Faculty Leadership Team

Shaping the future for UNSW Canberra.

Senior leaders guide UNSW Canberra towards ambitious goals, fostering distinction and innovation in education in service to the community, the nation and the world.

Senior Leadership Team

Professor Emma Sparks

Dean & Rector, UNSW Canberra

Professor Harvinder Sidhu

Deputy Rector

Professor Michael O'Donnell

Deputy Rector – Defence Contract

Associate 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), Head of School of Business

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

Associate Professor Neda Aboutorab

Acting Head of School of Engineering & Technology

Kathrin Kulhanek

Acting Faculty Executive Director