Carolyn Evans Explained

Carolyn Evans
5th Vice Chancellor and President of the Griffith University
Term Start:	2019
Predecessor:	Professor Ian O'Connor AC
Birth Name:	Carolyn Maree Evans
Birth Place:	Melbourne, Australia
Profession:	University Vice Chancellor
Module:	Embed: yes Main Interests: Law, human rights, and religious freedoms Workplaces: Melbourne Law School University of Melbourne Griffith University Nationality: Australian

Carolyn Maree Evans (born Melbourne, 1970) is an Australian academic administrator. She is currently the vice-chancellor and president of Griffith University in Queensland, Australia.

Academic career

Following the completion of her doctorate in 1999, Evans was appointed a stipendiary lecturer in law at Exeter College, Oxford.^[1] After the two year post ended, she returned to Australia where she joined the academic staff of Melbourne Law School.

Evans has held several senior academic positions including Dean and Harrison Moore Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne Law School and deputy vice-chancellor and deputy provost at the University of Melbourne.^[2]

In February 2019, Evans was appointed vice-chancellor and president of Griffith University, becoming the first woman to hold that position.^{[3] [4] [5]}

She became President of the Australian Higher Education Industrial Association in 2021^[6] and chaired the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) from 2021 to 2022.^[7] She was a board member of Open Universities Australia from 2019 to 2023, and is currently a board member of Universities Australia.^{[8] [9]}

Evans is a director of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA),^[10] and has been chair of the State Advisory Committee since 2023.

Honours

Evans was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 2019 ^{[11] [12]} and names an Honorary Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford in 2023.^[13]

Scholarly contributions and engagement

Books

• "Freedom of Religion under the European Convention on Human Rights" Oxford University Press (April 19, 2001)^{[14] [15]}
• "Legal Protection of Religious Freedom in Australia" (Federation Press, 2012).^[16]

Co-author

• "Australian Bills of Rights: The Law of the Victorian Charter and the ACT Human Rights Act" (LexisNexis, 2008)
• "Open Minds: Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech in Australia" (Black Inc., 2021).^[17]

Personal life

Evans is married to Stephen Donaghue, the current Australian Solicitor-General, and has two children.^[18]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alumni Today: Carolyn Evans . 19 September 2023 . Faculty of Law . University of Oxford.
2. Web site: Kevey . Donna . Professor Carolyn Evans appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor . The University of Melbourne . en . 23 February 2022.
3. Web site: Kevey . Donna . University of Melbourne Deputy Vice-Chancellor to lead Griffith University . The University of Melbourne . en . 23 February 2022.
4. Web site: New vice-chancellor hopes to build on Griffith’s strengths . The Australian.
5. Web site: Professor Carolyn Evans BALLB (Hons) (Melb), DPhil (Oxon) FASSA . www.griffith.edu.au . Griffith University . 19 September 2023 . en.
6. https://aheia.edu.au/about-aheia/meet-the-team/
7. Web site: Carolyn Evans appointed new chair of IRU group . Innovative Research Universities . en.
8. Web site: Board . Universities Australia . en.
9. Web site: Universities Australia Chair and Board members confirmed . Mirage News . en-AU.
10. Web site: BOARD OF DIRECTORS . CEDA.
11. Web site: New Fellows 2019 . Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia . en-AU.
12. Web site: Dobson . Ben . Pair of Griffith academics elected as Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences . Griffith University . en-EN . 11 November 2019.
13. Web site: Exeter College elects ten new Honorary Fellows . Exeter College . 30 June 2023.
14. Sanderson . M. A. . Review of Freedom of Religion under the European Convention on Human Rights . The Modern Law Review . 2002 . 65 . 1 . 141–143 . 0026-7961.
15. Emberland . M. . Review: Freedom of Religion Under the European Convention on Human Rights * Carolyn Evans: Freedom of Religion Under the European Convention on Human Rights . European Journal of International Law . 1 September 2001 . 12 . 4 . 798–801 . 10.1093/ejil/12.4.798 . free .
16. Loong . Stella . Legal protection of religious freedom in Australia legal protection of religious freedom in Australia [Book Review] ]. philpapers.org . 2013 . en.
17. Web site: Book review: Open Minds explores how academic freedom and the public university are at risk . The Conversation.
18. Web site: Ackland . Richard . The highs and lows of lawyers and the law in Australia . The Guardian . en . 3 January 2017.