Dr Christina Parolin was the Interim CEO of the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) from April – September 2024.
Tina is an experienced policy leader and researcher with extensive relationships across the Australian research sector.
She served as Executive Director of the Australian Academy of Humanities (AAH) from 2010 – 2023, during which time the AAH successfully incubated a new start-up, the arts and culture think tank A New Approach, delivered several major reports to government, including the milestone Australia’s China Knowledge Capability project, and led a diversity and inclusion agenda for the organisation. Prior to her work with the AAH, she was the National Manager of Education at the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. Most recently (to March 2024), she worked as Senior Advisor, Research Integrity Review, at the Australian Research Council (ARC). Tina gained her PhD in history from the Australian National University, where she was awarded the J. G. Crawford Prize for her study. Her book, Radical spaces: Venues of popular politics in London 1790–c.1845, was published in 2010 by ANU Press. In 2023, she was elected an Honorary Fellow of the AAH in recognition of her service and impact on Australian humanities research.