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DrBarbara Trad

Lecturer

Curtin Law School

BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH IMPACT

Barbara Trad is a passionate researcher and lecturer in Taxation Law at Curtin University. she is strongly committed to achieving excellence whilst maintaining the highest standards of academic and personal integrity. Her research expertise is in Tax Law; she has acquired specialist knowledge on business structure choices, particularly discretionary trusts, through her doctoral thesis. Barbara completed a PhD at Griffith University Queensland in 2022. She had taught Taxation Law and Accounting at Griffith University. Barbara is strongly committed to building a professional collaborative rapport with academics and staff at Curtin University.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Lecturer/Tutor
    Griffith University, Accounting, Finance and Economics, Brisbane, Australia4 Mar 2019 - 24 Jan 2025

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia2 Jul 2018 - 20 Dec 2022
  • Bachelor of Commerce (Honours)
    Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia2 Mar 2015 - 5 Dec 2016
  • Master of Commerce (Professional Accounting)
    Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia30 Jan 2012 - 15 Dec 2014
  • Bachelor of Nursing
    Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia26 Feb 2007 - 10 Dec 2010

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Arabic
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • French
    Can read and understand

ROLE

  • Staff

SUPERVISOR LEVEL

  • Level 2 (Co-Supervisor): Provides supporting supervision and subject-matter expertise alongside the primary supervisor.

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • 3501 - Accounting, auditing and accountability
  • 3801 - Applied economics
  • 4407 - Policy and administration
  • 4801 - Commercial law
  • 4803 - International and comparative law
  • 4804 - Law in context
  • 4806 - Private law and civil obligations

DEPARTMENT

  • Curtin Law School