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UNSW Business School experts explain the psychological factors that cause people to fall victim to scams – and what protection can be offered.

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Many students with a disability are bullied, excluded and do not feel welcome in Australian schools. They cannot be ignored in the next National School Reform Agreement.

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Be an agent for change. Economists study the cause and effect of unemployment and inflation, economic growth and development, income inequality, public policy, and environmental management.

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Professor Jose Carlos Gonzalez Pimienta

Head, School of Economics

Professor Isabella Dobrescu

Deputy Head, School of Economics

Professor Gigi Foster

One of Australia’s leading economics communicators

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Professor of Economics at UNSW Business School, director of the Economics of Education Knowledge Hub

Professor Alberto Motta

A Fellow of UNSW's Scientia Education Academy, and the co-chair of the STEP UP initiative in Education.

Professor Petr Sedlacek

Professor of Economics at the UNSW Business School, and a senior research fellow at the University of Oxford.