With over 20 years in academia, Rolf has been a Ministerial Advisor, a consultant and the Director Social/Economic Policy in the Department of the Chief Minister from 2002-06.

Professor Rolf Gerritsen has a PhD from ANU (where he later worked for 10 years in the Graduate Program in Public Policy). He has also taught and researched at the UWA and the University of Ghana (Legon).

Rolf's research interests are primarily in public policy and he has published in several policy fields with an emphasis upon economic policy, Indigenous policy, IGR, local government, natural resource management, policy administration and regional development.

• Indigenous/State intersections
• Economic development of northern and remote Australia
• Resource use and management
• Climate change and community resilience