This is a list of notable current and former University of New South Wales staff.

UNSW Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture

Arts & Design

Margaret Benyon, , holographic artist Susan Best, , modern and contemporary art historian Fae Brauer, honorary associate professor of art history and cultural theory Paul Delprat, artist and principal of Julian Ashton Art School Paul Gladston, professor of contemporary art, specialising in Chinese contemporary art Richard J. Goodwin, professor of fine art and design Douglas Kahn, professor of media and innovation, theorist of energies in the arts and sound studies Sarah Kenderdine, adjunct professor of art and design, researcher of interactive and immersive experiences for museums and galleries George Poonkhin Khut, professor of electronic art Rod Milgate, professor of visual arts, painter and playwright Graeme Sullivan, professor of art, specialising in public art

Arts & Media

Roger Covell, , senior lecturer in classical music, musicologist Kate Crawford, associate professor in journalism and media, researcher in social and political implications of artificial intelligence Paul Dawson, associate professor in creative writing, writer of poetry and fiction Suzanne Eggins, professor of English, researcher in systemic functional linguistics and critical discourse analysis Emma Jane, professor in media, researcher in social and ethical implications of emerging technologies Christopher Kremmer, professor in literary and narrative journalism practice Bem Le Hunte, professor of journalism and media, author Catharine Lumby, professor of journalism and media Louise Ravelli, professor of linguistics, researcher in discourse analysis and systemic functional grammar Michele Zappavigna, professor of linguistics, researcher in how people bond online

Built Environment

Dijana Alić, associate professor of architecture Harry Howard, part-time architecture instructor Laszlo Peter Kollar, associate professor of architecture Laura Harding, professor of architectural design Richard Johnson, , professor of architecture Sisi Zlatanova, professor of built environment, researcher in geospatial data, geographic information systems, and 3D modeling

Education

Anne Burns, professor in teaching English as a second or foreign language John Bennett, , professor of education Michael Matthews, professor of education, researcher in history and philosophy in science education Miraca Gross, , professor of gifted education, author Pasi Sahlberg, professor of education, researcher in educational reform policy Trevor Cairney, , professor of education

Humanities and Languages

Alfred McCoy, professor of history, specialising in history of the Philippines, foreign policy of the United States, European colonisation of Southeast Asia, illegal drug trade and Central Intelligence Agency covert operations Alan Gilbert, , professor of history, specialising in social, socio-economic and religious history of modern Britain and Australia Allan Martin, , professor of history, specialising in Australian political history Anne O'Brien, professor of history, especially on issues relating to homelessness, welfare, women, gender and religion in Australia Beverley Kingston, , professor of history Bruce Scates, , professor of Australian history and Australian studies Charles Leonard Hamblin, professor of philosophy, introduction of Reverse Polish notation David Miller, , professor of history and philosophy science David Oldroyd, professor of history of science David Stove, professor of philosophy, with main interests in philosophy of science, metaphysics and subjective idealism Gavan McDonell, professor of political sociology, researcher in national infrastructure policy reform and environmental sustainability Genevieve Lloyd, professor of philosophy, researcher in history of philosophy and feminist philosophy Grace Karskens, , professor of history, Colonial Australia and Aboriginal historian Ian Tyrrell, professor of history, specialising in American exceptionalism and transnational history James Auchmuty, , Irish and Colonial Australia historian James Phillips, professor of philosophy, researcher in comparative literature and critical theory Jan Láníček, professor of history, specialising in modern European Jewish history Jean Chaussivert, professor of French, French poetry expert Joanne Faulkner, professor of gender studies John Milfull, professor of German, research in German literature Judith Robinson-Valéry, professor of French studies Heikki Ikäheimo, professor of philosophy, researcher in German idealism Konrad Kwiet, professor of history, specialising in history of the Holocaust Mark Diesendorf, sustainable energy policy researcher Martyn Lyons, , professor of history, researcher in European studies, specifically in Australian history and French history Mehreen Faruqi, lecturer of environmental studies, former senator for New South Wales Nicolas Rasmussen, , professor of history of science, researcher in history of amphetamines, substance abuse and clinical trial Niv Horesh, professor of Chinese studies Patrick O'Farrell, professor of Irish history, researcher in Roman catholicism in Australia and Irish Australian history Paul Patton, professor of philosophy, researcher in continental philosophy Rosalyn Diprose, professor in philosophy, researcher in 20th century european philosophy and existential phenomenology Simon Lumsden, associate professor of philosophy, researcher in subjectivism, German idealism and post-structuralism Stephen Hetherington, , professor of philosophy, researcher in analytic philosophy and epistemology Stephen Muecke, , professor of enthography, specialising in Indigenous Australians Vanessa Lemm, , professor of philosophy, head of School of Humanities and Languages (2012–2018)

