Dr. Hardik Bhimani
Details
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Department: Management
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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hardik.bhimani@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0003-2684-7974
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Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Collaborative projects
- Industry Projects
- Membership of an advisory committee
About
Dr Hardik Bhimani is a behavioural scientist. He is curious about the human side of management, and brings a unique blend of expertise in leadership development, responsible practice, and open innovation. His research activities target the future of work and innovative behaviour, enabling leaders to make better decisions and achieve sustainability impact through behavioural insights.
Dr Bhimani is the Program Manager (Major Disciple Coordinator) for RMIT's Leadership and Strategy major, where he leads the development of future focused, industry-engaged and career-ready undergraduate degree courses. He is also the Lecturer (tenured) in Leadership and Management at the School of Management, and the current President of RMIT's Technology and Entrepreneurship Club. In 2025, Dr Bhimani was elected to the College of Business and Law Research Committee where promotes, communicates and supports development of operational processes and guideliness to enhance College's research performance, quality and impact.
Previously, Dr Bhimani held the prestigious RMIT Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2022-2024), during which he founded and lead RMIT's Gamified Translation Network and the Behavioural Innovation Research and Design Society.
Dr Bhimani's work is recognised through the honour of Best PhD project award (RADMA, UK), Best Paper award at World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC, U. of Berkeley), and the ECR Research Excellence Award (RMIT). He is involved in several cross-border research projects, has received over A$115,000 in funding to support research activities, and has delivered invited presentations on Behavioural Innovation Research and Methods to a global audience of leaders and academics at leading conferences and international universities.
Dr Bhimani holds a PhD in Management (RMIT, Australia), First Class Honours (eq.) degree in Psychology (U. of Adelaide, Australia), and an APAC 3-year degree in Psychology (Monash, Australia). He is also an Affiliate of the Australian Psychological Society (College of Organisational Psychologists and Educational and Developmental Psychologists).
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Research fields
- 350705 Innovation management
- 350704 Entrepreneurship
- 350710 Organisational behaviour
- 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
UN sustainable development goals
- 3 Good Health and Well Being
- 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
- 10 Reduced Inequalities
- 17 Partnerships for the Goals
Academic positions
- Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow
- RMIT University
- School of Management, Dept of Management and Organisations
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2 Jan 2022 – Present
Supervisor projects
- A study on hope and entrepreneurial outcomes: The mediating role of entrepreneurship education
- 21 Dec 2022
- Shaping Agents’ Sustainability Frames: An Exploration of the Role of Socio-Cognitive Factors in Driving Sustainable Organisational Development
- 8 Dec 2022
- Cross-border digital business models: International expansion of of digital platforms
- 21 Oct 2022
Teaching interests
Dr Bhimani's teaching philosophy is based on play pedagogy aimed at crafting memorable learning moments. This is reflected in frequent positive student feedback, high teaching evaluations and good teaching awards.
He holds the following leadership positions in RMIT's Learning and Teaching team:
- Program Manager (Major Discipline Coordinator) for RMIT's Leadership and Strategy major
- Course Coordinator for Organisations (BUSM1100)
Dr Bhimani is involved in shaping and teaching the following courses at RMIT:
- Leadership, self and identity (BUSM2750)
- Responsible Leadership (BUSM2729)
- Organisations (BUSM1094, BUSM1100) - previously Organisational Behaviour
- Managing Change (BUSM1202)
- Innovation Management (BUSM4550)
- Strategic Management (BUSM3125)
Research interests
Dr Bhimani is a mixed-method researcher with an inclination towards quantitative methods, preferencing experimental techniques. His passion is to bridge psychological theories and management practice to empower leaders in making impactful evidence-based decisions. His current local and cross-border projects focus on:
- Artificial Intelligence adoption and its ethical use in business and education
- Cognition and its affective manifestations in sustainable practice, innovation and entrepreneurial decision-making
- Play, Performance and Wellbeing at work
