Andrew Dowse

Dr Andrew Dowse has been director of RAND Australia since July 2021. In this role, he identifies policy research opportunities for Australian clients at the Commonwealth and state/territory levels, delivers and disseminates high-quality research and analysis on Australian policy issues, and leads the RAND Australia office in Canberra. His most recent work for RAND Australia has been in providing research support to the Australian Department of Defence, specifically the Sovereign Guided Weapons Enterprise and the National Naval Shipbuilding Group. Before joining RAND, he was the director of defence research at Edith Cowan University, with responsibilities including cyber research. Prior to that, he served in Defence with senior appointments in integrated capability development and plans, including all cyber-related projects in Defence’s Integrated Investment Program, and as the head of ICT Operations and J6. He retired from active duty in 2018 at the rank of Air Vice-Marshal. His research interests include information warfare, military strategy, defence capability and technologies, national security and space. Dowse holds a PhD in information science from the University of New South Wales.