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Professor Peter Galvin

Peter Galvin is the Associate Dean, Research, and a Professor of Strategic Management in the School of Business and Law.

Key Research Areas

  • Corporate Strategy
  • Business Strategy
  • Competitive Dynamics
  • Dynamic Capabilities
  • Innovation
  • Organization Design

Biography

Peter Galvin was attracted to ECU as an institution that really cares for students whilst simultaneously valuing research. As Associate Dean, Research for SBL, Peter is keen to develop and implement strategies that will support the further development of the School’s rapidly growing research prowess. Prior to taking on the ADR role, Peter was the MBA Director and oversaw a series of significant changes to the MBA degree and its delivery model.

Before joining ECU, Peter was employed at Curtin University and has also held roles at Northumbria University (UK), California Polytechnic State University and Queensland University of Technology (QUT). He has also held Visiting positions at State University of New York at Stony Brook, Giessen University (Germany), ESC Toulouse (France), Ilmenau Technical University (Germany) and ESC La Rochelle (France).

Peter has won Faculty, University and National level teaching awards, and has been an assessor for the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC). He has published a number of textbooks with the latest being the 6th edition of Strategic Management by Hubbard, Rice and Galvin through Pearson.

Peter is an active researcher with publications in a wide variety of journals ranging from Journal of Business Ethics through to Managerial and Decision Economics. His most recent work considers issues pertaining to the boundary of the firm, dynamic capabilities and modular architectures. Between 2011 and 2014, Peter was the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Management & Organization. Peter has graduated over 20 doctoral students as lead supervisor.

Peter received his PhD and a B.Com(Hons) from the University of Western Australia. Prior to entering academia, Peter worked in management consulting both locally and on the east coast of Australia.

Awards and recognition

2014 - Life Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management

2009 - University Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) National Citation for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning’

Professional associations
  • Life Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
  • Member, British Academy of Management
  • Member, Academy of Management (USA)
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