Office of the Vice Chancellor

As Vice Chancellor, Professor Carolyn Evans is responsible for:

• articulating a clear strategic direction for the University
• providing academic and administrative leadership
• maintaining a focus on quality
• engendering a collegial community amongst staff and students
• fostering effective relationships with stakeholders
• ensuring sound financial management and stewardship of resources.

The Vice Chancellor also has a number of statutory responsibilities and accountabilities outlined in the Griffith University Act 1998 and other relevant state and commonwealth legislation and is involved in the following associations.

Professor Carolyn Evans commenced her appointment as Vice Chancellor and President of Griffith University in February 2019, leading one of Australia's fastest-growing and most progressive tertiary institutions, ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide. In 2019, Professor Evans was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. She is Chair of Universities Australia and was previously Queensland Chair and national board member of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia from 2023-2025, President of the Australian Higher Education Industrial Association from 2022-2024, Chair of the Innovative Research Universities from 2021-2022 and a board member of Open Universities Australia from 2019-2023. She is a current board member of the Australian-American Fulbright Commission and a member of the organisation, Chief Executive Women.

Find out more about Professor Evans