Carolyn Maree Evans FASSA (born Melbourne, 1970) is an Australian academic administrator. She is currently the vice-chancellor and president of Griffith University in Queensland, Australia.
Carolyn Evans | |
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.jpg) Professor Evans in 2021 | |
| 5th Vice Chancellor and President of the Griffith University | |
| Assumed office 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Professor Ian O'Connor AC |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carolyn Maree Evans 1970 (age 53–54) Melbourne, Australia |
| Profession | University Vice Chancellor |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse | Stephen Donaghue |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne University of Oxford |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Melbourne Law School University of Melbourne Griffith University |
| Main interests | Law, human rights, and religious freedoms |
Academic career
editFollowing the completion of her doctorate in 1999, Evans was appointed a stipendiary lecturer in law at Exeter College, Oxford.[1] After the two year post ended, she returned to Australia where she joined the academic staff of Melbourne Law School.[1]
Evans has held several senior academic positions including Dean and Harrison Moore Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne Law School and deputy vice-chancellor and deputy provost at the University of Melbourne.[2]
In February 2019, Evans was appointed vice-chancellor and president of Griffith University, becoming the first woman to hold that position.[3][4][5]
She became President of the Australian Higher Education Industrial Association in 2021[6] and chaired the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) from 2021 to 2022.[7] She was a board member of Open Universities Australia from 2019 to 2023, and is currently a board member of Universities Australia.[8][9]
Evans is a director of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA),[10] and has been chair of the State Advisory Committee since 2023.
Honours
editEvans was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 2019 [11][12] and names an Honorary Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford in 2023.[13]
Scholarly contributions and engagement
editBooks
edit- "Freedom of Religion under the European Convention on Human Rights" Oxford University Press (April 19, 2001)[14][15]
- "Legal Protection of Religious Freedom in Australia" (Federation Press, 2012).[16]
Co-author
- "Australian Bills of Rights: The Law of the Victorian Charter and the ACT Human Rights Act" (LexisNexis, 2008)
- "Open Minds: Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech in Australia" (Black Inc., 2021).[17]
Personal life
editEvans is married to Stephen Donaghue, the current Australian Solicitor-General, and has two children.[18]
References
edit- ^ a b "Alumni Today: Carolyn Evans". Faculty of Law. University of Oxford. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Kevey, Donna (23 February 2022). "Professor Carolyn Evans appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor". The University of Melbourne.
- ^ Kevey, Donna (23 February 2022). "University of Melbourne Deputy Vice-Chancellor to lead Griffith University". The University of Melbourne.
- ^ "New vice-chancellor hopes to build on Griffith's strengths". The Australian.
- ^ "Professor Carolyn Evans BALLB ( Hons ) (Melb), DPhil (Oxon) FASSA". www.griffith.edu.au. Griffith University. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ https://aheia.edu.au/about-aheia/meet-the-team/
- ^ "Carolyn Evans appointed new chair of IRU group". Innovative Research Universities.
- ^ "Board". Universities Australia.
- ^ "Universities Australia Chair and Board members confirmed". Mirage News.
- ^ "BOARD OF DIRECTORS". CEDA.
- ^ "New Fellows 2019". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
- ^ Dobson, Ben (11 November 2019). "Pair of Griffith academics elected as Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences". Griffith University.
- ^ "Exeter College elects ten new Honorary Fellows". Exeter College. 30 June 2023.
- ^ Sanderson, M. A. (2002). "Review of Freedom of Religion under the European Convention on Human Rights". The Modern Law Review. 65 (1): 141–143. ISSN 0026-7961.
- ^ Emberland, M. (1 September 2001). "Review: Freedom of Religion Under the European Convention on Human Rights * Carolyn Evans: Freedom of Religion Under the European Convention on Human Rights". European Journal of International Law. 12 (4): 798–801. doi:10.1093/ejil/12.4.798.
- ^ Loong, Stella (2013). "Legal protection of religious freedom in Australia legal protection of religious freedom in Australia [Book Review]". philpapers.org.
- ^ "Book review: Open Minds explores how academic freedom and the public university are at risk". The Conversation.
- ^ Ackland, Richard (3 January 2017). "The highs and lows of lawyers and the law in Australia". The Guardian.