Area of expertise:
Research areas
Corporate sustainability; Circular economy; Sustainable enterprise; Business and climate change; Innovation for sustainability.
Qualifications
BBus (Finance) KCAE, MCom (Marketing) UNSW, PhD (Marketing (UNSW)
Biography
Gary Buttriss is a Senior Lecturer of Corporate Sustainability and Marketing. His research interests are influenced by his background as a marketer, a deep interest in process methods and complexity, and past work mentoring social entrepreneurs. Sustainability strongly informs his research interests, in particular, the emergence of new business models and competitive advantage as firms pursue sustainability and respond to climate change. Gary also looks at methods for understanding the deeper processes and generative mechanisms of organisational change and innovation, again with a focus on a firm’s path to sustainability. He also is interested in consumer preferences and decision making in relation to sustainability. This includes how our consumption behaviour is in part path-dependent and the implications this has for moving consumers to sustainable consumption patterns and establishing new or migrating existing brands to sustainability. Gary’s work has been published in leading academic journals including Industrial Marketing Management and Australasian Marketing Journal.
Publications
Nailer, C. and G. Buttriss (2019). Processes of business model evolution through mechanisms of anticipation and realisation of value. Industrial Marketing Management https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2019.04.009
Buttriss, G.J. and I.F. Wilkinson. (2014). Loci of change: Complex Mechanisms in Interactional Fields. Australasian Marketing Journal – Special Edition on Complex Systems Vol22 (1)
Refereed Conference Papers
Buttriss, G.J. and I. F. Wilkinson. (2020). Processes and mechanisms: Reflecting on the process of becoming a process researcher. First Colloquium on Philosophy and Organization Studies (PHILOS), Rhodes, Greece
Buttriss, G.J. and C. Nailer. (2020) How networks in the Canberra Renewal project help shape Canberra as a sustainable city. 26th International Sustainable Development Research Conference. Budapest, Hungary
Leedon, G. and G.J. Buttriss, G.J. (2020) Do business sustainability actions in response to climate change challenge business legitimacy? 26th International Sustainable Development Research Conference. Budapest, Hungary
Buttriss, G.J. and I. F. Wilkinson. (2020). Organizational adaptation climate change: The process of becoming a resilient organization. Industrial Marketing & Purchasing (IMP) Orebro, Sweden.
Nailer, C., & Buttriss, G. (2019). Sustainable cities – How interactions in the arts and cultural communities contribute. Industrial Marketing & Purchasing (IMP) Paris, France.
Buttriss, G.J. and C. Nailer. (2019) The role of cultural networks in co-creating a sustainable city; Canberra. 25th International Sustainable Development Research Conference. Nanjing, China
Buttriss (2018) The role of a broker in facilitating transdisciplinary project teams. 24th International Sustainable Development Research Conference. Messina, Sicily, Italy
Buttriss, G.J. (2018) Reconstructing the organization. PROS, Halkidiki, Greece
Research engagement
Gary is a member of -
- ANU Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions
- Industrial Marketing & Purchasing, Group of Researchers
Gary is no longer accepting new research students
Teaching
Awards
- Nominee for Vice-Chancellors Award for Teaching Excellence 2012, 2019
- Nominee for CBE Award for Excellence in Research Supervision - 2011
Gary’s teaching focus is on Sustainable Business. Gary is Convenor of Corporate Sustainability (MGMT2001); Business and the Natural Environment (MGMT3101); Business & its Social Stakeholders (MGMT3102); Managing for Sustainability (MGMT7007); and Sustainable Marketing (MKTG2002); the latter being one of the first courses of its kind internationally.
- MGMT2001 - Corporate Sustainability
- MGMT7007 - Managing for Sustainability
- MGMT3102 – Business and its Social Stakeholders
- MGMT3016 - Business Ethics
- MKTG2002 - Sustainable Marketing
