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Emeritus Prof. Alan Lawson

Fellow

  • Club/association Details
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  • Role(s): Fellow
    Level: Full
    Status: Active
    Office(s): Secretary
    Committees/Teams: Council
  • Bio/Profile
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  • Alan Lawson was elected to Council in 2018 and appointed Company Secretary in 2019 to oversee the corporate and legal accountabilities of the Academy; he is involved in the revision of the Constitution. He is also Deputy Chair of the Australian Research Integrity Committee (ARC/NHMRC). He served as UQ Pro-Vice Chancellor Research; Dean of the UQ Graduate School; and was principal inventor of the Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®) 2008. His research was in the field of post-colonial theory, especially ‘settler’ cultures.