Rebekah Brown

Professor
Rebekah Brown
Interim Vice-Chancellor and President of the Australian National University
Assumed office
September 2025
ChancellorJulie Bishop
Preceded byGenevieve Bell
Provost and Senior Vice-President of the Australian National University
Assumed office
June 2024
ChancellorJulie Bishop
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Senior Vice-President at Monash University
In office
June 2021 – May 2024
Senior Vice-Provost (Research) at Monash University
In office
January 2018 – June 2021
Personal details
EducationMonash University (BE (Hons)), University of New South Wales (PhD)
OccupationAcademic
Academic background
ThesisInstitutionalisation of integrated urban stormwater management: multiple-case analysis of local management reform across metropolitan Sydney (2003)
Academic work
DisciplineEnvironmental Studies
Institutions
Main interestsUrban water management, sustainable development, water-sensitive cities, transdisciplinary research
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Rebekah Ruth Brown is an Australian academic and fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. She has served as interim vice-chancellor and president of the Australian National University since September 2025. She is an internationally recognized researcher in environmental studies, specializing in urban water management, sustainable development, and transdisciplinary methods.