Professor Glyn Davis AC

Vice-Chancellor The University of Melbourne Victoria 3010 Australia Phone +61 3 8344 6134 Fax: +61 3 9347 7253 / 9341 6060 Email: vc@ unimelb.edu.au

Professor Glyn Davis became Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Melbourne on 10 January 2005.

As Vice-Chancellor Professor Davis is Chief Executive Officer of the University exercising general superintendence over the educational and administrative affairs of the University.

Professor Davis was previously Vice-Chancellor of Griffith University in Queensland and has served as the most senior Queensland public servant.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with first-class honours in political science from the University of New South Wales and was awarded his Doctorate of Philosophy from the Australian National University for a thesis entitled 'The Political Independence of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation'.

His academic association with Griffith University began in 1985 as a lecturer in politics and public policy. The award of a prestigious Harkness Fellowship provided an opportunity to work at the University of California, Berkeley, the Brookings Institution in Washington and the John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard, during 1987 and 1988.

Subsequently, as an Australian Research Council QE II Research Fellow at Griffith, Professor Davis published a series of articles and books on policy coordination and public sector change. He was appointed a Professor in 1998.

Secondments to the Queensland Government have included appointments as Commissioner for Public Sector Equity in the Queensland Public Sector Management Commission (1990-1993), as Director General of the Office of the Cabinet (1995-1996), and Director General of the Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet (1998-2002).

Professor Davis has written widely on policy and governance. His most recent publications are a third edition of The Australian Policy Handbook (with Peter Bridgman, 2004), The Future of Australian Governance: Policy Choices (coedited with Michael Keating, 2000) and Are You Being Served? State, Citizens and Governance (coedited with Patrick Weller, 2001).

Professor Davis was Foundation Chair of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) which is headquartered at the University of Melbourne.

He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and a Companion in the Order of Australia.

Staff and contact details
9th Floor, Raymond Priestley Building
University of Melbourne

Director, Office of the Vice-Chancellor
Mr Donald Speagle
Phone: +61 3 8344 7140

Executive Assistant
Ms Susan Cox
Phone: +61 3 8344 6134
Email: cox@ unimelb.edu.au

Administrative Assistant
Ms Karen Fialkowski
Phone: +61 3 8344 3741
Email: fik@ unimelb.edu.au

See also the Vice-Chancellor's Welcome to the University and the University's Major Orations site.