networking in the Next Normal

Sunday 4 December : 9 AM – 12 PM

1. Refreshments & introductions
2. Speed networking session
   • 1-minute research sharing
3. Open networking session
   • Find your future research collaboration partners

Detail of Keynote Session

Keynote Title & Description: Research Contribution in Academia

As new researchers, the search for contribution to knowledge can be exciting as well as perplexing. For some, it’s overwhelming when the area of research is well established or loss of research focus when it’s an emerging field of study. I reflect on these challenges and offer some pointers especially for early career researchers.

Speaker Profile

Professor Teck Yong Eng  

Professor of Business Enterprise & Analytics, Head of Henley Business School Malaysia

Prior to joining HBS Malaysia, Prof. Eng was head of the department of digital and data-driven marketing at the University of Southampton, Southampton Business School UK. He had worked in the UK for almost 27 years, and had been chair of marketing and head of department for almost 10 years at three different business schools in the UK.

Prof. Eng’s research revolves around solving non-trivial resource allocation decisions at firm or business units level for optimizing profitability, creating stakeholders’ value and maximizing utility function by developing analytics and using advanced research methods.

Prof. Eng’s teaching interests include digital marketing, data analytics, R statistical programming and business research methods. He has run many workshops and executive training sessions on big data analytics and advanced quantitative methods for researchers and practitioners. His leadership and methodological competencies are recognised both in the academy and industry.

Prof. Eng has consulted for the Business Monitor International London in developing information and communications technology country-level metrics and written over 50 country reports. He regularly consults and writes for policy think tanks and practitioners. He has served as an advisory member of the European Research Council (ERC) for a large grant on commercialisation of nanotechnology. He has also written practitioner-oriented policy papers for the Royal Mail (UK) and The Guardian Newspaper (UK). He is Managing Editor of the Journal of General Management, a well recognized practitioner oriented journal with over 40 years of publication history.

Prof. Eng is also an active trainer and keynote speaker. He has published over 60 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, guest co-edited special issues, and book chapters.