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2026 elections
Results of the 2026 Academic Board committee elections for staff were declared by the Returning Officer.
Staff elections
The term of office for staff is 2 years, from 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2028.
The term of office for the Chair of Courses Accreditation Committee (special election) is from 2 April 2026 to 31 December 2026.
The term of office for the academic staff on Courses Accreditation (special election) is from 9 March 2026 to 31 December 2026.
The term of office for the academic HDR supervisor (level D or E) on Graduate Research Board (special election) is from 29 April 2026 to 31 December 2028.
Courses Accreditation Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Chair (special election) | Karen Whelan | — |
| Academic staff (special election) | Karen Whelan | — |
Graduate Research Board
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Academic HDR Supervisor (level D or E) representing Business, Design and Society and Law (special election) | Vinay Patel | — |
Institute for Sustainable Futures Institute Board
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Professional staff (special election) | — | 1 |
Research Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Academic staff from professoriate and associate professoriate (levels D or E) | Bill Soderstrom | — |
| Professional staff | Christiane Kuehling | — |
Teaching and Learning Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Academic staff |
Amanda White Daniel Demant |
— |
Student elections
The term of office for students is one year, from 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027.
Courses Accreditation Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework students |
Mona Pourmanaf Vincent Jiang |
— |
Graduate Research Board
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research students |
— |
2 |
Institute for Sustainable Futures Institute Board
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research student from ISF | Georgia Willard | — |
Research Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research student | Sina Ebrahimi Hasratanloo | — |
Teaching and Learning Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate student | Amelia Grace Wilson-Williams | — |
| Postgraduate coursework student | — | 1 |
2025 elections
Results of the 2025 Academic Board committee elections for staff and students were declared by the Returning Officer.
Staff elections
The term of office for staff is 2 years, from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2027.
The term of office for the Chair of Courses Accreditation Committee (special election) is from 19 March 2025 to 31 December 2026.
The term of office for the Graduate Research School Board (special election) is from 1 August 2025 to 31 December 2027 and 31 December 2028.
Courses Accreditation Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Chair (special election) | Josh Pienaar | — |
| Academic staff |
Lisa Pont Geroge Tian |
— |
Graduate Research School Board
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Academic staff elected by and from the academic staff of the university who have academic responsibility for graduate research matters at a faculty level (no more than one/two from any faculty or unit) (special election) |
Andrea Trianni Bhuva Narayan Christina Nikitopoulos Rob Duffield Jessie Hohmann |
— |
| An academic HDR supervisor (level D or E) (Business, Design and Society or Law) (special election) | Ilaria Vanni Accarigi | — |
| An academic HDR supervisor (level D or E) (Engineering and IT, Health or Science) (special election) | Shui Yu | — |
| An academic HDR supervisor (level D or E) (ISF, TD School or CIC) (special election) | — | — |
Institute for Sustainable Futures Institute Board
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Research staff (at least one mid-career (levels B or C) and at least one early career researcher (levels 5-7/A)) |
Monique Retamal Jay Falletta Nodoka Nakamichi |
— |
| Professional staff (at least one manager (levels 7-9) and at least one officer (levels 5 or 6)) |
Amber McCulloch Wendy Wang |
— |
| Staff representative | Caitlin Eisermann | — |
Research Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Academic staff (levels A, B or C) | Esther Mirjam Girsberger | — |
Teaching and Learning Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Academic staff | Leila Naeni | — |
Student elections
The term of office for students is one year, from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026.
The term of office for the Graduate Research School Board (special election) is from 1 August 2025 to 31 December 2026.
Courses Accreditation Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework students | Anushka Koppuravuri | 1 |
Graduate Research School Board
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research student (special election) |
Ziyi Zhao Sandushan Ranaweera |
Institute for Sustainable Futures Institute Board
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research student from ISF | Safaa Aldirawi | — |
Research Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research student | — | 1 |
Teaching and Learning Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate student | Amelia Grace Wilson-Williams | — |
| Postgraduate coursework student | — | 1 |
2024 elections
Results of the 2024 Academic Board committee elections for staff and students were declared by the Returning Officer.
Staff elections
The term of office for staff is 2 years, from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026.
The term of office for staff on the Promotion Committee is for 3 years, from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027.
Courses Accreditation Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Chair | Wilhelmina Huston | — |
| Academic staff |
Gerhard Van de Venter Diep Nguyen |
— |
Promotion Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Professors (at least 2 must be women) |
Andrew Hayen Behzad Fatahi |
2 |
| Associate professors (at least 2 must be women) |
Diep Nguyen Vinay Patel |
2 |
| Senior lecturers (at least 2 must be women) | Kate Delmo | 1 |
Research Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Academic staff from the professoriate and associate professoriate (levels D or E) | Shui Yu | — |
| Professional staff | Kumudika de Silva | — |
Teaching and Learning Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Academic staff |
Joshua Lee Amanda White |
— |
Student elections
The term of office for students is one year, from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025.
Courses Accreditation Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework students | Vickyraj Mane | 1 |
Higher Degree Research Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research students | — | 2 |
Institute for Sustainable Futures Institute Board
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research student from ISF | — | 1 |
Research Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research student | — | 1 |
Teaching and Learning Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate student | — | 1 |
| Postgraduate coursework student | — | 1 |
2023 elections
Results of the 2023 Academic Board committee elections for staff and students were declared by the Returning Officer.
