Leadership, Enterprise, and Development (LEAD) Research Centre
LEAD Research Director, Professor William Glen is an international leader in agriculture, business, and mining. He has also served as head of accounting and deputy dean of the business faculty at Griffith University, Brisbane.
LEAD RESEARCH CENTRE
Leadership, Enterprise, and Development (LEAD) Research Centre was established, in 2022, as a multidisciplinary network focused on capacity building in higher education learning and teaching. In line with the mission of Leaders Institute, LEAD’s mandate is to train both educators and students to be responsible, socially aware leaders.
Associate Professor Anoma Ariyawardana
Director of LEAD is Associate Professor Anoma Ariyawardana has over 20 years of experience in higher education in Sri Lanka and Australia. Her collaborative research spans the globe, including Rutgers – State University of New Jersey, USA, Dalhousie University, Canada, and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya. She was course designer and specialist presenter for the Australia Awards Short Course for Sri Lanka (2022-2023). A/Prof Ariyawardana’s was also on the panel of judges in the Student Case Study Competitions (China), as well as the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association – the largest academic forum for agribusiness. She serves as Chair of Leaders Institute’s Research and Scholarship Committee and oversees the professional development program for the Institute’s academic staff.
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Leadership, Enterprise, And Development (LEAD) Research Centre
The Leadership, Enterprise, and Development (LEAD) Research Centre was established at Leaders Institute (LI), in 2022. In line with the mission of LI, LEAD’s mandate is to facilitate and foster impactful research and scholarship that: equips leaders for real world industry needs; informs innovative, digitally enhanced business enterprises; and provides professional development for higher education learning and teaching.
Research at Global Leadership Institute focuses on finding solutions to real-world needs in three key areas: Enterprise, Development, and Leadership.
LEAD functions in three key areas
Leadership
LEAD fosters research in high quality, peer reviewed academic publications by providing competitive grants for LI’s academic staff and research students to present at academic conferences and produce high quality research outputs.
LEAD also partners with Aditya Institute of Management Studies and Research (AIMSR) to produce research and scholarship within the disciplines of business and leadership. Prof Denise A. Austin was a keynote speaker at the AIMSR Conference in India in July 2022.
Enterprise
LEAD partners with national and international business enterprises to ensure that research and scholarship translates into tangible, positive impact and economic benefits. LEAD also partners with Research and Policy House for joint research and scholarship projects regarding government policy and community contribution. LI’s academic staff are some of the world’s leading scholars in the fields of agriculture, data analytics, commerce, and management.
Development
In conjunction with LI’s Research and Scholarship Committee, LEAD functions as the professional development arm of LI by organising workshops on disciple-specific topics, as well as innovations in higher education learning and teaching. There are opportunities for permanent academic staff to receive competitive grants to undertake further studies. In the 2022 Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) results, LI received a 99.3% rating for positive overall student experience and a 100% positive rating for skills development, well above the national average. This demonstrates LI’s outstanding track record in higher education learning and teaching.
AUSTRALIAN AGRIBUSINESS INSTITUTE RESEARCH CENTRE
Australian Agribusiness Institute (AAI) Research Centre was established, in 2024, to advance the vision of Leaders Institute to become a leading private Australian higher education institute in globally sustainable industries. Our researchers cover a range of expertise, such as agriculture, agricultural information management, agribusiness, agronomy, food security, horticultural production, land and farm management, and rural resilience. AAI Research Centre partners with international training and research organisations, including business, government, and community organisations.
AAI Research Centre Director, Professor Harvinder Singh, is one of Australia’s foremost specialists in informatics, traditional and molecular plant breeding approaches for the improvement and management of cereal crops, and medicinal plants. He has published over 50 research articles in peer reviewed journals, books and conference proceedings, as well as securing numerous patents.