4. The future of work: What will the impact be at the national / society level?
Professor Bernard Yeung Professor Kristy Muir
Professor Bernard Yeung is the Dean and Stephen Riady Distinguished
Professor in Finance and Strategic Management and President of
the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research at National
University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. He received the
Public Administration Medal (Silver), 2018, as part of the National
Day Awards, in recognition for his contribution to public service
in Singapore. He also won the Irwin Outstanding Educator Award
(2013) from the Business Policy and Strategy division of the
Academy of Management. Professor Kristy Muir is the CEO of the Centre for Social Impact
(CSI), a Professor of Social Policy at UNSW Sydney, an elected
member of UNSW Sydney’s Council, and a non-executive director
of ARACY. She has worked for more than two decades with for-
purpose organisations to help understand, measure and find
innovative solutions to complex social problems.
Dean, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Professor Yeung received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and
Mathematics from the University of Western Ontario and his MBA
and PhD degrees from the Graduate School of Business at the
University of Chicago.
CEO, Centre for Social Impact, UNSW Sydney, Australia
Kristy has worked with dozens of not-for-profit, corporate and
philanthropic organisations, as well as government, to help
improve social impact. She has won more than $12m in research
funding; has published widely in academic journals and popular
media, and works closely with industry partners to increase their
social impact.
Kristy was formerly CSI’s Research Director, the Associate Dean
(Research) for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the
Director of the Disability Studies and Research Centre at UNSW
Sydney. She has a PhD in social history, is a graduate of the AICD
and previously worked in the not-for-profit sector.
Professor Richard Holden Professor Maurice Pagnucco
Richard Holden is Professor of Economics at UNSW Business
School. He is one of Australia’s leading economists. Professor Holden
received a PhD from Harvard University and was a faculty member at
MIT and the University of Chicago before returning to Australia. Maurice Pagnucco is a Professor of Computer Science and
Engineering, Deputy Dean (Education) of the Faculty of Engineering
and Head of the School of Computer Science and Engineering at
UNSW Sydney.
He has published in the leading economics journals such as the
Quarterly Journal of Economics and American Economic Review.
His popular writings have appeared in outlets such as the New
York Times, Australian Financial Review, The Australian and
The Conversation. He joined in 2001 as a Senior Lecturer and has held the position
of Head of School since 2010 and Deputy Dean (Education)
since 2015. He has also worked as a Postdoctoral fellow at the
University of Toronto and a Lecturer at Macquarie University along
with research appointments at UNSW and University of Sydney,
where he obtained his Bachelor of Science (Hons I) and PhD
degrees in Computer Science.
Chair in Economics, UNSW Business School, UNSW Sydney, Australia
He is a fellow of the Econometric Society, and of the Academy of
Social Sciences in Australia.
Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Australia
His research is focussed on Artificial Intelligence with particular
emphasis on Cognitive Robotics, Belief Change and Reasoning
About Actions.
Maurice was the programme director of the Decision Making theme
in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems and a co-
director of the UNSW iCinema Centre for Interactive Cinema Research.
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