Tracey Dodd

Tracey Dodd

Adelaide Business School

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr Dodd oversees research development within the Adelaide Business School and holds the position of Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Exeter (UK). She earned her PhD with UniSA in 2017 and a Masters of Public Policy and Management with Carnegie Mellon University in 2009. Her research in environmental, social, governance (ESG) has been published internationally including in outlets such as Academy of Management Learning and Education, the British Accounting Review, Energy Policy, Transportation Research Part D, and the Australian Journal of Management. In addition to her academic contribution, Dr Dodd has two decades of project management experience, including intergovernmental reforms valued at $400M and oversight of project teams who have won over $16M in funding.

Dr Dodd is also founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sustainable Innovation, an advisory firm providing project management and strategic planning advice to national clients. Current and past clients include: the Australian Government, the Victorian Government, the South Australian Government, Housing Choices Australia, Centacare, AnglicareSA, the Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People (SA), the Australian Centre For Social Innovation, and the Jodi Lee Foundation.

Selected Q1 Publications                 

  1. Dodd, T., Nelson, T., & Dumay, J. (2025). Trapped in the transition: result controls and social inequity in long-term energy agreements. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 38(9), 189–212 (A*, Q1).
  2. Dodd, T., Cheong, C., Hoffmann, A., & Zurbruegg, R. (2024). Toward sustainable automobility: Insights from a stewardship literature review of the industry. Business Strategy and the Environment, DOI: 10.1002/bse.3736, 1–23 (A, Q1). 
  3. Nelson, T., & Dodd, T. (2023). Contracts-for-Difference: An assessment of social equity considerations in the renewable energy transition. Energy Policy, 183, 1–7 (A, Q1).
  4. Dodd, T., Graves, C., & Hentzen, J. (2022a) Impact and university business training courses delivered to the marginalised: A systematic review, Academy of Management Learning and Education, 21(3), 449–469 (A*, Q1).
  5. Dodd, T., Guthrie, J., Dumay, J. (2022b). Management controls and modern slavery risks in the building and construction industry: Lessons from an Australian social housing provider, The British Accounting Review, 55(3), 1–19 (A*, Q1).
  6. Dodd, T., Nelson, T., (2022). Australian household adoption of solar photovoltaics: A comparative study of hardship and non-hardship customers, Energy Policy, 160(2022), 1–8 (A, Q1).
  7. Dodd, T., Yengin, D. (2021). Deadlock in sustainable aviation fuels: A multi-case analysis of agency. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 94, 102799, 1–4. (A, Q1).
  8. Dodd, T., Rai, A., Caught, K., (2020). Electricity markets in flux: The importance of a just transition, The Electricity Journal, 33(9), 1–6. (CiteScore: 2.7, Q1). 
  9. Dodd, T., Nelson, T. (2019), Trials and tribulations of market responses to climate change: Insight through the transformation of the Australian electricity market, Australian Journal of Management. 44(4) 614–631 (A, Q1).
    9.    Dodd, T., Orlitzky, M., Nelson, T#. (2018), What stalls a renewable energy industry? Industry outlook of the aviation biofuels industry in Australia, Germany, and the USA, Energy Policy, 123, 92–103 (A, Q1).
  10. Dodd, T., Orlitzky, M., Nelson, T. (2018), What stalls a renewable energy industry?  Industry outlook of the aviation biofuels industry in Australia, Germany, and the USA, Energy Policy, 123, 92–103. 

