Education
Craven was educated at Street Kevin"s College in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak and graduated from the with a Bachelor (1980). A Bachelor of Laws (1981); and a Master of Laws (1984).
Craven was educated at Street Kevin"s College in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak and graduated from the with a Bachelor (1980). A Bachelor of Laws (1981); and a Master of Laws (1984).
Craven has researched and written on constitutional law, government, public policy, constitutional history and federalism. He was a leading advocate of republicanism in the leadup to the (eventually unsuccessful) 1999 referendum on the proposed change in Australia from being a constitutional monarchy to a republic. He is also noted as a key Australian Catholic layman opinion on most important issues.
Prior to his appointment as the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian Catholic University, Craven served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Strategy & Planning) at the Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia, where he also held the position of Professor of Government and Constitutional Law, having previously served as Executive Director of the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy.
Prior to this, he was Foundation Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Australia, and a Reader in Law at the University of Melbourne. He served as Crown Counsel to the Victorian Government from 1992-1995.
And taught at Monash University while completing his Master of Laws
Craven has written several articles for both Australian and international papers, and is a regular contributor to The Age and The Australian Financial Review.