DrMona Mashhadi Rajabi

Dr Mona Mashhadi Rajabi is the Decarbonisation Stream Lead at the Centre for Climate Risk and Resilience, where she specialises in climate policy, climate reporting, decarbonisation strategies, and net-zero transition pathways. Her recent work on the impact of the net-zero transition on global financial markets has received widespread coverage in Australian media which highlights its relevance to policy and practice. In recognition of her contributions, she received the 2025 Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Award for Transformative Action and Innovative Approaches to Climate Change.

Focusing on market-based policies, Dr Rajabi has examined the impact of carbon taxes on the economy and renewable energy transitions in Europe, and has applied these insights to design carbon tax policies for Australia that deliver both environmental and economic benefits. She has also developed methodologies to quantify climate risk at both the firm level and across the broader economy.Her research has been published widely in top-tier journals (A*/A/Q1), and she serves as a peer reviewer for leading sustainability and finance journals.

She has also received competitive grants from UTS Business Research Grant, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ), and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for projects including “Capacity Development in Indonesia Carbon Market.”

Dr Rajabi is appointed to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) expert panel on corporate net-zero strategies, advising on policy and implementation.

Prior to her academic career in Australia, she worked as a lead researcher in industry, providing consulting to corporations on managing climate risk, low-carbon transition strategies, and climate policy impacts on the agri-food and energy sectors, bridging rigorous research, policy advice, and practical industry applications.

Awards and Scholarships:

• ABDC Award for Transformative Action and Innovative Approaches to Climate Change (2025)
• UTS Strategic Research Accelerator (SRA) Postdoctoral Fellowship (2024)
• 1st Place – MQBS Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition (2022)
• International Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (iMQRES) (2021)