Fellows of the AIIA
In 2008, in order to celebrate its 75th anniversary, the Australian Institute of International Affairs launched a Fellows program to recognise exceptional contributions to Australia’s international relations.
The overriding criterion for selection is a person with a strong connection to Australia who has achieved a very high level of distinction in, and made a distinguished contribution to, international affairs. Nominations received are assessed in confidence by a selection committee made up of members of AIIA’s National Executive and, once appointed, existing Fellows.
Nominations for 2024 Fellowship awards are now open. Any member or fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs can nominate a candidate for this highly prestigious award. Fellows will be decided by an independent committee appointed by the AIIA Board. Please nominate your candidate for an AIIA Fellowship by filling out this form. Nominations close on September 27, 2024.
Fellows 2008
Dr Coral Bell AO
The Honourable Gareth Evans AC KC
Dr Stephen FitzGerald
Hamish McDonald
Dr Robert O’Neill AO
Lieutenant General John Sanderson AC
James Wolfensohn KBE AO
Fellows 2009
Professor Hilary Charlesworth AM
Professor Jocelyn Chey AM
Professor Peter Edwards AO
The Honourable Elizabeth Evatt AC
Owen Harries
John McCarthy AO
Emeritus Professor Nancy Viviani AO
Denis Warner OBE
Fellows 2010
Professor Bruce Grant
Allan Gyngell AO
Professor Helen Hughes AO
Dr Janet Hunt
James Ingram AO email
Baillieu Myer AC
Ric Smith AO PSM
Fellows 2011
Mr Graeme Dobell
Emeritus Professor Peter Drysdale AO
Joanna Hewitt AO
The Honourable Professor Robert Hill
Professor Neville Meaney
Colleen Ryan
Professor Hugh White AO
Garry Woodard
Fellows 2012
Professor Joan Beaumont
Rowan Callick OBE
Dr Francis Gurry AO
Professor Stuart Harris AO
Professor John Legge AO
Professor Wang Gungwu
Professor Samina Yasmeen AM
Fellows 2013
Professor James Cotton AM
Professor James Crawford AC
Professor Harold Crouch
Rawdon Dalrymple AO
Erika Feller AO
Hugh Morgan AC
Dennis Richardson AO
Tony Walker AM
Fellows 2014
Professor Desmond Ball AO
Reverend Tim Costello AO
Philip Flood AO
Jenny McGregor AM
Geoffrey Miller AO
Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs
Fellows 2015
The Hon Kim Beazley AC
Geraldine Doogue AO
The Honourable Alexander Downer AC
Dr Ken Henry AC
David Irvine AO
The Honourable Michael Kirby AC CMG
Professor John Ravenhill
Elizabeth Reid AO FASSA
The Honourable Penny Wensley AC
Fellows 2016
Dr Sue Boyd AM
Dr Alison Broinowski AM
Clive Hildebrand AM
Martine Letts
Greg Sheridan AO
Professor Russell Trood
Peter Varghese AO
Tony Wheeler AO and Maureen Wheeler AO
Fellows 2017
Colin Chapman
John W. H. Denton AO
Dr Helen Durham AO
Helen Evans AO
Bill Farmer AO
John Menadue AO
Professor Ramesh Thakur
Michael Thawley AO
Fellows 2018
The Hon Julie Bishop MP
Emeritus Professor Peter Boyce AO
Sean Dorney
Linda Jakobson
Paul Kelly
Professor Tim Lindsey AO
Murray McLean AO
Helen Szoke AO
Professor Michael Wesley
Fellows 2019
Melissa H. Conley Tyler
Professor Stephen Cordner AM
Michael Costello AO
Sir Rod Eddington AO
Andrew Forrest AO
Professor Anthony Milner AM FASSA
Andrew Parker
Professor Shirley Scott
Fellows 2020
Professor Nick Bisley
Professor Caitlin Byrne
Peter Grey
Miles Kupa
Professor Bill Maley AM FASSA
Professor Tessa Morris-Suzuki
Fellows 2021
The Honourable Frances Adamson AC
Stan Grant
Dr Meg Gurry
Major General (retd) Duncan Edward Lewis AO DSC CSC
Dr Heather Smith
The Honourable Warwick Smith AO
Gary Quinlan AO
Professor Jacqui True FASSA
Fellows 2022
Professor Geremie Barmé
Darren Godwell
Professor Evelyn Goh
Jane Halton AO PSM
Professor Rikki Kersten
Dr Tony Press AO
Morry Schwartz AM
Natasha Stott Despoja AO
Nick Warner AO PSM
Fellows 2023
Professor Pal Ahluwalia
Professor Sara Davies
Dr Stephanie Fahey
Professor Meg Keen
Zara Kimpton OAM
Richard Maude
Richard McGregor
Professor Rory Medcalf AM
Fiona Simson
Peter Woolcott AO
Fellows 2024
Professor John Blaxland
Melanie Brock AM
Penny Burtt
Professor James Curran
Professor Bina D’Costa
Professor Susan Harris Rimmer
Emeritus Professor Purnendra Jain
Professor Bec Strating
Nominations for 2024 Fellowship awards are now open. Any member or fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs can nominate a candidate for this highly prestigious award. Fellows will be decided by an independent committee appointed by the AIIA Board. Please nominate your candidate for an AIIA Fellowship by filling out this form. Nominations close on September 27, 2024.