As a policy adviser with the Victorian Government’s Department of Business and Innovation, Stephen says he is enjoying the DBA, as well as finding its content highly relevant. ‘Being in a business research environment, the methods you apply (in the DBA) are distinctly relevant to businesses.’ And the breadth of the material he has covered in the DBA allowed him to identify an interesting option for his own research, he explains. ‘It is the use of social media by Indigenous operated businesses. We explored such a huge range of areas of business, that it gave us a chance to think.