
Overview
Background
Honorary Professor, Centre for the Government of Queensland, School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics.
Professional Activities:
Executive Director, T.J.Ryan Foundation (2013 onwards)
Project Director, "Queensland Speaks" Oral History web-site, (2009 onwards)
Board Member, Youth + Marlene Moore Flexi-learning Centre Network, Edmund Rice Education Australia (2013 onwards).
National Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia (since 1990).
Former editor of The Public Interest (Brisbane).
Former co-editor of the Australian Journal of Public Administration.
Former Review Editor for Politics (now AJPS).
Member/chair of several Quality Assessment Panels of the Queensland Office of Higher Education and formerly member of similar bodies operating in several states during the CAE era.
Member of several Federal Government committees of enquiry into education, including management education (Ralph Committee), aboriginal education (Yunipingu Committee) and university management (Linke Committee).
Former panel member of the Commonwealth Government Review Tribunal on Non-state Schooling.
Former consultant to international aid organizations, providing advice on public sector reform - Uganda, Kazakstan and Nepal.
Background:
1962-1965 : Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford; fieldwork for thesis on the development of trade unions in Uganda completed while Rockefeller Teaching Fellow at the University of East Africa, Kampala.
1965-1977 : Lecturing at University of Sydney, the Queen's University of Belfast, and the Canberra College of Advanced Education (Principal Lecturer in Politics in the School of Administrative Studies).
1977-1987: J.D.Story Professor of Public Administration, University of Queensland. President of the Academic Board, 1986-1987.
1987-1990: Principal of the Canberra CAE, Foundation Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canberra.
1990-1994 : Director General of Education, State Government of Queensland.
1994 : Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Management, Griffith University.
1994 - 2000: Dean of Arts, Queensland University of Technology.
2000 - 2002: Professor of Public Management, Faculty of Business, QUT.
2003 - 2011: Professor Emeritus and Teaching Fellow, School of Political Science and International Studies.
Research Interests:
- The practice of public policy in Queensland.
- Political history of Queensland.
Availability
- Emeritus Professor Roger Scott is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, University of Tasmania
- Postgraduate Diploma, University of Tasmania
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford
- Australian College of Educators, Australian College of Educators
Research interests
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Analysis of Queensland public policy
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History of Queensland politics since 1970
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Development of tertiary education policy
Research impacts
The T.J.Ryan Foundation will function as a think tank specifically focussed on public policy in Queensland.
Works
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2012
Journal Article
Political tsunami - the 2012 Queensland election and its aftermath in Parliament
Scott, Roger D. (2012). Political tsunami - the 2012 Queensland election and its aftermath in Parliament. Australasian Parliamentary Review, 27 (2), 89-98.
2012
Journal Article
The progressive impoverishment of tertiary teaching: reflections on teaching public administration during the ‘golden age’ before 1987
Scott, Roger (2012). The progressive impoverishment of tertiary teaching: reflections on teaching public administration during the ‘golden age’ before 1987. Teaching Public Administration, 30 (1), 20-41. doi: 10.1177/0144739412437755
2012
Journal Article
The Ayes Have It; The history of the Queensland Parliament 1957-1989
Scott, Roger (2012). The Ayes Have It; The history of the Queensland Parliament 1957-1989. Australasian Parliamentary Review, 27 (2), 115-119.
2010
Journal Article
'Queensland speaks': A progress report
Scott, Roger and Spearritt, Peter (2010). 'Queensland speaks': A progress report. Australasian Parliamentary Review, 25 (1), 49-53.
2009
Journal Article
Gowers of Uganda: The Public and Private Life of a Forgotten Colonial Governor
Scott, R. D. (2009). Gowers of Uganda: The Public and Private Life of a Forgotten Colonial Governor. Australasian Review of African Studies, 30 (2), 12-31.
2008
Book Chapter
Higher education
Scott, Roger (2008). Higher education.
2008
Book Chapter
Fitzgerald Inquiry
Scott, Roger (2008). Fitzgerald Inquiry. The Oxford companion to Australian politics. (pp. *-*) edited by Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts. Oxford, England, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
2006
Conference Publication
Federalising Insecurity - Policing in the States or a Police State?
Scott, A. E. and Scott, R D (2006). Federalising Insecurity - Policing in the States or a Police State?. John Howard's Decade, Australian National University Canberra, 3-4 March. Canberra: Australian National University.
2005
Journal Article
Interview with Frank Peach. Conversation with a reluctant generalist
Scott, R. D. (2005). Interview with Frank Peach. Conversation with a reluctant generalist. Public Interest: Newsletter of the Royal Institute of Public Administration Australia (Queensland Division) (3), 5-10.
2005
Journal Article
Imperialist democracy, ancient Athenians and the US presence in Iraq
Scott, R. D. (2005). Imperialist democracy, ancient Athenians and the US presence in Iraq. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 59 (3), 335-350. doi: 10.1080/10357710500231297
2005
Journal Article
Making their Worlds Safe for Democracy: Pericles and President Bush
Scott, R. D. (2005). Making their Worlds Safe for Democracy: Pericles and President Bush. AIIA Queensland Branch Newsroom
2004
Journal Article
A personal memoir of policy failure. The failed merger of ANU and the Canberra CAE.
Scott, R. D. (2004). A personal memoir of policy failure. The failed merger of ANU and the Canberra CAE.. Australian Universities Review, 47 (1), 10-20-20.
2003
Journal Article
Political science and public administration: The saga of a difficult relationship
Scott, Roger (2003). Political science and public administration: The saga of a difficult relationship. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 62 (2), 113-120. doi: 10.1111/1467-8497.00330
2003
Conference Publication
Resisting Amalgamation From A Position Of Weakness: An Intimate And Partial Version Of The Saga Of The Several Attempts To Merge The ANU With The Canberra CAE To End The Binary System In The Australian Capital Territory
Scott, Roger (2003). Resisting Amalgamation From A Position Of Weakness: An Intimate And Partial Version Of The Saga Of The Several Attempts To Merge The ANU With The Canberra CAE To End The Binary System In The Australian Capital Territory. Seminar series, Menzies Australian Studies Centre, London, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London University, 20 December 2002.
2001
Conference Publication
The Search for Virtue and the Role of Anti-Corruption Agencies : A Queensland Case Study
Scott, Roger D. and Scott, Ann E. M. (2001). The Search for Virtue and the Role of Anti-Corruption Agencies : A Queensland Case Study. 2001 Annual Conference of the Public Administration Committee of the British Inter-Universities Council, Sunningdale, September.
2000
Conference Publication
King Gough : Madness Or Magnificence? A Retrospective View Of The 1975 APSA Conference
Scott, Roger D. and Wilson, Kate (2000). King Gough : Madness Or Magnificence? A Retrospective View Of The 1975 APSA Conference. Annual Conference of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Canberra, July 2000.
Supervision
Availability
- Emeritus Professor Roger Scott is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Education and Training Reforms for the Future, 1996-2006: Policy Ideas, Networks and Interventions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brian Head, Honorary Professor Merrilyn Goos
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Trade Union Renewal in Australia: rebuilding worker involvement
Associate Advisor
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
THE IMPACT OF THE NEW TAX SYSTEM ON AUSTRALIAN FEDERALISM
Associate Advisor
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