Pro Vice-Chancellor - Research and Research Training

Professor Maxwell King was appointed to the position of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Research Training) in September 2004. His responsibilities include:

• directing the Monash Research Graduate School;
• preparing the University for the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative.

He is internationally recognised as a distinguished researcher in the field of econometrics. He has been a professor at Monash University since 1986 and is currently Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Research Training) and Director of the Monash Research Graduate School.

Professor King has a Bachelor of Science (Hons), a Master of Commerce (Hons), and a PhD in Economics all from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

He was made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in 1997 and a Fellow of the Journal of Econometrics in 1989. He has held visiting professorships at the University of Auckland and the University of California, San Diego.

Professor King has been a member of or has held a leadership role in nineteen external organisations related to his academic disciplines and is currently Convenor of the Council of Deans and Directors of Graduate Studies in Australia.

He remains an active researcher with a number of papers currently under review. He has received more than 26 competitive research grants and supervised over 40 PhD students. He received the Vice-Chancellor's award for postgraduate supervision in 1996 and was appointed a Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor in 2003.

Contact

Pauline Froggatt
Personal Assistant
Tel: +61 3 9905 2433
Fax: +61 3 9905 8039
Email: pauline.froggatt@buseco.monash.edu.au