Dr Harry Rolf

Position: AuSI Visiting Fellow
School and/or Centres: Australian Studies Institute

Biography
Publications

Dr Harry Rolf is a tech policy professional with a proven track record leading impactful high-quality research on subjects such as Australia’s Data-Enabled Research Future, Australia's Digital Curriculum, and the Blockchain Ecosystems of India and Australia. He is co-founder of Shape Policy, a policy innovation start-up harnessing the creative potential of artificial intelligence in policy development.

Dr Rolf holds a PhD in information science from the University of Tasmania. His research investigated the everyday challenges faced by international students and how they used digital technology to accessing information and found support while living in Australia. The research has been used to helped improve institutional and state support for international students staying in Australia. He continues to pursue his research in technology, education, diversity and inclusion in Australia as a Fellow at the ANU Australian Studies Institute.

Dr Rolf also has extensive experience as a company director having served on the boards of not-for-profit and higher education organisations, including the University of Tasmania, RSPCA Tasmania, and the Diversity Council Australia.

You can also find him on LinkedIn.

Rolf, H.G. (2021).Navigating power in doctoral publishing: a data feministapproach, Teaching in Higher Education (In Press), DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2021.1892059

Rolf, H. (2019). Identifying the collaboration styles of research students. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 56: 750-751. doi:10.1002/pra2.160.

Cramond, S., Barnes, C., Lafferty, S., Barbour, V., Booth, D., Brown, K., Costello, D., Croker, K., O’Connor, R., Rolf, H., Ruthven, T., Scholfield, S. (2019). Fair, Affordable and Open Access to Knowledge: The CAUL Collection and Reporting of APC Information Project. Proceedings of the International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries.

Thesis

Rolf H.G. (2017). Placing ICT in acculturation: a mixed methods study of mobile phones in the everyday life of the international student. PhD thesis, University of Tasmania.