Dr John Byron has worked in higher education and research administration and policy for two decades in a variety of capacities, including: senior ministerial adviser and shadow ministerial chief of staff; dean of research and graduate studies at Curtin University; executive director of the Australian Academy of the Humanities; and president of the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations.
He has served on numerous sector and government bodies including: the Cooperative Research Centres Committee; the Australian e-Research Infrastructure Council; the Book Industry Collaborative Council; the Endeavour Awards Selection Committee; the program committee of the Canberra Writers’ Festival; and the management boards of the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, Manning Clark House, the Association for Medical Humanities (Australia and New Zealand), and the advisory boards of Sydney University Press and Monash University Publishing.
Experience
2018–present
Principal Policy Adviser, Office of the Vice-Chancellor, Queensland University of Technology
2016–2017
Chief of Staff, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
2014–2016
Honorary Fellow, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne
2013–2013
Senior adviser, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research and Minister for Higher Education
2012–2013
Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University
2010–2012
Senior adviser, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
2003–2010
Executive Director, Australian Academy of the Humanities
2002–2003
Senior project officer, Australian Qualifications Framework Advisory Board
2001–2001
President, Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations
2000–2000
Tutor, Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong
2000–2000
Research and policy officer, Wollongong University Postgraduate Association
1999–1999
Associate lecturer, English department, University of Sydney
Education
2020
Institute of Company Directors, Company Directors Course
2005
University of Sydney, PhD
1999
University of Sydney, Graduate Certificate Higher Education
1998
University of Adelaide, Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Publications
2021
The Tribute, Affirm Press
Professional Memberships
Modern Language Association
Australian Society of Authors
Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance
Honours
Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts & Sciences