Gavan McCarthy

Associate Professor Gavan McCarthy is Director of the University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre attached to Research and Collections in Academic Services. The Centre, established in 2007, provides a focus for his research is in social and cultural informatics, his expertise in archival science and a long-standing interest in the history of Australian science. He contributes to information infrastructure development within the University and his projects highlight strong engagement with community. His distinctive cross-disciplinary research reaches into other fields such as education, social work, linguistics, anthropology, population health and history. He re-examines theoretical foundations and tests new theories through practical interventions with a focus on public knowledge domains, contextual information frameworks and knowledge archives. He has been a member of the International Council on Archives since 1995.