Of the day

BioMelbourne Network (“progressing bioindustry”) announces its women in leadership awards * emerging leadership, Lauren Ayton (Uni Melbourne/Centre for Eye Research) * distinguished leadership, Emma Ball (Illumina) * inspiring leadership George Kenley (Seer)

Flavio Menezes becomes director of Uni Queensland’s Australian Institute of Business and Economics. It’s an internal UoQ appointment.

Of the week

 The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announces its 2022 Fellows, including International Honorary Members, Christopher Dickman (Uni Sydney) and Lisa Kewley (ANU),

Poet Evelyn Araluen wins the Stella Prize, “a voice for gender equality and cultural change in Australian  literature.” She teaches in Deakin U’s School of Communications and Creative Arts, where she is officially known as Evelyn Corr.

Hilary Bambrick becomes director of ANU’s National Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health. She moves from QUT

Joy Damousi becomes dean of Australian Catholic U’s new School of Arts and Humanities and director of the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences. It’s an internal appointment.

Mandy Downing is Curtin U’s inaugural Dean of Indigenous Futures in the Faculty of the Humanities. It is an internal appointment.

Robert Goodin (ANU) wins the 2022 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, for decades of work, to “blend political philosophy with empirical political science to increase the understanding of how decent and dignified societies can be shaped.” The prize is awarded by the Swedish Skytte Foundation.

Tess Lea is leaving Uni Sydney to become head of Community, Culture and Global Studies at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus. She starts there in July.

Lisa McDaid become director of Uni Queensland’s Institute for Social Science Research. She steps up from ISSR’s deputy director for research.

Duncan Maskell is appointed to a second five-year as Uni Melbourne VC

Meredith Nash joins ANU as Associate Dean, Community in the College of Engineering and Computing Science. She moves from Uni Tasmania.

Uni Wollongong announces emeritus professorships, Shi Xue Dou (Institute of Innovative Material), Richard Kenchington, (Centre for Ocean Resources and Security), Hua Kun Liu (Institute of Innovative Material), Linda Tapsell (Science, Medicine and Health)