"The Private Management of Public Regulation"

11/2/2006

PROFESSOR PETER CARROLL

Professor Peter Carroll is a research professor in the Faculty of Business at the University of Tasmania, following a five year period as Dean. He was Professor and Head of the Department of Management at the University of Wollongong from 1999 – 2001 and, from 1997-99, Assistant Dean and Director of Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology.

He has research and consulting interests in regulatory reform, the management of regulatory compliance, policy analysis and public-private partnerships. His publications cover a variety of areas, including regulatory reform, innovation, regulatory compliance, public enterprise, international expositions, tourism, and international business.

His consulting experience has been built up over twenty five years, including a wide variety of consultancies for governments in the UK, the South Pacific, New South Wales, Queensland and Australia. He undertook several consultancies for the Queensland Government as part of its major regulatory reform drive in the 1990s, focusing upon reviews of a number of acts, including the Pharmacy and Optometry acts, the Tow Truck Act and the Radiation Safety Act, as well as providing training in the process of regulatory review for public servants.