Dr Graciela Corral de Zubielqui is an Associate Professor at the Adelaide Business School, University of Adelaide. Prior to academia, Graciela worked
in various roles in private sector companies (food, machinery, port services) and as an SME consultant. She holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours), Master in Economics and Business Administration, and a PhD in Business and Management. She has extensive data analysis experience and has been involved in projects linked to government departments, industry, and universities. Graciela has held diverse administrative roles at the University, such as Associate Head Engagement (2022 to the Present), MBA online program Coordinator (2019-2021), Associate Head Research (2012-2019), Postgraduate (PhD) coordinator (2012-2014), Project Manager Master program coordinator (2015-2016).
Graciela has led projects on open innovation, appropriability methods, types of knowledge transfer for innovation activities (traditional and digital), business resilience and the impact of COVID 19. These research projects have led to government and industry reports and publications in high-impact journals. Passionate about collaborating with people, creating great working teams, and emphasizing getting the job done efficiently and effectively.
Ideas, discussions, and experiments are turned into actions. Graciela is a leader who focuses on results and has multiple years of experience in industry and projects in collaboration with Industry and Government.