of university governance and gender equity; and to industrial relations in Queensland". In 2020, she was upgraded to Companion of the Order of Australia for eminent service to tertiary education through leadership and innovation in teaching and learning, research and financial sustainability. Gardner is also an Honorary Doctor of Griffith University, and in September 2018 was elected as a Fellow to the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia for distinguished contribution to discipline and to society. Gardner was advanced to Companion of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours for "eminent service to tertiary education through leadership and innovation in teaching and learning, research and financial sustainability." Personal life When her husband Glyn Davis was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, together they were regularly referred to as "Melbourne's top academic couple". References 1954 births Living people University of Sydney alumni Australian economists Australian women economists Vice-Chancellors of RMIT University Companions of the Order of Australia Officers of the Order of Australia Monash University faculty Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Women heads of universities and colleges