Robert Falconer Howard (born 27 September 1936) is an Australian academic specialising in

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and

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. He is a former

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of the '' Current Affairs Bulletin''. He is a member of the executive council of the

Australian Institute of International Affairs The Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) is an Australian research institute and think tank which focuses on International relations. It publishes the ''Australian Journal of International Affairs''. It is one of the oldest act ...

, Australia's oldest think tank, and a Fellow of the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) at the

University of Wollongong The University of Wollongong (abbreviated as UOW) is an Australian public research university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney. As of 2017, the university had an enrolment of ...

Early life and education

Born Robert Falconer Howard, he is the third son of Mona, née Kell, and Lyall Howard. His parents were married in 1925 and his eldest brother, Stanley, was born in 1926 (died 2014), followed by Walter in 1929 and

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(former Prime Minister of Australia) in 1939. He was raised in the Sydney suburb of

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, in a

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family. Howard's father was a sympathiser with the

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. and his mother had been an office worker until her marriage. His father and his paternal grandfather, Walter Howard, were both veterans of the

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and in peacetime ran two

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petrol stations. Howard is the only member of his family to vote for the

Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms the f ...

. He was awarded a BA from the University of New England and a

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from the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

Career

Howard is currently an associate in the Department of Government and International Relations at the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...

and a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security at the

References

Sources

External links

Australian Institute of International Affairs video
with Howard and

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Bob 1936 births Living people Australian educators Australian magazine editors Australian National University alumni People educated at Newington College Academics from Sydney University of New England (Australia) alumni