ProfessorAndrew Scott

(He/Him)

Emeritus Professor

Faculty of Arts and Education/Office of the Executive Dean Arts and Education

  • Emeritus Professor
    Faculty of Arts and Education/Office of the Executive Dean Arts and Education
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Prominent coverage in more than 100 newspaper articles, television or radio broadcasts including nationally syndicated article in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald on 1 December, 2022 at the following link: https://www.theage.com.au/national/this-woman-leads-the-happiest-nation-on-earth-what-will-albanese-ask-her-20221129-p5c275.html and the ABC TV interview on 1 May, 2022 at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAcGx6bF1x8
  • AFFILIATION
    Inaugural Convenor, The Australia Institute Nordic Policy Centre from 2018 to 2023, highlighting policy ideas to improve job opportunities in regions like Geelong
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Visiting Researcher, Institute of Contemporary History, S*dert*rn University College, Stockholm, Sweden, 19 January-12 February 2007.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Affiliated Graduate of St. John's College, Oxford University, England, September-December 1994.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    The University of Melbourne's Brian Fitzpatrick prize in 1990 for best fourth year honours thesis in the field of Australian history; the R.G. Wilson Scholarship and Loreen Cutts Memorial prizes in 1989 for third year history; and the Donald MacKay prize in 1988 for second year history.
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Invited testimony to the Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee hearing on the Fairer Paid Parental Leave Bill, on 1 February 2017, which helped stop cuts to paid parental leave in Australia
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Appointed to Royal Australasian College of Physicians Inequities in Child Health Working Group in 2015 to assist the College develop strategies for greater equality in children's health, learning from Swedens leading role
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Invited presentation at Karlstad University, Sweden on The policy inspiration for English-speaking countries of Nordic achievements in childrens policy, December 2012