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October 17, 2008
CSI research and teaching is set to flourish with two pivotal academic appointments announced by CEO Professor Peter Shergold this week.
Professor Mark Lyons has been appointed as Director of Research while Gianni Zappala will be an Associate Professor who will design and teach a course in the area of corporate responsibility and accountability.
"I am delighted that Mark and Gianni have joined us! They bring excellent reputations and breadth of experience which complements the strengths and knowledge of Cheryl Kernot," Professor Peter Shergold said.
Mark Lyons pioneered the study of nonprofit organisations and philanthropy in Australia. He has been a member of several government committees including the initial Prime Minister's Round Table on Business/Community Partnerships and the Australian Statistics Advisory Council. He has been a director of several nonprofit organisations and is a former executive director of the Australian Council of Social Service. He is on the editorial board of several international journals concerned with the third sector and has published over 100 refereed papers.
He was on the staff of the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) for thirty years, retiring in 2004 as Professor of Social Economy. While at UTS he was foundation director of the Centre for Australian Community Organisations and Management (CACOM). He participated in or led several international research projects on the third sector and philanthropy. After retiring from UTS he was appointed Adjunct Professor in the Business Faculty and remained an active researcher. He has a first class honours degree from the UNSW and a PhD from the Australian National University.
Gianni Zappala has held teaching and research appointments at the Universities of Sydney, Cambridge, Wollongong and the Australian National University. He also holds a position as Executive Officer at the Westpac Foundation. Before establishing his own research consultancy assisting companies to develop corporate citizenship strategies, he was research manager for the Smith Family responsible for program design, evaluation and policy research.
He has a First Class Honours degree in Economics & Industrial Relations from the University of Sydney, a Masters (with Distinction) in Political Science from the University of London and a Doctorate from the Faculty of Economics & Politics at the University of Cambridge. In 2004 he was appointed Adjunct Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics & Business at the University of Sydney.