Other Publications 

  1. Dodd, T. & Harvey, W. (2023). The human factor: why Australia’s net zero transition risks failing unless it is fair. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/the-human-factor-why-australias-net-zero-transition-risks-failing-unless-it-is-fair-214064
  2. Dodd, T., Zurbruegg, R., Liu, C*., Cheong, C., & Canil, J. (2023). Enhancing Australia's carbon emission transparency. Governance Directions, 75(11), 1–2.
  3. Kaufmann, L., Dodd, T., & O’Neill, E. (2024). Intersectional: The next frontier in diversity. Governance Directions, 76(1), 36–38.
  4. Lai, S., Marzohl, N. A. G., & Dodd, T. (2023). Housing First: Challenges and future directions. Parity, 36(7), 27–28.
  5. Dodd, T., & Dumay, J. (2023). Modern slavery and corporate governance: Issues and strategies to combat it within Australia and globally. Governance Directions, 75(6), 952–955.
  6. Dayoub, F., Dodd, T., & Shah, M. U. (2023). Navigating AI advancements: Striking a balance for corporate governance. Governance Directions, 75(8), 1048–1050.
  7. Dodd, T., & Marzohl, N. A. G. (2023). Reforming residential tenancy acts in Australia: Enhancing stewardship for improved rental property standards and tenant protections. Parity, 36(4), 14–15.
  8. Guthrie, J., Dumay, J., Michelson, G., Dodd, T. (2023), A social system perspective on eliminating modern slavery in Australian and global supply chains, Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems, https://globalaccesspartners.org/bess/, 1–12.
  9. Lai, S~., Dodd, T., Wright, S., Fraser, S. (2022), Making Co-design a Reality in Youth Services: A Suggested Way Forward to Integrate the Perspectives of Young People, Service Providers and the Broader System, Parity, 35(4), 31–32.
  10. Christophel, A., Dodd, T., Wright, S. (2021). Early Intervention Through the COSS model: A South Australian Perspective, Parity, 34(8), 29–30.
  11. Damodaran, A., Taylor, C., Dodd, T. (2021). A Wrap Around Model of Youth Housing to Support Long-Term Transitions to Independence, Parity, 34(7), 21–23.
  12. Damodaran, A., Taylor, C., Dodd, T. (2021). Building Resilience: An Evidence-based Approach to Support Young People to Thrive Beyond Out-of-Home Care, Parity, 34(1), 28–29.
  13. Dodd, T., Hentzen, J., Damodaran, A., Beaumont, A. (2020) Adapting and growing stronger in the face of adversity, Parity, 33(10), 73–74. 
  14. Dodd, T., & Yengin, D. (2020). Flight shame won’t fix airline emissions. We need a smarter solution, The Conversation, 15 January 2020. 
  15. Karimizandi, K., Dodd, T., Jukic, D., Russo, A. (2019). Impact of lost data on Indigenous Australian housing trajectories, Housing Works, 14–15.
  16. Jukic, D., Dodd, T., Russo, A., Karimizandi, K., (2019). Blind spot related to internet use among Australian homeless youth, Parity, 32(7), 49–50.
  17. Dodd, T., Gordon, D. (2019). Growing stronger: Junction celebrates 40 years of alternatives to enforcement-based responses to homelessness and poverty, Parity, 32(4) 41–42.

Book chapters and case studies:             

  1. Dodd., T., & Freeman, E. (forthcoming). Organizational purpose and a theory of marginalization and stakeholders. The Oxford Handbook of Social Purpose. Oxford Univrsity Press, Oxford: UK. 
  2. Dodd., T., Damodaran, A., & Tarasenko, S. (2021). Introduction to Project Management, Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1590817067 (4.7 star rated)
  3. Dodd. T. (2019). Sustainability Made Easy, Apple Books, https://books.apple.com/au/book/sustainability-made-easy/id1482356118 (5 star rated)
  4. Dodd, T. (2019). An entrepreneurial lens: Same problem, different mindset, Entrepreneurship Theory/Process/Practice, Kuratko, D., O'Connor, A*., Frederick, H., (Eds), Cengage Learning, Victoria, Australia. 

