Inaugural Chair of the Board, ANROWS

Anne Edwards is a sociologist who has spent her professional career in universities in England, Victoria and South Australia.  Her last appointment was Vice-Chancellor of Flinders University, from 2001-2007.

Her main research interests are power and the role of the state, inequality, gender and women’s issues, and social policy. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Anne is currently a board member of several not-for-profit organisations including Council on the Ageing (COTA).