Greg Craven | |
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Born |
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 5 March 1958
Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
Relatives | Peter Craven (brother) |
Awards |
Order of Australia (AO) Order of St. Gregory the Great (KGCSGG) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Australian constitutional law, Federalism, succession |
Institutions |
Monash University, University of Notre Dame Australia, Curtin University of Technology, Australian Catholic University |
Gregory Joseph Craven AO (born 5 March 1958) is an Australian academic, who was the vice-chancellor and president of the Australian Catholic University from January 2008 to January 2021. [1] [2] On 8 April 2020, the ACU chancellor, John Fahey, announced Craven's planned retirement in an email to staff and students, which was to become effective in January 2021. [3][ non-primary source needed] His successor was named as Zlatko Skrbis, who took up his appointment as ACU's fourth Vice Chancellor on 11 January 2021. [4]
Craven was educated at St Kevin's College in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak and graduated from the University of Melbourne with a BA (1980); a LL.B (1981); a LL.M (1984); and a PhD candidate. [5] The literary critic Peter Craven is his older brother. [6]
Craven has researched and written on constitutional law, government, public policy, constitutional history and federalism. He was a leading advocate of republicanism in the leadup to the (eventually unsuccessful) 1999 referendum on the proposed change in Australia from being a constitutional monarchy to a republic. He is also noted as a key Australian Catholic layman for opinions on important issues.
Before joining ACU, he was foundation dean and Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Australia, and deputy vice-chancellor (strategy and planning) at Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia. He also served as executive director of the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy. [7]
Craven has published numerous books and articles, mainly in the field of constitutional law and constitutional history. He is a regular columnist for The Australian newspaper. [7] [8]
Craven has served on a range of public bodies. He chaired the Teacher Education Ministerial Advisory Group and was deputy chair of the COAG Reform Council. He currently is a member of the Commonwealth Higher Education Standards Panel (HESP) and the lead vice-chancellor for Universities Australia on quality and regulation. [7]
In February 2019, following the 2018 trial and conviction of Cardinal George Pell for child abuse, Craven provided one of 10 positive character references for the purposes of the sentencing hearing. [9] [10] Pell was eventually acquitted and all the convictions quashed by the High Court of Australia on 7 April 2020. [11]
Within the Australian Catholic community, Craven is a member of the National Catholic Education Commission and the Truth, Justice and Healing Council.