Professor Anne Tiernan
Head of Research and Professor of Political Leadership
McKinnon Institute of Political Leadership
Professor Anne Tiernan is head of research and Professor of Political Leadership at the McKinnon Institute for Political Leadership. A political scientist whose career spans higher education, federal and state government, consultancy and teaching, her research focuses on the work of governing. Anne has written extensively on the political–administrative interface, governmental transitions, policy capacity and executive advisory arrangements – particularly the support needs of ministers and the role of the public service. Anne is a national fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA), a fellow of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) and a part-time Commissioner of the Commonwealth Grants Commission.
