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Visiting Professor Richard French
Professor Richard French, from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, will be a Visiting Fellow at the Public Policy Institute, Australian Catholic University, from the 26th May until the 23rd June. Professor French is a highly regarded scholar, author of How Ottawa Decides, holds a PhD from Oxford, has been Minister for Communications in Canada, a senior public servant and worked in the corporate world. For more information on Professor French’s academic and professional career please download his resume here (PDF, 136KB).
He will be here researching for his latest book – How Ministers Think – Political Judgment and the Search for Policy Based on Reason. He will also be meeting with a number of current and former federal and state ministers and Prime Ministers.
Professor French’s visit is also being supported by the Institute of Public Administration (Qld); ANU – HC Coombs Policy Forum; and the Australian and New Zealand School of Government (Sydney University) with Professor Geoff Gallop.
In Canberra he will be speaking at the HC Coombs Forum at 6pm on Wednesday 6th June. For more information please download the flyer here (PDF, 170KB).
In Brisbane he will be speaking at the Institute of Public Administration (Qld) at a breakfast seminar on the 12th June and an after work networking drinks function on the 14th June. For more information please download the flyer here (PDF, 246KB).
In Sydney he will be speaking at University of Sydney on 21st June.
For any queries please don’t hesitate to contact Elizabeth O’Brien at the Public Policy Institute an 02 6209 1249 or at elizabeth.o’brien@acu.edu.au.
