Dr David Cannon
David is Centre Manager at the Centre for Social Impact at Flinders University (CSI Flinders).
David has 20 years’ experience in the higher education sector engaging across teaching, research, partnership development and collaboration and student support as an administrator and academic.
Prior to joining Flinders University, he was a member of the leadership group of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) at the University of Adelaide, where he drove and supported strategic research objectives focused on education, defence, climate and environment and food security and agriculture, with government and tertiary education partners across the Middle East and North Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.
He previously held senior administration roles focused on Quality Assurance and Enhancement and Higher Degree by Research activities. Before moving to administrative roles, he spent almost a decade teaching into International Relations and politics, and researched in the areas of conflict studies (the political economy of violence) and international political economy.