Richard Higgott

Richard Higgott is an Emeritus Professor of International Political Economy (and former Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research) at the University of Warwick.[1]

He was (1989–90) president of the Australasian Political Studies Association.[2]

In 2008 the Academy of Social Sciences (UK) conferred the award of Academician on him.[3][4]

In June 2011 he took up the position of Vice Chancellor of Murdoch University, Australia.[5] He resigned from Murdoch in October 2014 to return to a research career.

Other Achievements

Higgott was National Director of the Australian Institute of International Affairs; President of the Australasian Political Science Association; Vice-President of the International Studies Association (USA); Council Member and Principal Policy Adviser to the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences (UK). Recent board appointments include the Academic Council of the United Nations System, the Council for Asia-Europe Cooperation and the UK Department for International Development’s Committee on Economic and Social Research. He is a member of international supervisory boards of university research institutes in Europe, the USA, Asia and Australia.

References

  1. ↑ http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/people/higgott
  2. ↑ Jaensch, D. (2009) A History of the Australasian Political Studies Association in The Australian Study of Politics Edited by R.A.W. Rhodes, Palgrave Macmillan, December 2009
  3. ↑ http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=404182 Appointments 6 November 2008 Times Higher Education Supplement (Accessed Dec 2010)
  4. ↑ http://www.acss.org.uk/about5.php (Accessed Dec 2010)
  5. ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/murdoch-university-finds-new-chief-next-door/story-e6frgcjx-1226072496399


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