Research Theme Champion: Education and Work

Associate Professor Maria Estela Varua

School of Business
m.varua@westernsydney.edu.au

Maria Estela is currently the Associate Dean, Research in the School of Business. She is an agricultural economist, an econometrician and socio-economist with over 20 years’ experience in international development in Australia as well as in various countries in Asia. Her primary area of expertise centres on agricultural and resource economics, with a special focus on rural development, water management, gender equity, sustainable consumption, sustainable tourism, cost benefit analysis and capacity building. She also conducts research on corporate social responsibility, finance, and business education.

Maria Estela has participated in several consultancy and research projects, including a $1.2 million project with ACIAR on water management, a CRC project on water use, and a Westpac Foundation project on NGO-corporate relationships.