Professor Héléne de Burgh-Woodman is the Dean of the Graduate Research School at University of Technology Sydney and a key member of the research leadership team. Héléne is committed to the value of universities for the public good and as a pathway to cultivating the requisite knowledge capital and innovation for tackling future wicked challenges and ensuring inter-generational social, economic and environmental sustainability through research, innovation and engagement. Having worked across European and Australian contexts, and in partnership with a range of sectors, Héléne has an appreciation of how universities can realise globally impactful outcomes through innovative collaboration, excellent research, teaching and learning and strategic partnering within networks. As a senior research and innovation leader, her experience across different contexts has refined her belief in the integration of industry, universities and public structures as a catalyst for innovation, social development and responsiveness to emerging challenges.
