Australian Council of Learned Academies
Evidence-based Interdisciplinary Research
Professor Kevin FoxFASSA Kevin Fox is a Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Applied Economic Research in the Australian School of Business at the University of New South Wales. He works primarily in the field of economic measurement, with a focus on productivity, prices and efficiency analysis. After studying Japanese in Tokyo…
Leslie ButterfieldBSc Civ Eng; MAICD, MAIPM Ms Butterfield is Chief Executive Officer of a specialist Project and Strategy Advisory company which operates in the business, property and infrastructure sectors with a client group spanning Government, large corporates, and not-for-profits. She is also Managing Director Australia for its NYSE listed company parent company. She has served…
Dr Bob FraterAO FAA FRSN Over more than 50 years, Dr Bob Frater has researched electronics, telecommunications, electroacoustics, radioastronomy instrumentation, electroacoustics and biomedical devices. In 1996, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for his contributions to science, including his work on the construction of the Australia Telescope at Narrabri in northern…
Professor Sue RichardsonFASSA Professor Sue Richardson is Emerita Professor at Flinders University and Adjunct Professor at each of Flinders University and the University of Adelaide. Sue taught for many years at the University of Adelaide School of Economics, and subsequently became Professor and Director of the National Institute of Labour Studies at Flinders University. Her research…
Professor Nalini Joshi FAA Professor Nalini Joshi is Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Sydney. Nalini has taught mathematics at ANU, UNSW, the University of Adelaide and the University of Sydney. She has been a Visiting Professor at Kyoto University in Japan and the University of Leeds, UK. She was Head of the…
Mr David HindFTSE David Hind is Chair of Skills Tasmania, an angel investor and Chair of Barefoot Power Pty Ltd, a board member of the childhood cancer charity Redkite and is Director of External Relations at the University of Sydney’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. He is a past President of the Business Higher…
Professor Stephen GaukrogerFAHA Professor Gaukroger is currently Professor of History of Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Sydney. He has served as President of the Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science; President of the Australasian Society for the History of Philosophy; Chair of the Australian Academy of…
Professor Russell Tytler Professor Tytler is the Chair in Science Education at Deakin University, deputy director of the Centre for Research in Educational Futures and Innovation (CREFI) and heads the very productive Science, Technology, Environmental and Mathematics Education group. He is also ‘hub cap’ of the Victorian SiMERR rural and regional network. He has had…
Dr John WilliamsFTSE Dr Williams recently retired after nearly six years as Commissioner of the NSW Natural Resources Commission (NRC). He was former Chief Scientist, NSW Department of Natural Resources following his retirement from CSIRO as Chief of Land and Water in 2004. In 2005, he was awarded the prestigious Farrer Memorial Medal for achievement…
Mr John ToomeyFTSE Mr Toomey has wide professional experience spanning many decades in the planning and execution of major Development and Infrastructure Projects both in Australia and overseas, including mines, industrial complexes, rail and port facilities, and water storage and conservation works. He also has had deep involvement in the direction and management of major…