Australian Council of Learned Academies
Evidence-based Interdisciplinary Research
Professor Kevin McConkeyAM FASSA Kevin McConkey is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He holds a BA (Hons), 1976, and a PhD in Psychology, 1980, from the University of Queensland. He is also a graduate of the Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School, 2004. He is an Honorary…
Professor Duncan IvisonFAHA Duncan Ivison is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Sydney. He was previously Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) from 2015-2022; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (2010-15); and Head of the School of Humanities (2007-2009). He has been a member of the ARC Advisory Council, a member of…
Professor Adrian BarnettFASSA Adrian is a professor of statistics who has worked for over 27 years in health and medical research. He was the president of the Statistical Society of Australia from 2018 to 2020. His current research concerns improving statistical practice to reduce research waste. [April 2023] Contributed to: Modernising Research Assessment
Kate ThomannFASSA Kate Thomann is a proud Wiradjuri woman with over 29 years’ experience working in Indigenous affairs in the Australian Public Service. Kate has extensive experience in policy development and program delivery across a wide range of portfolio areas including: Prime Minister and Cabinet, Health; Environment; Communications; Education; Arts and Culture and Aboriginal Hostels. Kate…
Professor Jacqueline PeelFASSA Professor Jacqueline Peel is a leading, internationally-recognised expert in the field of environmental and climate change law. Her scholarship on these topics encompasses international, transnational and national dimensions, as well as interdisciplinary aspects of the law/science relationship in the environmental field and risk regulation. She is currently the Director of Melbourne Climate…
Hon Professor David KarolyFAA David Karoly is an honorary Professor in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and an honorary Senior Research Fellow in Melbourne Climate Futures, having retired from CSIRO at the end of January 2022. He is an internationally recognised expert on climate change and climate variability. Professor Karoly was Leader…
Dr Katherine WoodthorpeAO FTSE Director of the Australian Council of Learned Academies Limited, appointed 2023 Dr Katherine Woodthorpe AO is an experienced Chair and Non-Executive Director serving for over 20 years on the boards of a variety of organisations including listed entities, government boards and for-purpose organisations. She has a strong track record in a…
Professor Steve WesselinghFAHMS Director of the Australian Council of Learned Academies Limited, appointed 2022 In October 2011 Professor Wesselingh BMBS PhD FRACP FAHMS took up the position as the inaugural Executive Director of the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI). Professor Wesselingh is Chair of the NHMRC Research Committee and Director NHMRC Council…
Distinguished Professor Sharon ParkerFASSA ARC Laureate Fellow Sharon K. Parker is a John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin University, Director of the Centre for Transformative Work Design at Curtin University, an Honorary fellow at the University of Western Australia, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Sheffield where she was previously Director at the…
Dr Fiona Beck Dr Fiona Beck Dr Fiona J Beck is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University’s School of Engineering, where she leads a research group developing technologies for renewable energy and solar fuel applications. She is also convener of the Hydrogen Fuels Project in the ANU’s Zero-carbon energy for the Asia-Pacific…