Professor John Williams AM FAAL FASSA is the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic at Adelaide University, where he leads the institution’s academic strategy, curriculum transformation, and commitment to excellence in teaching and learning.

Professor John Williams AM FAAL FASSA is the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic at Adelaide University, where he leads the institution’s academic strategy, curriculum transformation, and commitment to excellence in teaching and learning. He joined The University of Adelaide in 1997 as a lecturer in the Adelaide Law School having completed his doctorate at the Law Program, Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. Prior to his appointment as Professor in Law in 2006 he was a Reader at the Australian National University (2004-2005) and a Senior Lecturer (1999-2003) and Lecturer (1997-1998) at the Adelaide Law School. He has held visiting positions at the University of Victoria, BC (2007), the University of Cape Town (2001) and was the Menzies Foundation Fellow at Kings College London (2002). John was Pro Vice Chancellor Research Operations and Dean of Graduate Studies (2015-18) and Executive Dean of the Faculty of the Professions (2018-22). John was asked to merge the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of the Professions and in March 2022 was appointed the first Executive Dean of the newly created Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics (ABLE). John was elected Chair of the Academic Board of the University of Adelaide in January 2016, re-elected January 2018 and January 2020. From 2018 he was also the Associate Provost, became the Interim Provost in 2020 and from 2023 is the Provost of the University of Adelaide. John holds the Dame Roma Mitch...