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Editor: Adj. Prof. Maurice Nevile

Email: maurice.nevile@gmail.com
Website: https://independent.academia.edu/MauriceNevile

My career has been balanced across academic editing and academic research (social sciences). So, I bring to editing my own substantial experience of both researching and publishing at the highest levels in my field and applying successfully for research funding. I have held university positions in Australia, Denmark, England, and Finland. Most recently I was an Adjunct Professor in research and writing at the University of Canberra (2022-2025), and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland (2025-2026). I also publish as a haiku and senryu poet, and my first book, ‘Translating Loss’, won an ACT Notable Book Award for poetry (2023).

Services

Copyediting, proofreading, substantive editing, and advice on manuscripts.

Subject matter experience

Academic, especially social sciences and humanities, and public policy, though I have edited across all fields.

Genre and platform

Theses, research papers and reports, funding applications (e.g. grants, fellowships, awards), and large texts (e.g. books, edited collections).

Specific projects

I have edited and advised on over 1500 texts, including for roles at the ANU in staff development (3 years) and student support (6 years). As a researcher, I am the author/editor of around 90 academic publications, including 11 books and substantial texts (2900+ citations, h-index 26), and I have received around $1.8m in competitive and other research funding (incl. four nationally competitive grants). Some freelance editing projects in recent years include:

  • edited and advised on drafts in the writing mentor program for research students at the University of Canberra
  • edited numerous PhD theses and three books
  • consultant editor for the Global Commission on the Economics of Water (ANU, OECD, Netherlands Government) (135,000 words)
  • edited a centre research report (28,000 words)
  • edited funding applications for the Australian Research Council and the Swedish Research Council
  • edited research papers for submission to journals (economic/medical policy)
  • edited a policy brief (50 pages)
  • proofread brochures for a research centre
  • advised on and edited funding applications for a charity
  • advised on materials for potential collection and publication as a book
  • compiled, edited, proofread, and brought to publication a book manuscript (85,000 words)

Qualifications

Adjunct Professor (Docent, Finland, 2012), PhD (Linguistics, ANU, 2002), MA (Applied
Linguistics, Macquarie U., 1990), BA Honours (First class, University Prize, Linguistics, Macquarie U., 1989)