R. A. W. Rhodes

R. A. W. Rhodes
Born	Roderick Arthur William Rhodes (1944-08-15) 15 August 1944 (age 72)
Alma mater	University of Essex Oxford University

Main interests	Political science, public policy, political institutions, public administration
Notable ideas	Differentiated polity, governance, core executive, policy networks, interpretive political science, decentred theory of governance, administrative ethnography

Roderick Arthur William Rhodes (born 15 August 1944), usually cited as R. A. W. Rhodes, is a British Professor of Political Science.

Rod Rhodes is Professor of Government at the University of Southampton (UK); and Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Newcastle (UK). Previously, he was: Professor of Government at Griffith University (2012-2015); Director of the UK Economic and Social Research Council’s ‘Whitehall Programme’ (1994-1999); Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University (2006-11); and Director of the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University (2007-8). He is a life Vice-President and former Chair and President of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom; a Fellow of both the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia; and the Academy of Social Sciences (UK). He has also been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, editor of 'Public Administration: an international quarterly' from 1986 to 2011, and Treasurer of the Australian Political Studies Association, 2004-2011.

Rhodes was born in Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He was educated at a Moravian church school before working as a clerk. After studying at night school, he took a bachelor's degree at Bradford University. He also holds a postgraduate BLitt from Oxford University and a doctorate from Essex University. He emigrated from the UK to Australia in 2003, returning to the UK in 2012.