Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International)

Professor Dean Forbes is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) at Flinders University.  He has responsibility for leadership in the international activities of the University, and the community engagement program.

He is Vice President of the Flinders Alumni Association and  is on the Board of Directors of Education Adelaide, and Community for Global communication Inc, and is an Honorary Auditor with the Australian Universities Quality Agency.

From 1992 to 1997 he was Head of the School of Geography, Population and Environmental Management at Flinders.

His previous appointments were at the University of Papua New Guinea, Monash University, and the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Institute of Advanced Studies at The Australian National University.

He has worked for AusAID and the Australian Institute of Urban Studies, and has been a consultant to the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Population Fund, International Labour Organization and AusAID, as well as working with government agencies and research institutes in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Singapore and Malaysia.

Professor Forbes' research is on urbanisation and urban policy in Pacific Asia. His current focus is the linkages between cities, universities and creative and knowledge industries, in the context of the new global knowledge economy. He is also a chief investigator for a project on strengthening urban slum upgrading and urban governance in Southeast Asian cities, which received Australian Research Council funding for 2005-2008.

He is on the editorial board of Asian Pacific Viewpoint and is an External Assessor for the University of Malaya. In 1994 he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.

A graduate of Flinders University, Professor Forbes completed an MA at the University of Papua New Guinea and a PhD at Monash University.

Contact information

Executive Officer

Ms Kay Anderson

Tel (08) (+ 61 8) 8201 2865

Email kay.anderson@flinders.edu.au

Personal Assistant

Ms Lyn Perry Tel (08) (+ 61 8) 8201 5729

Fax (08) (+ 61 8) 8201 3988

Email lyn.perry@flinders.edu.au