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Dr Fiona Wood

Fiona Wood

Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Administrative Studies, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Higher Education Management & Policy (CHEMP), Faculty of The Professions, UNE Business School

Qualifications

BA Hons I (ANU), PhD (UNE)

Contact

Email:
Room: W39 Room 106, Economics Building
Phone: 02 6773 2582 (or +61 2 6773 2582 overseas)
Fax: 02 6773 3596

Fiona is a member of the Public Policy group and an active researcher with the Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy (CHEMP).

Affiliations

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Euroscience (A European Association for the Promotion of Science & Technology)
  • European Association of Research Managers and Administrators
  • The Society for Social Studies of Science (US)
  • American Evaluation Association
  • Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS)
  • Network of Higher Education Management and Policy Researchers
  • National Institute for Governance, University of Canberra
  • FEAST (Forum for European-Australian Science & Technology Cooperation)
  • WISENET - Women in Science Enquiry Network

Areas of Teaching

  • PDAS 311 Trends, Issues and Community
  • PDAS 312 Resource Mangement in the Public Sector
  • PDAS 313 Fundamentals of Staff Development
  • PDAS 314 Leadership and Organisational Effectiveness
  • PDAS 403 Administrative Leadership: Special Study
  • PDAS 479 Leadership in Resource Management
  • GSB 671 (MBA) Leadership in Resource Management for Educational Managers. Delivered through the Graduate School of Business.

I teach students within Australia and also deliver courses in Hong Kong, Vietnam, and New Zealand.

Part of my teaching responsibilities also include supervision of masters and PhD students.

Research interests

My work falls into two areas:

1: Science, engineering and technology policy

The capacity of national research funding agencies to contribute to economic competitiveness and realise social priorities as well as nurture the science base; the role and efficacy of peer review, particularly best practice grants peer review; measures of research performance; institutional research management; international scientific networks; mobility, recruitment and retention of highly skilled professionals needed to fuel national innovation systems; the importance of diversified competence profiles in maximising job opportunities for early career researchers; social entrepreneurship.

2: Comparative higher education policy

Governance; management; funding; the role of the market and diversity issues; and Commonwealth-State Relationships.

Examples of professional achievements:

