Faculty Leadership Team

Shaping the future for UNSW Canberra

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UNSW Canberra's senior leaders are responsible for guiding UNSW Canberra towards achieving its mission:

"To support lifelong learning through innovation and engagement whilst leveraging our location to build meaningful relationships across Defence, industry, government, and academia. We aim to create inclusive communities focused on solving real-world problems by supporting our people in leadership and educational and research excellence."

Senior Leadership Team

Professor Emma Sparks

Dean & Rector, UNSW Canberra

Professor Harvinder Sidhu

Deputy Rector

Professor Michael O'Donnell

Deputy Rector – Defence Contract

Professor Jian Zhang

Associate Dean (Education)

Professor Andrew Neely

Associate Dean (Research Engagement)

Professor Warrick Lawson

Associate Dean (Research)

Professor Deborah Blackman

Associate Dean (Lifelong Learning)

Heads of School & Senior Leadership

Professor Craig Stockings

Head of School of Humanities & Social Sciences

Professor John-David Dewsbury

Head of School of Science

Professor Roland Goecke

Head of School of Systems & Computing

Professor Pat Heffernan

Head of School of Engineering & Technology

Professor Ashish Malik

Head of School of Business

Professor Chika Anyanwu

Head of School, Canberra School of Professional Studies

Kathrin Kulhanek

Acting Faculty Executive Director

Acting Deputy Faculty Executive Director