President
Dr Rob Manwaring
College of Business, Government and Law
Flinders University
rob.manwaring@flinders.edu.au
Vice President
Professor Andrea Carson
Department of politics, media & philosophy
La Trobe University
a.carson@latrobe.edu.au
Immediate Past President
Professor Ariadne Vromen
Crawford School of Public Policy
Australian National University
ariadne.vromen@anu.edu.au
Secretary / Treasurer (2022-2025)
Associate Professor Paul Fawcett
School of Social and Political Sciences
The University of Melbourne
Parkville VIC 3010
paul.fawcett@unimelb.edu.au
Ordinary EC Member (2022 – 2025)
Associate Professor Erin O’Brien
School of Justice (Policy and Politics)
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Queensland, 4000
Ordinary EC Member (2023 – 2026)
Dr Caitlin Mollica
Newcastle Business School (Politics and International Relations)
The University of Newcastle
Newcastle NSW 2300
caitlin.mollica@newcastle.edu.au
Ordinary EC Member (2021-2024)
Dr Sung-Young Kim
Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie School of Social Sciences
Macquarie University NSW 2109
sungyoung.kim@mq.edu.au
Australian Journal of Political Science Co-editor
(2021-2024)
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Women’s Caucus Representative (Co-Chair) (2024-2026)
Associate Professor Sara C. Motta
Newcastle Business School (Politics and Policy)
The University of Newcastle
Newcastle NSW 2300
sara.c.motta@newcastle.edu.au
Women’s Caucus Representative (Co-Chair) (2024-2026)
Dr Umut Ozguc
School of Social Sciences
Macquarie University
Sydney NSW 2109
umut.ozguc@mq.edu.au
Women’s Caucus Representative (Co-Chair) (2024-2026)
Dr Federica Caso
Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy
La Trobe University, Melbourne Victoria 3086
f.caso@latrobe.edu.au
Postgraduate Caucus Representative (Co-Chair) (2023-2024)
Postgraduate Caucus Representative (Co-Chair) (2023-2024)
Phoebe Hayman
PhD Candidate, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy
La Trobe University, Victoria 3086
p.hayman@latrobe.edu.au
APSA Executive Assistant (2022 – 2024)
Dr Ulla Fionna
APSA National Office, School of Social and Political Sciences
The University of Melbourne
Room E561, John Medley Building, Parkville VIC 3010
arts-ssps-apsa@unimelb.edu.au
Former APSA Presidents
- Douglas McCallum 1955-66 (UNSW)
- Colin Hughes 1966-67 (Qld)
- Hugo Wolfsohn 1967-68 (La Trobe)
- G.S.Reid 1968-69 (UWA)
- W.A.Townsley 1969-70 (Tasmania)
- T.H. Rigby 1970-71 (ANU)
- R.M. Martin 1971-72 (La Trobe)
- David Corbett 1972-73 (Flinders)
- R.H.Brookes 1973-74 (VUW)
- Roger Scott 1974-75 (Canberra CAE)
- Joan Rydon 1975-76 (La Trobe)
- Colin Tatz 1976-77 (UNE)
- Neal Blewett 1977-78 (Flinders)
- Geoffrey Hawker 1978-79 (Canberra CAE)
- Don Aitkin 1979-80 (ANU)
- Carole Pateman 1980-81 (Sydney)
- Peter Loveday 1981-82 (ANU)
- Elaine Thompson 1982-83 (UNSW)
- Peter Boyce 1983-84 (UWA)
- David Goldsworthy 1984-85 (LaTrobe)
- Marian Sawer 1985-86 (Foreign Affairs)
- John Warhurst 1986-87 (UNE)
- Dean Jaensch 1987-88 (Flinders)
- Campbell Sharman 1988-89 (UWA)
- Richard Higgott 1989-90 (ANU)
- Pat Weller 1990-91 (Griffith)
- Leslie Holmes 1991-92 (Melbourne)
- Marian Simms 1992-93 (ANU)
- Aynsley Kellow 1993-94 (Tasmania)
- Martin Painter 1994-95 (Sydney)
- Graham Maddox 1995-96 (UNE)
- Barry Hindess 1996-97 (ANU)
- Andrew Parkin 1997-98 (Flinders)
- Carol Johnson 1998-99 (Adelaide)
- Mark Considine 1999-2000 (Melbourne)
- Helena Catt 2000-01 (Auckland)
- John Wanna 2001-02 (Griffith)
- Verity Burgmann 2002-03 (Melbourne)
- Murray Goot 2003-04 (Macquarie)
- Judith Brett 2004-05 (LaTrobe)
- Brian Galligan 2005-06 (Melbourne)
- Deborah Brennan 2006-07 (Sydney)
- James Walter 2007-08 (Monash)
- Ann Capling 2008-09 (Melbourne)
- Alan Fenna 2009-10 (Curtin)
- Kath Gelber 2010-11 (UNSW/Queensland)
- Adrian Little 2011-12 (Melbourne)
- Stephanie Lawson 2012- 13 (Macquarie)
- Brian Head 2013-14 (Queensland)
- Linda Botterill 2014-2015 (Canberra)
- Adrian Kay 2015-2016 (Canberra)
- Jenny Lewis 2016-2017 (Melbourne)
- AJ Brown 2017-2018 (Griffith)
- Sarah Maddison 2018-2019 (Melbourne)
- Rodney Smith 2019-2020 (Sydney)
- Helen Sullivan 2020-2021 (ANU)
- Jim Jose 2021-2022 (Newcastle)