Reception with Professor Lucy Johnston
You are warmly invited to join our second Oxbridge event on Thursday 29 August. We are grateful to Cambridge ACT alumni president Harriet Elvin, who will be making her home available to host the evening reception, when we will hear from Professor Lucy Johnston, acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Canberra.
Professor Lucy Johnston, the current Interim Vice-Chancellor at the University of Canberra (UC), will be speaking on a topic to be announced. Professor Johnston was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research & Enterprise at UC in July 2022. In that role, she oversaw an extensive portfolio including Research Institutes and Centres, Research and Innovation Services, Enterprise Development and Partnerships, Graduate Research, Adjunct Engagement and Advancement.
Professor Johnston completed her BA (Hons) in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford and her PhD in Social Psychology at the University of Bristol and is a qualified sport psychologist. She is an internationally recognised experimental social psychologist, whose research focuses on the non-verbal behaviour of individuals in social interactions. She has also undertaken research on various aspects of tertiary education.
Professor Johnston was a member of the inaugural management team of the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour, and following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, was appointed to the Psychosocial Recovery Advisory Group for the Joint Centre for Disaster Research. She was the Chair of the New Zealand Deans and Directors of Graduate Studies and a member of the Australian Council of Graduate Research (ACGR) and was involved in the development of the Australian Best Practice Guidelines for Higher Degrees by Research. She was Convenor of the Universities New Zealand Scholarship Committee.
Professor Johnston is an appointed member of the University of Oxford Alumni Board. She was Awarded Oxford Blues and Colours at the University of Bristol for basketball she also played for the British Universities, rowed for her Oxford College (St. John's) and the City of Bristol and played soccer for the University of Bristol. She has now retired from over 10 seasons completing in road cycling, ocean swimming and triathlons.