Staff elections
The term of office for staff is 2 years, from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2025.
The term of office for the Courses Accreditation Committee academic staff (special election) is from 23 November 2023 to 31 December 2024.
Courses Accreditation Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Academic staff |
Bernadette Saunders Chris Wong |
— |
| Academic staff (special election) | Beate Mueller | — |
Higher Degree Research Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Academic faculty HDR supervisors (levels D or E) (1 from the disciplines of Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) and 1 from the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)) |
Patrick Lenta (HASS) Matthew Arnold (STEM) |
— |
Institute for Sustainable Futures Institute Board
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Research staff (at least 1 mid-career (levels B or C) and at least 1 early career researcher (levels 5-7/ A)) |
Naomi Carrard Melita Jazbec Aditi Phansalkar |
— |
| Professional staff (1 manager (levels 7-9) and 1 officer (levels 5 or 6)) |
Amber McCulloch Maria Urbaez Zambrano |
— |
| Staff representative | Sarah Niklas | — |
Research Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Academic staff (levels A, B or C) | — | 1 |
Student elections
The term of office for students is one year, from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024.
Courses Accreditation Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework students |
Dick Audley Eva Gaarder |
— |
Higher Degree Research Board
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research students | Hanwei Yu | 1 |
Institute for Sustainable Futures Institute Board
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research student from ISF | — | 1 |
Research Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research student | Hanwei Yu | — |
Teaching and Learning Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate student | Sai Muthukumar | — |
| Postgraduate coursework student | — | 1 |
2022 elections
Results of the 2022 Academic Board committee elections for staff and students were declared by the Returning Officer.
Staff elections
The term of office for staff is for two years, from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024.
The term of office for the Research Committee academic staff (special election) is from 28 September 2022 to 31 December 2023.
The term of office for the Courses Accreditation Committee (special election) is from 10 December 2022 to 31 December 2023.
Research Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Academic staff (level A, B or C) (special election) | Katherine Scardifield | — |
| Professoriate and associate professoriate (level D or E) | Shui Yu | — |
| Professional staff | Jo Tilly | — |
Teaching and Learning Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Academic staff |
Amanda White Christina Ho Megan Murray |
— |
Courses Accreditation Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Academic staff (special election) | Rick Flowers | — |
Student elections
The term of office for students is for one year, from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023.
Courses Accreditation Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework students |
Talha Rahman Sai Muthukumar |
— |
Higher Degree Research Board
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research degree students | — | 2 |
Research Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research degree student | — | 1 |
Teaching and Learning Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate student | Talha Rahman | — |
| Postgraduate coursework student | Michelle Lee | — |
Institute Board of the Institute for Sustainable Futures
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research student | — | 1 |
2021 elections
Results of the 2021 Academic Board committee elections for staff and students were declared by the Returning Officer.
Staff elections
The term of office for staff is for two years, from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023. The term of office for the Teaching and Learning Committee academic staff (special election) is from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022.
Promotion Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Professors (at least 2 must be women) |
Amanda Wilson Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn Tuan Van Nguyen |
1 (must be a woman) |
| Associate Professors (at least 2 must be women) |
Jessie Hohmann Bhuva Narayan Wei Deng Kyoung-Hee Yu |
— |
| Senior Lecturers (at least 2 must be women) |
Elizabeth Humphrys Zoe Sadokierski Anthea Vogl Amelia Johns |
— |
Teaching and Learning Committee Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Academic staff (special election) | Lana McClements | — |
Student elections
The term of office for students is for one year, from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022.
Courses Accreditation Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework students | Ameena Hijazi | 1 |
Higher Degree Research Board
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research degree students | — | 2 |
Research Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research degree student | — | 1 |
Teaching and Learning Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate student | Ameena Hijazi | — |
| Postgraduate coursework student | — | 1 |
Board of Studies, Institute for Sustainable Futures
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research students | Anja Bless | 1 |
2020 elections
Results of the 2020 elections for Academic Board committees were declared by the Returning Officer on 7 October 2020. Results for Courses Accreditation Committee Chair and academic staff were declared on 9 November 2020. Results for Teaching and Learning Committee academic staff were declared on 2 December 2020.
Staff elections
The term of office for staff is for two years, from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022.
Courses Accreditation Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Chair | Sara Denize | — |
| Academic staff |
Allison Cummins Julie Robert Jo Travaglia |
— |
Research Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Academic staff (level A, B or C) | Katherina Petrou | — |
| Academic staff (level D or E) | Katherine Biber | — |
| Professional staff | Mitra Gusheh | — |
Teaching and Learning Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Academic staff |
Anne Gardner Alexandra Crosby Jo Travaglia |
— |
Student elections
The term of office for students is one year, from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021.
Courses Accreditation Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework students |
Syed Rasool Roxanne Nguyen |
— |
Graduate Research School Board
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research degree students | Indra Mckie | 1 |
Research Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate research degree student | — | 1 |
Teaching and Learning Committee
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate student | Holly Brooks | — |
| Postgraduate coursework student | — | 1 |
Board of Studies, Connected Intelligence Centre
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate student | — | 1 |
Board of Studies, Institute for Sustainable Futures
| Position | Declared elected | Remaining vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate students | — | 2 |