Social Sciences Alison Ritter, , professor of social policy, researcher in drug policy in Australia Anthony Billingsley, political analyst, senior lecturer in Middle Eastern politics and International law Bettina Cass, , social policy researcher and adviser David Halperin, professor of sociology, researcher in gender studies, queer theory and critical theory Deborah Oxley, , professor of social sciences, specialising in Australian convicts Donald Horne, , professor of political science, journalist and social critic Eileen Baldry, , professor of criminal justice Gary Sturgess, , professor of public service delivery, researcher in public service in Sydney Gavin Kitching, professor of social sciences and international relations Ian McAllister, , professor of political science, specialising in Australian politics and elections Michael Wesley, professor of international relations, researcher in foreign policy, specifically in Asia Owen Harries, professor of foreign policy, founding editor of The National Interest Pat Dodson, inaugural director of the Indigenous Policy, Dialogue and Research Unit (2009–2012), followed by an honorary professorship Peter Saunders, , researcher in poverty, income distribution, household needs and living standards Rae Frances, , professor of women's studies Rorden Wilkinson, , professor of international political economy Ruth Atkins, professor of political science Siobhan O'Sullivan, professor of social sciences, researcher in animal welfare policy and environmental ethics Sol Encel, professor of sociology, sociologist and political scientist Susan Kippax, , professor of social policy, researcher in social psychology Ted Trainer, professor of social work, researcher in global problems, sustainability issues and radical critiques of the economy Tony Vinson, , professor of social policy, specialising in social research, education, government services and prison reform Vicki Kirby, professor of sociology and anthropology

UNSW Faculty of Business

Alec Cameron, inaugural dean of UNSW Business School (2006-2012) Peter Shergold, , head of Centre for Social Impact, former secretary of Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Australian Graduate School of Management

Dexter Dunphy, , professor of business management theory, researcher in organisational behaviour Fred Hilmer, , dean and director of AGSM (1989–1998), vice chancellor of UNSW (2006–2015) Helen Nugent, , professor in management Pamela Hanrahan, professor of commercial law and financial services regulation

School of Banking & Finance

Rebel A. Cole, finance professor, researcher in banking

School of Economics

Andreas Ortmann, professor of experimental and behavioural economics John Piggott, , economics professor, researcher in economics of population ageing and pensions Pauline Grosjean, economics professor Robert Marks, economiscs professor Tim Harcourt, economics professor, advisor to the South Australian Government

School of Information Systems & Technology Management

Fiona Balfour, , business executive in information technology Warden Boyd Rayward, , professor of information sciences, librarian

School of Management & Governance

Mary-Anne Williams, , researcher of use of artificial intelligence in business

UNSW Faculty of Engineering

Gary Werskey, director of Professional Studies, historian of art and science

School of Chemical Engineering

Philip Baxter, , professor of chemical engineering, vice-chancellor of UNSW (1953–1969) Rose Amal, , photocatalysis researcher

School of Computer Science & Engineering Anne Ngu, middleware and quality of services researcher Arun Sharma, information technology researcher Brian Henderson-Sellers, object-oriented analysis researcher Carroll Morgan, formal methods researcher Christian Guttmann, artificial intelligence researcher Claude Sammut, artificial intelligence researcher Gabriele Keller, type systems and data parallelism in functional programming researcher Gernot Heiser, operating systems researcher Hussein Abbass, artificial intelligence researcher John Lions, Unix expert Ken Robinson, formal methods researcher Paul Justin Compton, proposer of ripple-down rules Sushmita Ruj, security researcher Toby Walsh, , artificial intelligence researcher Wenjie Zhang, databases and data science researcher Xuemin Lin, databases and graph visualisation researcher

School of Electrical & Telecommunications Engineering

Andrea Morello, professor of quantum engineering, specialising in high-temperature superconductivity Andrew Dzurak, professor of quantum engineering, cofounder of Diraq David Taubman, , professor of electrical engineering, specialising in image and video communications Eliathamby Ambikairajah, , professor of signal processing, head of Electrical & Telecommunications Engineering (2009-2019) Jinhong Yuan, professor of telecommunications, researcher in multi-antenna wireless communication technologies, head of Electrical & Telecommunications Engineering (2023–) John Kaye, professor of electrical engineering, researcher in sustainable energy policies, former member of New South Wales Legislative Council Rodica Ramer, professor of microelectronics, researcher in microwave antennas and electromagnetics Stephanie Simmons, research fellow in quantum computing, researcher on qubits associated with luminescent defects in silicon Vassilios Agelidis, professor of power engineering

School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

Anne Simmons, , professor of biomechanical engineering, researcher in sterilisation of medical devices, extracorporeal systems and biostable biomaterials Guan Heng Yeoh, professor of material science, specialising in fire safety engineering Liangchi Zhang, mechanical engineer, researcher in manufacturing engineering and nanotechnology Shawn Kook, researcher in powertrain technologies for carbon neutral fuel combustion

School of Photovoltaic & Renewable Energy Engineering

Armin Aberle, solar energy scientist Allen Barnett, professor of advanced photovoltaics