Tiernan is currently the Professor at the Centre for Governance and Public Policy at Griffith University and Fellow of ANZSOG.
[1][2][3] Professor Anne Tiernan attended high school at St Rita's College, Clayfield, and studied Politics and Government at Griffith University.
Tiernan began her early career working in government both at a Commonwealth and Queensland level in both consultancy and teaching capacities.
Tiernan was appointed as Professor of Australian Government and Politics at The University of Melbourne between July 2015 and November 2016.
Rhodes, MUP 2014), which included information about 11 former chiefs of staff ; Lessons in Governing: A Profile of Prime Ministers’ Chiefs of Staff and Learning to be a Minister: Heroic Expectations, Practical Realities (with Patrick Weller, MUP 2010) ; and Caretaker Conventions in Australasia: Minding the Shop for Government (ANU Press 2014) (with Jennifer Menzies).