Professor Michael Keniger, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor

Professor Michael Keniger

AADip Lond., LFRAIA, FTSE, RIBA, FQA, LMAA

Phone: +61 (7) 3365 7277
Fax: +61 (7) 3365 7278
E-mail: sdvc@uq.edu.au
Office: Level 4, Brian Wilson Chancellery
Post: The University of Queensland
Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia

Personal assistant
Mrs Dell Freney
Phone: +61 (7) 3365 7277
Email: d.freney@uq.edu.au

Areas of responsibility
The Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor is responsible for the broad oversight of academic matters, including academic and workforce planning; overall strategic direction and general superintendence of the seven Faculties, the University Library and their budgets; and, with the Vice-Chancellor, has responsibility for professorial appointments, promotions and continuing appointments.

Professor Keniger also has responsibility for overseeing capital asset planning and planning generally. Areas under his direct management include the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The Equity Office and the UQ Art Museum.

The Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alan Rix, also reports to Professor Keniger.

Biography
Professor Keniger was appointed Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor from 1 January 2009, following his appointment as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) from June 2005 – December 2008. Professor Keniger was Executive Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture at The University of Queensland 2003-2005; Head of the UQ Department of Architecture 1990-2000; and inaugural Head of the UQ School of Geography, Planning and Architecture 2000-2003.

Professor Keniger graduated from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and was engaged with several award-winning architectural practices in London before his original appointment to The University of Queensland in 1978. His principal research areas commenced with architecture and urban change and developed into the nature of contemporary architecture in Australia. Research has included the application of digital techniques to the recording and communication of architecture, research studies for Queensland Health leading to guidelines for the creation of shade for protection against skin cancer in sub-tropical climates, and the development of innovative processes for the achievement of design integrity and construction quality on major construction projects.

He is a Life Fellow and Past Queensland President of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, a Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences and Life Member of the Architectural Association. He was Queensland Architect of the Year in 1998 and held the advisory position of Queensland Government Architect from 1999 to 2006, with responsibility to advise on urban and architectural projects of major significance. He is a member of the Board of the South Bank Corporation and the Urban Land Development Authority. He was also appointed by the Brisbane City Council as the Inaugural Chair of Urban Futures Brisbane and was an Ideas Adviser for the 2006 Ideas Festival.

Professor Keniger has served as a visiting lecturer and critic at many schools of architecture internationally and has made a major contribution to the shaping of the accreditation policy and educational standards for the profession in Australia. He has served as the Chair or been a member of the selection panels for design competitions for major public and university buildings at the request of the Australian Federal Government, the Queensland Government, various local authorities, the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (Qld) and The University of Queensland. He was a member of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Design Review Panel and provided instrumental advice on the design competitions and design development for the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art and the Queensland Millennium Library.

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