Selected conference proceedings: 

  1. Dodd, T., & Van Buren III, H. (2024). Addressing past negative externalities for grand challenge solutions: A remedial stakeholder management model for multinationals, European Group for Organizational Studies Meeting Proceedings.
  2. Dodd, T., Lai, S., Bapuji, H., Freeman, E., Gibson, C., Hoffer Gittell, J., Morsin., M., & Suddaby, R., (2023). Tackling grand challenges through responsible management, Academy of Management Meeting Proceedings. 
  3. Dodd, T., & Dumay, J. (2023). Manifestations of stewardship: The role of norm and emotions, Australasian Business Ethics Network Conference Proceedings.
  4. Dodd, T., & Van Buren III, H. (2023). Multinational responses to climate-related poverty: From theory to practical application through a stakeholder lens, Summer Seminar in Stakeholder Theory, Darden Business School, University of Virginia.
  5. Dodd, T., Yengin, D., Sun, C., Lai, S. (2022). Stakeholder relations under asymmetric power conditions: Trustworthiness as a proxy for responsible management, Summer Seminar in Stakeholder Theory, Darden Business School, University of Virginia.
  6.  Dodd, T., & Dumay, J. (2023). Firm-level governance and the tragedy of the commons: An expanded objects of control framework, International Consortium for Values-Based Governance Conference Proceedings, Monash University.
  7. Dodd, T., Yengin, D., Sun, C., Lai, S~. (2022). Stakeholder amelioration in antagonistic environments, Journal of Management Studies Conference, Repurposing Management for the Public Good: Processes, Obstacles and Unintended Consequences. 

Industry publications       

  1. 2017, South Australian Department for State Development, Northern Adelaide Innovation Ecosystem Literature Review 
  2. 2016, Australian Government Department of Human Services, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
  3. 2016, Mental Health Coalition of South Australia, South Australia’s Community Mental Health Priority Statement. 
  4. 2015, Australian Government Department of Communications, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
  5. 2015, Mental Health Coalition of South Australia, Justice Reform Submission. 
  6. 2015, Workskil Australia, Green Army Operations Manual.
  7. 2015, Workskil Australia, Job Seeker Induction Training Manual. 
  8. 2011, Government of South Australia, Stepping up the Pace, South Australia’s Aboriginal Employment Strategy. 
  9. 2009, Government of South Australia (SA), SA Government Digital Inclusion Strategy.  

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2022 - ongoing Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide
    2021 - 2021 Advisor Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
    2018 - ongoing Board Member and Governance Committee Chair Green Industries SA
    2018 - 2021 Lecturer University of Adelaide
    2016 - ongoing CEO Sustainable Innovation

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    UniSA Australia PhD
    Carnegie Mellon University, Adelaide Australia Masters in Public Policy and Management
    Flinders University, Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Arts

  • Certifications
    Date Title Institution name Country
    — Diploma of Project Management TAFE SA -
    — Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Aventa Business Institute -

  • Research Interests
    Corporate Governance Environment Policy Social Change Social Policy Sustainability Accounting and Reporting

