Claudia Scott (academic)

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Claudia Scott

Born1945 (age 7677)
Other namesClaudia Devita Scott
Alma mater Mount Holyoke College, Duke University
Spouse(s) Graham Scott
Scientific career
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Claudia Devita Scott ONZM (born 1945) is an American-New Zealand academic. She is currently an emeritus professor of public policy at Victoria University of Wellington. [1]

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Career

Scott completed her BA at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. This was followed by MA and PhD qualifications at Duke University. Scott's 1971 PhD thesis was titled Forecasting public outlays: an expenditure model for New Haven, Connecticut.

Scott was appointed an honorary Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to public administration and the community. [2]

Between 2003 and 2014 Scott was professor of public policy at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government and was appointed a fellow in 2015. [1] [3]

Personal life

Scott and her partner, former Treasury secretary Graham Scott, have a family bach at Arthur's Pass in the South Island's Southern Alps. In 2004, their daughter Carla Devita Scott, 26, drowned while walking in the area. [4] [5]

Selected works

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References

  1. 1 2 "Claudia Scott | School of Government | Victoria University of Wellington". Victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. "Queen's Birthday Honours List 1997". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. "Claudia Scott". ANZSOG. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  4. "Bitter road to Scott family holiday spot". New Zealand Herald. 19 October 2004. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. "Arthurs Pass death an accident, says coroner". New Zealand Herald. 19 July 2006. Retrieved 21 December 2017.