Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement)

Professor Gary Smith

Professor Gary Smith was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement) in May 2013. In this role he provides strategic leadership at Deakin for:

• the development, nurturing, monitoring and reporting of domestic and international teaching and research partnerships
• the branding, marketing and positioning of the University globally
• the recruitment of domestic and international students

Prior to this appointment he held positions at the University of Western Sydney as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Engagement and International) and Executive Dean of the College of Arts. However Gary knows Deakin well as a former Professor of International Relations at the University. He has a BA(Hons) and PhD from Monash University.

He is widely published in the area of Australia’s foreign policies and engagement with Asia, and the international relations in the Asia Pacific. He has been a visiting professor at Renmin University of China in Beijing. For several years he was academic program director at the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies in Canberra, the senior executive college of the Department of Defence.

His publications have had a particular focus on Australia’s regional relations and Australia’s expanding engagement with Asia. Deakin’s own increased connections with Asia and other regions are part of this larger dynamic and Gary sees great opportunities for the University in deepening these connections - whether through international partnerships in exciting areas of research and teaching that make a difference, or in welcoming international students to our campuses to learn alongside local students, or through many more Australian students studying abroad with our partners as part of their degree.