Associate Professor Foula Kopanidis

Research interests

• Consumer behaviour
• selection behaviour
• choice criteria
• education
• marketing

Teaching and Research Awards

• 2014 Australian Government’s Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. Citation title: "For student centred learning practice in the discipline of marketing that engages postgraduate students as active contributors to, and evaluators of their own learning”
• School of Economics, Finance and Marketing Learning and Teaching Award – Learning and Teaching Excellence 2014
• RMIT Business Research Excellence Best HDR Supervisor School of Economics, Finance and Marketing 2014
• RMIT Business Research Excellence Best Journal Publication by an Academic (by School) School of Economics, Finance and Marketing 2014 with Linda Robinson and Mike Reid
• School of Economics , Finance and Marketing- Recognition Award 2013/ 2014– For achieving 90% or above for MKTG 1101 Consumer Behaviour
• RMIT Business Research Excellence Best Journal Publication by an Academic (by School) School of Economics, Finance and Marketing 2013 with Angela Dobele, Michael Gangemi and Stuart Thomas
• GTS Achievement Award 2012 MKTG 1050 Buyer Behaviour with Brian McCauley and Kaleel Rahman
• RMIT Teaching & Research Award 2011 - Teaching Excellence Higher Education Law, Economics, Business and Related Studies
• Certificate of Achievement 2011 College of Business Learning and Teaching
• Head of School Excellence in Teaching Award and GTS Achievement Award 2011 with Ingo Karpen and Brian McCauley
• School of Economics, Finance and Marketing Teaching Awards, GTS Achievement Award 2011 MKTG 1050 Buyer Behaviour Ingo Karpen and Brian McCauley
• School of Economics, Finance and Marketing Teaching Awards, GTS Achievement Award 2011 MKTG 1101 Consumer Behaviour with Simon Thornton
• School of Economics, Finance and Marketing Teaching Awards, GTS Achievement Award 2010 MKTG 1101 Consumer Behaviour with Simon Thornton
• School of Economics, Finance and Marketing Teaching Awards, GTS Achievement Award 2010 MKTG 1050
• School of Economics, Finance and Marketing Teaching Awards, GTS Achievement Award 2008 MKTG 1101

Research Higher Degree Supervision

• Completion of Doctorate (2010) Associate Supervisor, with Professor Adela McMurray, School of Management, RMIT University. Research topic: The Relationship between Cultural Value and Behavioral Intention Towards Gold Coast Accommodation Service Quality by Middle Eastern Tourist
• Current Supervision – Primary supervisor with Professor Francis Farrelly, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University. Research topic: Why Play? Determinants of game playing On Smartphones
• Current Supervision - Associate Supervisor with Associate Professor Mike Reid, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing RMIT University. Research topic: The Role of Consumer Innovativeness, Product Characteristics and Product Disposal Characteristics on Upgrading Behaviour
• Current Supervision –Primary Supervisor with Dr Marion Steel , School of Economics, Finance and Marketing RMIT University. Research topic: The Changing Retail Landscape: Investigating the impact of Shopping Rituals on Consumers Consumption Behaviour’

• MKTG 1050 Buyer Behaviour
• MKTG 1101Consumer Behaviour

• PhD (Marketing) By Research, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University 2008 “ An Investigation of undergraduate Choice Behaviour of a Preferred Program, Discipline and University- A Conceptual Model’’
• Master of Education (Leadership and Management), Faculty of Education, Language & Community Services RMIT University 2001
• Graduate Diploma of Education (Leadership and Management), Faculty of Education, Language & Community Services RMIT University 2000
• Bachelor of Business (Marketing), David Syme Business School Monash University 1998
• Bachelor of Education, Burwood Campus, Deakin University
• Diploma of Teaching, Burwood Campus, Deakin University

Reviews

Dr Kopanidis has been invited to review papers for the Journal of Higher Education Studies (A*) and the Journal of Higher Education. Dr Kopanidis is a regular reviewer for The Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference (ANZMAC).