Professor Sean Sands

Biography

Sean is Professor of Marketing and Department Chair for the Department of Management and Marketing at Swinburne University of Technology. He has previously held roles at Monash University (2008-2017) and EADA Business School, Barcelona (visiting professor, 2011-2018). He is Associate Editor at the Journal of Advertising Research, and on the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Advertising. In addition, he is a regular ad-hoc reviewer for premier journals (awarded Outstanding Reviewer 2020, Business Horizons) and supervises a number of doctoral students. 

Sean's research is broadly focused on how digital and physical experience affects marketing theory and practice. He has (co-) authored more than 80 journal articles in Financial Times' Top 50 (FT50) journals such as the Journal of Consumer Research and the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, ABDC-A* journals such as European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Retailing, and Industrial Marketing Management, and ABDC-A journals, such as the Journal of Advertising, Journal of Business Research, Psychology & Marketing, and Journal of Advertising Research, among others. His research has been recognised with multiple awards for research excellence, including at the university level (2016 - Monash Business School Dean's Award for Research Impact for innovations in approach and methods in measuring business investment of a major Australian retailer) and the international level (2019 - Highly Commended Article, European Journal of Marketing; 2020 - Best Paper Award, Business Horizons; 2024 AMA Innovations in Marketing Communications Research Award). Sean has also been involved in over $5 million in research grants.

Sean has deep industry consulting and advisory board experience and presents at major conferences and events like the World Retail Congress. He has spent two decades working across market research and strategy consulting in Australia and New Zealand, at firms including TNS, Chant Link & Associates, and The General Store. This experience is frequently integrated into his teaching.