Claudia Scott (academic)


Claudia Devita Scott is an American-New Zealand academic. She is currently professor of public policy at Victoria University of Wellington.

Career

Scott did an MA at Duke University and followed it up with a 1971 PhD entitled 'Forecasting public outlays: an expenditure model for New Haven, Connecticut,' also at Duke.
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.
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.

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.

Selected works