Robyn Owens is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Western Australia, where she has responsibility for research policy development and general oversight of the University’s research activities, postgraduate education, industry liaison, intellectual property and commercialisation.
Through her previous role as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research & Research Training) at the University of Western Australia (UWA), Professor Owens led the development and HDR training of over 1900 research students.
Prior to taking up that position, she was Head of the School of Computer Science & Software Engineering at UWA.
Professor Owens is recognised widely for her scholarship, for her productive collaboration with researchers and practitioners from other disciplines and for her leading contribution to system-wide excellence in research and research policy.
[March 2016