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ANU wants you HEADING TO GO HERE OR HEADING TO GO HERE HEADING TO GO HERE HEADING TO GO HERE HEADING TO GO HERE INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES ANUResearch College Fellows of College name lineANU 2 ENERGY CHANGE INSTITUTE Max line 3 INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES The Australian National University (ANU) is unique in Australia. Ranked in the world top 20 by QS, and based in our Message from capital city, ANU is charting a new strategic course to redefine the role of a contemporary the Director, national university. Thank you for your interest in applying to be part of this truly unique and exciting opportunity to join the ANU Energy Change ANU Energy institute in its mission to deliver Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia Pacific. The Asia-Pacific will be responsible for two-thirds of global energy demand growth in coming decades. Meeting this demand with minimal carbon emissions is essential if the world is to avoid catastrophic climate change. Australia has a formidable Change set of geographic, climatic and institutional features which make it uniquely placed to help our region achieve this goal. The ANU Energy Change Institute (ECI) combines world-leading research and teaching on the technologies, efficiency, policy, I welcome your interest in joining the team that seeks to lead the law, sociology and economics of moving to a sustainable and world on research toward Zero–Carbon energy to Asia-Pacific. Institute predominantly renewable energy future. The ECI are honoured These appointments will form the core of a cross-campus team and very proud to be the winners of this year’s ANU Grand that will undertake transformative research underpinning a rapid, Challenge, for their project – Zero-Carbon Energy for the fair and sustainable energy transition in the region whose path Asia Pacific. will determine the fate of the entire world. The Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific project harnesses the existing research strengths at ANU and extends and integrates these to deliver research impact and outcomes. The ECI seeks to appoint world-class researchers across key relevant research areas. The successful candidates will have demonstrated research excellence in relevant area(s) and a Professor Kenneth Baldwin demonstrable ability to contribute high-impact research as part Director, ANU Energy Change Institute and ANU Public of an interdisciplinary team. Policy Fellow The Australian National University 2 The Australian National University 3 The Australian National University INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES ANU was established by an Act of the Federal Parliament for the nation and provide research and education in 1946. Its founding mission was to be of enduring that will equip Australia to cope with challenges not significance in the post-war life of the nation, to support yet imagined. the development of national unity and identity, to improve Australia’s understanding of itself and its neighbours, and to > ANU research, education and contributions to public contribute to economic development and social cohesion. policy-making will change Australia and change the In the seven decades since, the University has cemented world. It will have impact. its unique national position and its standing as one of the world’s finest institutions, validating the mandate and the Our Values faith of its founders. Ranked in the top 25 universities globally, the first Australian > We bring a distinctive excellence to our work and have university to be recognised in this elite tier, ANU continues the confidence to pursue original ideas. to be an academic resource for the whole of Australia. The > We are inclusive, open and respectful, reflecting the University can claim four of the seven Nobel prizes awarded diversity of our nation. for work undertaken in Australia alongside numerous other academic distinctions and innovations that have helped > We are committed to integrity and ethical behaviour. nurture the unique research culture for which our University is renowned. > We value, enable, reward and celebrate collegiality. Our focus on excellence in research and education ensures > We embrace informed risk-taking in pursuit of our graduates are in demand the world-over, and are well- our objectives. prepared to address complex contemporary challenges. We encourage in them a leadership and service ethos > We are committed to better outcomes for our which characterises ANU more broadly, framed by our community, the environment, our nation and the world. responsibilities as a recipient of the National Institutes Grant from the federal government. > We are committed to the service of our nation, through original thinking and through courage in advancing Among these responsibilities is to work to enhance our ideas. Australian society in all parts of our nation. The land on Introducing which our campus stands has been a meeting place for hundreds of generations over thousands of years, a legacy Location and tradition we honour, celebrate and continue, particularly The University campus has over 200 buildings and occupies through our renewed partnership with Indigenous Australia. 145 hectares adjacent to the city centre of Canberra. The Our physical campus environment defines much of the University also has a number of smaller campuses: character of the ANU community. ANU is among the most ANU > Mount Stromlo Observatory (west of Canberra) residential universities in Australia. We will nurture this asset, and have made a strategic commitment to create an > Siding Spring Observatory (near Coonabarabran, unrivalled campus environment. western New South Wales) > North Australia Research Unit (Darwin, Northern Territory) At ANU, we are ambitious for our future, and for our nation’s future. We will continue to strive to be the excellent > Kioloa (coastal campus near Bawley Point, on the New institution Australians rightly expect their national university South Wales South Coast) to be. > ANU Medical School – Canberra Hospital > ANU Medical School – Calvary Hospital Our Vision > Health Facilities in South East New South Wales > Contemporary ANU will sit among the great universities of the world, and be defined by a culture of excellence in Partnerships everything that we do. The University has strong links with leading research > We will be renowned for the excellence of our research, institutions including the International Alliance of which will be international in scope and quality, always Research Universities: measured against the best in the world. Our research > ETH Zurich investment will be strategic, taking a long-term view > National University of Singapore and focus on high-quality activities, high-impact > Peking University infrastructure and areas of high national importance. > University of California, Berkeley > We will be renowned for the excellence of our > University of Cambridge undergraduate and graduate education: excellence in > University of Cape Town student cohort, excellence in teaching, excellence in student experience, and excellence in outcomes. > University of Copenhagen > University of Oxford > We will be renowned for the quality of the contribution > University of Tokyo our research and education make to societal transformation. We will identify emerging areas of need > Yale University Further information about ANU can be found at anu.edu.au/about 4 The Australian National University 5 The Australian National University INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES Academic colleges ANU College of Arts ANU College of Health & Medicine & Social Sciences The ANU College of Health and Medicine (CHM) works across The ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) is the the spectrum of medicine and health-related fields, working ANU has seven academic colleges, each housing the schools and research research and education college for the broad disciplines of in partnership with the health sector at local, national and the creative arts, humanities and the social sciences. The international levels. It comprises the ANU Medical School, the centres that contribute to various broad disciplines. The ANU Colleges link College has two research schools: the Research School of John Curtin School of Medical Research, the Research School Social Sciences and the Research School of Humanities and of Psychology and the Research School of Population Health. research and teaching at undergraduate, postgraduate and higher degree the Arts. > chm.anu.edu.au levels. They undertake globally significant research and provide education > cass.anu.edu.au ANU College of Law programs at the highest standards. Reflecting its national significance ANU College of Asia & the Pacific The ANU College of Law (CoL) is Australia’s national law and multi-disciplinary nature, in addition to its seven colleges, ANU has The ANU College of Asia and the Pacific (CAP) hosts the school, committed to legal research and education at the largest assembly of scholars dedicated to working on Asia highest level, and to striving for continuous improvement in the established the National Centre for Indigenous Studies. and the Pacific in the English-speaking world. The College law for the benefit of national and international communities. comprises four Schools: the School of Culture, History and > law.anu.edu.au Language; the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs; the Crawford School of Public Policy; and the School of Regulation and Global