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Vanita Yadav

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Doctor Vanita Yadav

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5237-1186

Accepting HDR Candidates

Available HDR projects

Currently inviting - Applications from PhD applicants on international trade and Agribusiness.    Other Areas (ongoing) - Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Business Models.

20072025

Research activity per year

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Biography

Dr Vanita Yadav is a Senior Research Fellow at the Urban Transformations Research Centre and also teaches in the School of Business, Western Sydney University. She specializes in strategic management, innovation, entrepreneurship, business models, sustainability and governance. Vanita has more than 14 years of diverse experience in research and academia spanning multiple countries like Australia, the USA and India.

She is a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright fellowship award for postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA in the area of sustainability-driven entrepreneurship and innovation. She was also a research affiliate at the South Asia Institute, Harvard University for her work on innovation management. She has led and worked on interdisciplinary international research projects/grants like the Australian Government CAIR DFAT Maitri grant, US State-Fulbright Foundation fellowship award, MoRD Government of India, Indian Council of Social Science Research, the European Union, the Australian CRC and others.

Dr Vanita has held many leadership positions, like Discipline Leader of Management and Innovation discipline at the School of Business & Law, Central Queensland University Australia, and founding leader of a Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Strategy & Policy area chairperson at IRMA India.

At Western Sydney University, Dr Vanita is currently working on research projects examining issues of international trade (Agribusiness), multi-stakeholder governance for climate challenges (like heat and housing), sustainable strategies for enhancing urban green spaces, regenerative business models for sustainable development, and sustainability and entrepreneurship. She has 50+ research publication outputs including Best Paper Awards, supervises Business PhDs and also serves on editorial boards, and speaks at international events as a keynote speaker and expert panelist.

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Research keywords

  • Innovation
  • Strategy
  • Entrepreneurship
  • sustainability

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  3. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  4. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  5. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  6. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  7. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  8. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  9. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  10. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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