Greg Craven

Gregory Joseph Craven is an Australian academic. He was vice-chancellor and president of the Australian Catholic University from February 2008 until January 2021.

Early life and education Craven was educated at St Kevin's College in the Melbourne suburb of . He graduated from the University of Melbourne with a BA (1980); an LL.B (1981); and an LL.M (1984).

The literary critic Peter Craven is his older brother.

Career Craven taught at Monash University from 1982 to 1984. He was appointed director of research for the Legal and Constitutional Committee of the Victorian Parliament, spending three years in the position between 1985 and 1987.

Craven became vice-chancellor and president of the Australian Catholic University in February 2008. His initial term was set to finish in 2013, but was extended to March 2018. On 8 April 2020, the ACU chancellor, John Fahey, announced Craven's planned retirement, to become effective in January 2021. His successor was named as Zlatko Skrbis.

Other activities Craven has researched and written on constitutional law.

He was a leading advocate of republicanism in the leadup to the (eventually unsuccessful) 1999 referendum on the proposed change in Australia from being a constitutional monarchy to a republic.

Craven has served on a range of public bodies. He chaired the Teacher Education Ministerial Advisory Group and was deputy chair of the COAG Reform Council. He was a member of the Commonwealth Higher Education Standards Panel (HESP) and the lead vice-chancellor for Universities Australia on quality and regulation. Pell was eventually acquitted and all the convictions quashed by the High Court of Australia on 7 April 2020.