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2025 Dodd, T., Nelson, T., & Dumay, J. (2025). Trapped in the transition: result controls and social inequity in long-term energy agreements. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 38(9), 189-212.
    DOI
    2024 Jentjens, S., Dodd, T., & Delchet-Cochet, K. (2024). MNE CSR-Strategies at BoP-Markets: Poverty Alleviation Through Micro-Franchise. Journal of International Business Education, 19, 293-306.
    2024 Dodd, T., Cheong, C., Hoffmann, A., & Zurbrugg, R. (2024). Toward sustainable automobility: Insights from a stewardship literature review of the industry. Business Strategy and the Environment, 33(6), 5028-5050.
    DOI Scopus3
    2023 Nelson, T., & Dodd, T. (2023). Contracts-for-Difference: An assessment of social equity considerations in the renewable energy transition. Energy Policy, 183, 113829.
    DOI Scopus3
    2022 Dodd, T., & Nelson, T. (2022). Australian household adoption of solar photovoltaics: A comparative study of hardship and non-hardship customers. Energy Policy, 160, 8 pages.
    DOI Scopus16 WoS4
    2022 Dodd, T., Guthrie, J., & Dumay, J. J. (2022). Management controls and modern slavery risks in the building and construction industry: Lessons from an Australian social housing provider. The British Accounting Review, 55(3), 101098.
    DOI Scopus14
    2022 Dodd, T., Graves, C., & Hentzen, J. K. (2022). Impact and University Business Training Courses Delivered to the Marginalized: A Systematic Review. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 21(3), 449-469.
    DOI Scopus13
    2021 Dodd, T., & Yengin, D. (2021). Deadlock in sustainable aviation fuels: A multi-case analysis of agency. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 94, 1-14.
    DOI Scopus30 WoS14
    2021 Dogramaci, E., Dodd, T., & Rossi-Fedele, G. (2021). Homeless and dentistry. Australian Business Council Journal List.
    2020 Dodd, T., Rai, A., & Caught, K. (2020). Electricity markets in flux: The importance of a just transition. Electricity Journal, 33(9), 106835.
    DOI Scopus9
    2019 Dodd, T., & Nelson, T. (2019). Trials and tribulations of market responses to climate change: Insight through the transformation of the Australian electricity market. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, 44(4), 614-631.
    DOI Scopus17 WoS6
    2018 Dodd, T., Orlitzky, M., & Nelson, T. (2018). What stalls a renewable energy industry? Industry outlook of the aviation biofuels industry in Australia, Germany, and the USA. Energy Policy, 123, 92-103.
    DOI Scopus37 WoS19
    2015 Dodd, T., & Martin, R. (2015). Quantifying our impact: Evaluating the impact of homelessness services and interventions - the challenges of evaluating long-term impact on client life trajectories. Parity, 28(9), 30-32.
    2011 Dodd, T., & Buss, T., Dodd, T., Durst, A. B.. (2011). Evidence Based Management. Encyclopaedia of Public Administration and Policy, 30 September.
    2007 Dodd, T. (2007). The role of broadband in the quest for environmental sustainability. Telecommunications Journal of Australia, 57(2-3), 28.12.
    DOI Scopus1
    - Guthrie, J., Dumay, J., Michelson, G., & Dodd, T. (n.d.). Australian modern-day slavery: a social systems perspective. Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems, 4(2).
    DOI

  • Conference Papers
    Year Citation
    2018 Dodd, T., Reaiche, C., & Corral de Zubielqui, G. (2018). Regional innovation systems and economic transformation: A critical examination. In Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Meeting Proceedings.
    2015 Dodd, T. (2015). Environmental and sustainability management accounting for sustainable aviation fuels. In Environmental Management Accounting Network Conference Proceedings. Geneva.

  • Conference Items
    Year Citation
    2017 Dodd, T. (2017). Value creation, delivery, and capture in sustainability alliances: The case of aviation biofuels. Poster session presented at the meeting of International Conference Innovation and Entrepreneurship Proceedings.
    2017 Dodd, T. (2017). Eco-innovation: Sensemaking and strategic responses to institutional uncertainty. Poster session presented at the meeting of Academy of Management Meeting Proceedings.
    2016 Dodd, T., & Orlitzky, M. (2016). Environmental Entrepreneurship: Is extant theory fit for purpose?. Poster session presented at the meeting of Academy of Management Meeting Proceedings.
    2016 Dodd, T., & Orlitzky, M. (2016). Sensemaking and cognitive schemas in an emergent industry: The case of aviation biofuels. Poster session presented at the meeting of Academy of Management Meeting Proceedings.
    2016 Dodd, T. (2016). Strategy enablers and constraints of green innovation in a new industry. Poster session presented at the meeting of Strategic Management Society Meeting Proceedings.

University of Adelaide 

No.  Funding  Amount Project Details Duration  CIs
1 Defence Trailblazer Research Project (Category 1) $1,030,690 Institutional reform regarding intellectual property and commercialisation of research

2024–2026 

(2 years)

 Prof. Zurbrugg, A/Prof. Prior#, Dr. Dodd, Dr. Mihaylov
2 ARC Discovery Grant 
(Category 1)		 $299,396 Investigation into the accuracy of carbon disclosures made by Australian resource firms 2024–2027 (3 years)  Prof. Zurbrugg, A/Profs. Canil, Cheong, Liu, Dr. Dodd
3 End Food Waste Australia Cooperative Research Centre (Category 2) $100,000 End Food Waste Australia PhD project to reduce food waste in the tourism industry  2023–2027 (3.5 years) Dr. Dodd, A/Prof. Yengin
4 EU Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in Trade and Environment (Category 2) $3,660 Development of a policy brief to explore the global policy challenge of managing shared natural resources within the framework of international trade. 

