Meg Hibbins

Dr Meg Hibbins is a Lecturer in Management and Director of the Bachelor of Management at UTS Business School, a role she has held since 2023. She brings more than 20 years of professional experience in event management to her teaching and academic leadership, using strong industry networks to create authentic learning, mentoring, internship and graduate employment opportunities for students.

 

Dr Hibbins completed her PhD at UTS, examining the role of trust in Australian music festivals, and holds a Master of Event Management and Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment. Her teaching has been recognised through a 2022 Australian Award for University Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, the 2021 UTS Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Award for Contribution to Social Impact, and recognition as a 2025 UTS Business School Top Teacher (Undergraduate).

 

Industry partnership is central to her work. Dr Hibbins led the development of the UTS–ICC Sydney Graduate Program, a two-year paid graduate pathway for Bachelor of Management graduates, recognised with the 2025 UTS Business School Dean’s Award for Productive Partnerships. She also brings extensive executive education experience, having delivered event management programs for the University of Sydney and Event Training Australia in Australia, Singapore, Qatar and online.

 

Her applied research focuses on events, industry collaboration, innovation, and regional and community impact. Recent projects include the SXSW Sydney Impact Study, research into the Australian festival landscape, and Cultivating Resilience: The Power of Agritourism Events. Her recent research and publications explore music festivals and trust, event-industry collaboration, work-integrated learning, creative events, and their wider social and economic impacts