Australian Council of Learned Academies
Evidence-based Interdisciplinary Research
Professor Rodney Maddock Rodney Maddock is Vice Chancellor’s Fellow at Victoria University, Adjunct Professor of Economics at Monash University, Profesor Vitalicia at the University of Antioquia, a Director of CEDA, and President of the Economic Society of Australia (Victoria). His previous roles included Head of Group Strategy for the CBA and Chief Economist at the…
Professor Joseph Lo BiancoAM FAHA Dr Joseph Lo Bianco, AM, FAHA, FACE, is Professor of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Melbourne and Chief Investigator, Language, Education and Social Cohesion, Malaysia, Myanmar/Burma and Thailand. He is former president of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, Immediate Past and Inaugural President of the Tsinghua,…
Associate Professor Sally Gras Associate Professor Sally Gras is Director of the ARC Dairy Innovation Hub and Reader in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Melbourne. The ARC Dairy Innovation Hub is co-funded by the Australian Research Council, the University of Melbourne, the University of Queensland and industry partner Dairy…
Professor Chris Gibson Chris Gibson is Professor of Human Geography and Director of the Global Challenges Program at the University of Wollongong. His research, supported by Australian Research Council grants and fellowships, explores human, cultural and economic assets in Australian cities and regions. He is currently editor of the scholarly journal, Australian Geographer. [August…
Professor Graham FarquharAO FAA FRS NAS Distinguished Professor Graham Farquhar has undertaken and led research across a broad range of fields and scales, from integration of photosynthesis with nitrogen and water use of plants, stomatal physiology, isotopic composition of plants and global change. He is a fellow of The Australian Academy of Science and of…
Peter LaverAM FTSE HonFIEAust FAusIMM Peter Laver currently is Senior Advisor at the Academy of Technology and Engineering (previously Vice President) and a Director of the Australian Centre for Innovation. He worked for 40 years with BHP in a variety of senior management positions covering steel, iron ore, transport, research, external affairs, safety and environment.…
Professor Göran Roos Göran Roos is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering as well as of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). He is a member of the Council for Flinders University and also a Stretton Fellow appointed by the City of Playford at University of Adelaide; Adjunct…
Michael Small Michael Small was Canada’s High Commissioner to Australia from September 2010 until December 2014. Before his posting to Australia, he served in Ottawa in the headquarters of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade as Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Issues and then Assistant Deputy Minister, Human Resources. He served as Canada’s Ambassador…
Professor Kym AndersonAC FASSA Kym Anderson is a Professor of Economics at the University of Adelaide and at the Australian National University’s Crawford School of Public Policy. He was on extended leave at the research division of the GATT (now WTO) Secretariat in Geneva during 1990–92 and at the World Bank’s Research Group in Washington…
Professor Joanne DalyPSM FTSE Joanne Daly is a CSIRO Strategic Advisor and a former Group Executive of Agribusiness and Chief of Division. Her activities focus on strategy for national research collections and in agricultural sciences, and assisting with the developing science precinct in Canberra with the ANU in the area of transformational agriculture. She has…