Research
Faculty of Arts and Education
In accordance with the Alfred Deakin Professors and Personal Chair Appointments policy established in June 2003, Council may grant the title of Alfred Deakin Professor to a member of the academic staff of the University in recognition of the staff member's outstanding, sustained high-level contribution to furthering the aims of Deakin University in relation to research. Professor William Logan is an Alfred Deakin Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Education.
At its meeting on 14 October, 2004 Council conferred the title of Alfred Deakin Professor upon Professor William Logan in recognition of his outstanding achievements as the UNESCO Professor of Cultural Heritage Studies and research undertaken within the CHCAP.
Professor Bill Logan became involved in cultural heritage conservation in the early 1970s, when he participated in resident action in inner Melbourne. He has been teaching, researching and consulting on Australian and Asian heritage issues since then.
Professor Logan holds the UNESCO Chair of Heritage and Urbanism in the School of Social and International Studies. Since 1986 he has been an International Expert for the UNESCO Division of Cultural Heritage in Paris, where his work has mainly been related to UNESCO's international campaigns to safeguard world cultural heritage sites in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Vietnam and the Pacific Islands. He has also acted for the UNESCO World Heritage Centre at international meetings of experts in Vietnam, Indonesia and Korea. He is the Asia and Pacific Regional Co-ordinator of the 'Forum UNESCO: University and Heritage' network, which has Deakin's Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (CHCAP) as its 'regional antenna'.
Professor William Logan, Faculty of Arts and Education
Professor Greg Collier, Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences
Professor Julian Mercer, Faculty of Science & Technology
Professor Peter Hodgson, Faculty of Science & Technology
Professor Hodgson has also been conferred as a Federation Fellow,
one of Australia's most prestigious research awards.
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