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Emeritus Professor Roger Scott
Emeritus Professor

Roger Scott

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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

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

  • Analysis of Queensland public policy

  • History of Queensland politics since 1970

  • 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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36 works between 2000 and 2022

21 - 36 of 36 works

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.

Political tsunami - the 2012 Queensland election and its aftermath in Parliament

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

The progressive impoverishment of tertiary teaching: reflections on teaching public administration during the ‘golden age’ before 1987

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.

The Ayes Have It; The history of the Queensland Parliament 1957-1989

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.

'Queensland speaks': A progress report

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.

Gowers of Uganda: The Public and Private Life of a Forgotten Colonial Governor

2008

Book Chapter

Higher education

Scott, Roger (2008). Higher education.

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.

Fitzgerald Inquiry

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.

Federalising Insecurity - Policing in the States or a Police State?

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.

Interview with Frank Peach. Conversation with a reluctant generalist

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

Making their Worlds Safe for Democracy: Pericles and President Bush

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

Imperialist democracy, ancient Athenians and the US presence in Iraq

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.

A personal memoir of policy failure. The failed merger of ANU and the Canberra CAE.

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

Political science and public administration: The saga of a difficult relationship

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.

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

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.

The Search for Virtue and the Role of Anti-Corruption Agencies : A Queensland Case Study

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.

King Gough : Madness Or Magnificence? A Retrospective View Of The 1975 APSA Conference

Supervision

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Supervision history

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