  • 2009 - Consultancy Department of Education and Training Queensland Government.  Setting Them Up for Strong Futures. Education as a key to social and human capacity building for Indigenous people  April.  Nereda White, Australian Catholic University and Fiona Wood.
  • Keynote address to the Korea Research Foundation Capacity Building Workshop on Peer Review: Strengthening the Peer Review System to Facilitate International Collaboration 3 - 5 November 2008.
  • Programme advisor ‘Driving Innovations through Business Education and Social Entrepreneurship’ The Business-University Forum of Japan International Symposium, Tokyo and Niigata 8-9 May 2008.
  • Vice Chair European Commission Framework Program 7-PEOPLE-International Research Staff Exchange Scheme-2008 and 2009 Evaluation.
  • Invited delegate to the Australia 2020 Summit convened by Prime Minister The Honourable Kevin Rudd April 2008 (contribution to the Productivity Agenda – education, skills, training, science and innovation) www.australia2020.gov.au
  • Keynote address to the Members Organisation forum on Peer Review jointly organised by the European Science Foundation and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.  10 -11 March 2008.
  • Invited member of expert working group European Commission RDG ‘Realising a single labour market for researchers’ in the context of the Green Paper on ‘The European Research Area: New Perspectives’ 2007-08 http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/progress-on-debate/expert-groups-analyses_en.html
  • Program advisor to the Executive Director Japanese Business University Forum international summit research ethics –February 2007.
  • Co-Convenor of a major international congress held August 2006: Theme: Internationalisation of Research: The Big Issues and Opportunities of the Decade for Research Leaders and Managers. www.inorms2006.com/
  • Expert Assessor of International Standing, Australian Research Council.
  • Invited convenor of special issue of Minerva – theme internationalisation of R&D.
  • Invitation from Professor Bertil Andersson, Chief Executive of the European Science Foundation to serve as a peer reviewer for 2006-2009.
  • Keynote speaker OECD Conference ‘Trends in the Management of Human Resources in Higher Education’ 25-26 August 2005 Paris, Topic – ‘National capacity, competitiveness and scientific excellence’.
  • Invitation by the Executive Dean, the Faculty of Biological & Chemical Sciences at the University of Queensland to lead a forum as part of its BSc Curriculum Review 18 November 2005 www.bacs.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=32054&pid=22493
  • In association with The CIRCA Group Europe Limited and CWTS, University of Leiden, awarded the consultancy by Forfás  for the interim evaluation of the Science Foundation Ireland.  The evaluation report is contained in Science Foundation Ireland.  The First Years 2001-2005 Report of an International Evaluation Panel (Chair Professor Sir Richard Brook, head of the Leverhulme Trust). October 2005. www.forfas.ie/news.asp?page_id=362
  • Participated as Principal non government overseas expert in the review of the US Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Peer Review Task Force chaired by Dr Ronald N. Kostoff (US Office of Naval Research).
  • Convenor of invitational national workshop 'Beyond the Brain Drain: Mobility, Competitiveness and Scientific Excellence'. 22-23rd February 2004, Queensland Bioscience Precinct. http:www.une.edu.au/sat/chemp/arms/
    Invitations to the workshop were issued on behalf of the Planning Committee by Professor Peter Doherty , AC, FAA, FRS, and the winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize for Medicine. Professor Doherty also presented at the Workshop.
  • Keynote address to 9th Annual European Association of Research Managers and Administrators Conference 13 June 2003 Block I "The Challenge of Managing Human Capital and Mobility" Plenary Session I.
  • Invited contribution to the US General Accounting Office regarding its inquiry into the efficacy of peer review processes of US Federal Agencies and ways in which the processes might be improved (2003)
  • Expert testimony to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science, and Technology of the House of Commons, Parliament of Canada regarding Canadian federal granting agencies, peer review funding and the Canadian Research Chairs Program (25 April 2002)
  • Invited expert to OECD Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) – research management 2000 (Paris), 2001 (Tokyo), 2003 (Bonn)
  • Keynote speaker at invitational symposium on peer review convened by The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research to commemorate the retirement of its Deputy Director General. September 1997.
  • Consultancies for the Australian Research Council (ARC), the Australian Academy of Science and workshops convened with the support of ARC, the Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering and several R&D Corporations.
  • Consultancies for the University of New England including: preparation of the Strategic Plan for the Teaching and Learning Centre 2002; and two major surveys of undergraduate students and academic staff regarding online delivery of teaching units.

Examples of publications:

For a complete listing of Dr Wood's publications follow this link.

Wood. F. and Tiberghien, Y. (eds) 2008 Driving Innovations through Business, Education and Social Entrepreneurship, The Business University Forum of Japan, December http://www.buf-jp.org/.

Wood, F. 2004, ‘Beyond Brain Drain’ Competitiveness and Scientific Excellence, Conference Report of a Workshop held on 22-23 February 2004. Report prepared by Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy. University of New England, distributed by FASTS, ISBN No. 0-9579916-9-X.

Wood, F. and Wessely S. 2003, Peer Review of Grant Applications, in Godlee, F. & Jefferson, T. (eds) Peer Review in Health Science, 2nd Edition, British Medical Association Publications, pp. 14-44.

Wood, F. and Meek, VL. 2002, Over-reviewed and underfunded? The evolving policy context of Australian higher education research and development. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 24(1): 7-20.

Wood, F. and Boardman, KN 1999, International Networks and the Competitiveness of Australia’s Science and Technology. Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 157pp.
http://www.science.org.au/reports/1995-2002.htm

Wessely, S. and Wood, F. 1999, Peer Review of Grant Applications, in Godlee, F. & Jefferson, T. (eds) Peer Review in Health Care, British Medical Association Publications, pp. 14-31.

Wood, F. Peer Review Deconstructed. 1998, In Proceedings of The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Symposium The Future of the Peer Review System, The Hague, pp. 53-87.

Meek, V.L. and Wood, F. 1998, Managing Higher Education Diversity in a Climate of Public Sector Reform. AGPS Canberra.

Wood, F. 1997, The Peer Review Process. Commissioned Report Number 54, Australian Research Council, NBEET, Canberra. (207pp).

Meek, V.L. and Wood, F. 1997, Higher Education Governance and Management. An Australian Study, AGPS Canberra. (142pp).