2023–2024

(6 months) 

 Prof. Draper, Dr. Dodd 
5 CNRS 
(Category 2)		 $16,000 Foster international collaborations with French Universities to advance the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) agenda.

2023–2024

(12 months)

Dr. Dodd &  Prof. Laurence

 
6

Connect.Ed

(Category 3)

 $500 Evaluation of trauma-informed education methods

2022

(6 months)

 Dr. Dodd
7 Automotive industry consortium (Category 3) $2,000 Systematic literature review regarding stewardship in the automotive industry

2022

(6 months)

 Dr. Dodd, Profs. Zurbrugg, Hoffmann, A/Prof. Cheong
8 Sonder PhD Project 
(Category 3)		 $43,500 Research regarding youth mental health service design and demand management

2022–2025

(3 years)

 Drs. Dodd, Lindsay
9 Sonder Research Project 
(Category 3)		 $32,886 Research regarding youth mental health service design 

2021

(6 months)

 Dr. Dodd
10 Junction Research Fellow (Category 3) $317,917 Service design and impact measurement across social services

2018–2021

(3 years)

 Dr. Dodd
11 Junction Social Impact (Category 3) $110,143  Service design and impact measurement within homelessness services 

2018–2021

(3 years) 

 Dr. Dodd
12 Moo Yogurt (Category 3) $2,200  Evaluation of environmentally appropriate packaging options

2019

(6 months)

 Dr. Dodd
13 AGL 
(Category 3)		 $1,000  Community engagement and stakeholder research 

2018

(6 months) 

 Dr. Dodd
Total  $1,959,892       

Other 

2017: Government of South Australia (RenewalSA): 20 year lease (value over $144M) Social Housing Transfer, Adelaide CBD & East (client: Housing Choices South Australia).

2017: Government of South Australia (Department of the Premier and Cabinet): $9M Social Impact Bond (client: Common Ground Adelaide and the Hutt Street Centre). 

2017: Government of South Australia (Department for State Development) and the University of Adelaide: $20,00 Innovation Ecosystem Research Project.

2016: University of South Australia Industry Engagement Fund: $15,000 for the establishment an Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Development. 

Academic-Leadership Positions

  • Acting Associate Head of Research, Adelaide Business School (Jan-March 2023)
  • Lead, Research Development, Adelaide Business School (2022-current)
  • Program Director, Bachelor of Project Management (2022)
  • Program Director, Masters of Project Management (2021)
  • Research Committee Member (2021-current)
  • Teaching and Learning Committee Member (2020-2022)

Course Development 

  • BUSI 5008: Business and Climate Change, MBA Program (2025)
  • BUSI 5018: Sustainability, Risk, and Governance, MBA Program (2025)
  • BUSI 5049: Ethics, sustainability and governance BUSI 5049, International MBA (2025)
  • PROJMGNT 1001: Foundations of Project Management (2025)
  • PROJMGNT 1001: Foundations of Project Management (2017)

Teaching 

  • PROJMGNT 1001: Foundations of Project Management (2017–2024)
  • PROJMGNT 5021: Project Management Fundamentals (2017–2024)
  • PROJMGNT 7040: Portfolio and Program Management (2017, 2018)
  • PROJMGNT 5021: Applied Project Management, Singapore campus (2017)
  • PROJMGNT 5021: Applied Project Management, Online (2017) 
  • INTBUS 3501: Corporate Responsibility for Global Business (2016) 

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Co-Supervisor Understanding entrepreneurial alignment through the lens of institutional logics: The case of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Kym William Chappell
    2022 Principal Supervisor Application of Relational Coordination Theory in a youth mental health service context to address demand management and improve young people's outcomes Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Samantha Lai
    2022 Principal Supervisor Stewardship behaviors and employee well-being: A conceptual framework and empirical examination Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Nicholas Alex Gerald Marzohl

  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2022 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Studies on bank risks Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Md Abdul Wasi
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