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Glyn Davis

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social sciences
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Projects

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The Origins and Effects of the Unified National System of Higher Education in Australia

The project will provide the first systematic and fully documented account of the genesis, aims, authorship, design, negotiation, carriage a..

2014 - 2018
Completed
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THE ROLE OF SENIOR OFFICIALS IN INTERGOVERNMENTAL OUTCOMES

2014 - 2015
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Research Grant

Scholarly Works

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On Life's Lottery

Glyn Davis

Book  |  2021

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From hierarchy to contracts and back again: Reforming the australian public service

G Davis, R Rhodes

Book Chapter  |  2020

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Less than 20/20 vision: reflections on the Reid Inquiry

Glyn Davis

Journal article  |  2020  |  Griffith Review

Background • Field of public administration • A reflection on involvement in public sector reviews over nearly 40 years, emphasisi..

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Public Interest and Private Passion: Ken Inglis on the ABC

Glyn Davis

Book Chapter  |  2020

Background • Broadcasting in Australia • A reflection on the central contribution of Ken Inglis through his two volumes on the ABC..

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Trust, universities and the state

Gwilym Croucher, Glyn Davis

Book Chapter  |  2018

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AUSTRALIA: WHY I SUPPORT THE DEREGULATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Glyn Davis

Book Chapter  |  2017

In the absence of public appetite to invest in public education, a measure of fee deregulation is the only way left to fund educat..

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The hard conversation: Indigenous voices on public policy

I Anderson, G DAVIS

Journal article  |  2016  |  Meanjin Quarterly

The past 80 years of policy dialogue among Aboriginal Australians embraces many approaches, some framed around rights, others arou..

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Facing the Zeitgeist : dissolving the university?

G DAVIS

Journal article  |  2016  |  Griffith Review

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Intergovernmental Relations and the Role of Senior Officials: Two Case Studies and Some Lessons Learned

Glyn Davis, Helen Silver

Journal article  |  2015  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) is the most important forum for intergovernmental relations in Australian federalism...

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No Call for Repentance

G DAVIS

Book Chapter  |  2015

In this new edition, a foreword by editor Sybil Nolan considers the dual perspective this collection provides: people's original m..

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Keyword Analysis

Government and Politics
Education Systems
Political Science
Expanding Knowledge
Policy and Administration
Schools and Learning Environments
Specialist Studies in Education
Education Policy, Sociology and Philosophy
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Services
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education

News

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Part 1: 2018 Summer reading

Cheryl Saunders AO, Timothy J. Lynch, Vanessa Teague, Glyn Davis, Carolyn Evans, John Hattie, Lauren Rosewarne, Philippa Burne

Holidays are upon us. So, what’s a good book to get your teeth into for the lazy days of summer?Part 2: 2018 Summer readingRead more We’ve..

December 20, 2017
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What does strong political leadership in Australia look like?

Glyn Davis, John Howe, Nicholas Reece, Marcia Langton, Judith Brett, Megan Davis

It began with a chat over coffee in Carlton and culminated in a phone call 12 months ago that might be the catalyst for a new national conv..

December 5, 2017
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The creative disruption of higher ed

Glyn Davis

Calling itself a university for working adults, the for-profit University of Phoenix offers a range of bachelor, masters and doctoral cours..

November 20, 2017
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Q&A: Aspiring to an ecocity future

Brendan Gleeson, Mee Kam Ng

The EcoCity World Summit is designed to focus on the way humanity builds its home — its cities, towns and villages. Although the summit bri..

June 26, 2017
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A rolled gold genius

Ian Anderson, Marcia Langton, Glyn Davis

Although many Australians have never heard of Ian Anderson, he has, in his characteristically understated way, moved mountains. Operating a..

June 14, 2017
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Investment to build new generation of leaders

Glyn Davis, Marcia Langton, Tom Calma AO, Misty Jenkins

A seismic US$50 million investment in societal change in Australia and New Zealand by US-based Atlantic Philanthropies will create a ne..

October 12, 2016
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What street gangs can teach us about political leadership

Glyn Davis

In about 1515, Niccolo Machiavelli wrote in The Prince: “I hold it to be true that Fortune is the arbiter of one-half of our actions, but t..

June 13, 2016
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Knowing the value, but not the cost

Leo Goedegebuure, Peter Noonan, Glyn Davis, Robert Griew

The Coalition Government may have dropped its plans to deregulate university fees, but the question over how much government and students s..

May 20, 2016
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In Conversation: Mark Scott on his decade in charge of the ABC

Glyn Davis

Mark Scott is to step down as the ABC’s managing director in May following ten years in charge of the national broadcaster. These years hav..

April 25, 2016
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Investing in big data could improve research quality in Australia

Glyn Davis

The Productivity Commission is running an inquiry into whether the government can provide better access to the data it collects for univers..

April 11, 2016
conversation Article

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2002

Companion of the Order of Australia

1993

QEII Fellowship

Australian Research Council
2003

FASSA - Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

1995

FIPAA - Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Arts

Honorary

Social and Political Sciences

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

The Australian National University

Doctorate of Philosophy

Australian National University

Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

University of New South Wales

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