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]
Education
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]
Career
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.
Bibliography
- Secession: the ultimate states' right. Melbourne University Press. 1986. ISBN 978-0-522-84317-0.
- "A Bill of Rights for Victoria?: some issues", Victorian Parliament. Legal and Constitutional Committee, Government Printer, 1986, ISBN 978-0-7241-4193-7
- The Convention debates, 1891–1898: commentaries, indices and guide, Legal Books, 1987, ISBN 978-0-949553-17-1
- The High Court of Australia: a study in the abuse of power, Alfred Deakin Lecture Trust, 1997, ISBN 978-0-909888-27-5
- Craven, G., ed. (1992). Australian federation: towards the second century : a work to mark the centenary of the Australasian Federation Conference held at Parliament House, Melbourne, 6–14 February 1890. Melbourne University Press.
- Conversations with the Constitution : not just a piece of paper. Sydney: UNSW Press. 2004.
- "Australian federalism : an heroic defence". Memento. 39: 6–9. 2010.
Degrees and honours
- Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Melbourne (1980)
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of Melbourne (1981)
- Master of Laws (LLM), University of Melbourne (1984),
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Gregory the Great (GCSG) (2015),[12]
- Officer of Order of Australia (AO) 2017[13]
References
- ^ "Office of the Vice-Chancellor". Australian Catholic University. Retrieved 2 February 2014.[failed verification]
- ^ "Vice-Chancellor to stay with ACU until 2018" (Press release). Australian Catholic University. 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ @DrMurgy (9 April 2020). "New. Greg Craven, vice-chancellor at #ACU, is retiring Jan 2021" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Staff Writers (9 August 2020). "Sociologist Zlatko Skrbis takes over as ACU's fourth Vice Chancellor". The Catholic Weekly. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ Appendix 1: Contributors. Proceedings of the Eleventh Conference of The Samuel Griffith Society. Vol. Upholding the Australian Constitution, Volume 11. Melbourne: The Samuel Griffith Society. 9–11 July 1999. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
- ^ Susan Wyndham (20 July 2002). "Nothing if not critical". The Age. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ a b c "Office of the Vice-Chancellor and President – Professor Zlatko Skrbis | ACU".[failed verification]
- ^ "Greg Craven Live". acu.edu.au. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ "George Pell's lawyer says child abuse was 'plain vanilla' sex as cardinal heads to jail". The Guardian. 27 February 2019.
- ^ Richard Ferguson (27 February 2019). "John Howard speaks for the first time about back George Pell". The Australian. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Cardinal George Pell wins appeal against conviction on sexual abuse charges". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Papal Knighthood awarded to ACU Vice-Chancellor Professor Greg Craven". 18 December 2015.
- ^ John Ross (25 January 2017). "Australia Day honours to academics, researchers and tertiary education leaders". The Australian. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
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