Rate My Professor Russell Lansbury

University of Sydney

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International and Comparative Labour Labour Economics Human Resource Management Management

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4.08/20/2025

Always clear, concise, and insightful.

4.05/21/2025

A master at fostering understanding.

5.03/31/2025

Makes learning feel rewarding and fun.

4.02/27/2025

Makes complex topics easy to understand.

5.02/4/2025

Great Professor!

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Russell Lansbury is Emeritus Professor of Industrial Relations in the Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney Business School. He holds an MA from the University of Melbourne and a PhD from the London School of Economics, as well as honorary doctorates from Macquarie University and Luleå University of Technology in Sweden. His career commenced with work at British Airways in the United Kingdom, followed by a position as Senior Lecturer at Monash University. He then became Associate Professor and Director of Labour-Management Studies at the Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University. Appointed Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Sydney in 1987, he served in this role until 2009. Throughout his tenure, Lansbury was Head of Department, Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Economics and Business, and Foundation Director of the Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research and Training (ACIRRT), an Australian Research Council Key Centre. He maintains Adjunct Professor appointments at RMIT University and the Open University of Hong Kong.