Active Collaborators

Kevin Schnepel, Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Mette Goertz, Professor, University of Copenhagen, Centre for Economic Behavior and Inequality, Denmark

Miriam Gensowski, PhD, Rockwool Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark

Marit Skivenes, Professor, Director at the Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism, Department of Government, University of Bergen, Norway

Amy Conley Wright, Professor, Sydney School of Education and Social Work (SSESW), University of Sydney

Kadir Atalay, Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney

Juliana Silva Goncalves, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney, Australia

Ranae Jabri, Lecturer, School of Economics, University of Sydney

Alexandra de Gendre, McKenzie Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne

Francis Mitrou, Professor, Kids Institute, University of Western Australia

Lisa Cameron, Professor, James Riady Chair of Asian Economics and Busines, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne, Australia

Guyonne Kalb, Professorial Fellow, Senior Research Manager and co-Coordinator of the Labour Markets and Employment Program in the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne, Australia

Postdocs & Research students

Postdoc, Predocs, RAs

2025: Evasio MacMillan; Placement: UNSW

2024: Aidan Farmer; Placement: Cyan Ventures, Andrew Mallos; Placement: NSW Treasury

2022-2024: Darcy Coulter (based with team at University of Melbourne); Placement: Curtin University

2019-2021: Alexandra de Gendre; Placement: Department of Economics, University of Melbourne

2018-2024: Betty Luu (based with team at Sydney School of Education and Social Work, USyd); Placements: University of Western Sydney + NSW Department of Communities and Justice

2017: Nathan Kettlewell; Placement: School of Economics, UTS

2017: Angus Wheeler

2016: Tara Hariharan

2015: Rosemary Elkins

PhD 

2022: Diana Nicole Naehrig (Medicine). PhD, Placement: Klinik Rheinfelden

2019: Felix Leung, PhD Economics, Placement: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics

Mentoring:

2016-2018: Jana Mareckova (Konstanz University); Placement: St Gallen University

2017-2019:  Dominique Sulzmaier (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)

Master 

2024: Jack Morisson, Placement: University of Sydney

2020: Leslie Marsh, Placement: Ember Advisors

2018: Mary-Alice Doyle. Placement: MIT & PhD at London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom

2016: Chiara Pastore, University of York. Placement: Boston Consulting Group

2015: Rosemary Elkins. Placement: TBA

Honours 

2026: Jackson Wait (ongoing)

2025:  

2024: Andrew Mallos; Placement: NSW Treasury

2023: Aidan Farmer, Placement: University of Sydney + Cyan Ventures

2022: Geena Sharma; Published solo her Honours thesis. 👏

Sharma, G. (2024). Retaining Australian Nurses: An Analysis of Nurses' Wages and Exit Rates. Australian Economic Papers, 63(Suppl. 1), 89–98. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8454.12351 

2020:

2019: Shumi Ruan, Placement: Keystone, San Francisco Office

2018: Paige Taylor (University Medal); Placement: Harvard University

2017: 

2016: Jason Gaitz: Placement: K & L Gates

2015: Tara Hariharan: Placement: Genesis Capital 

2012: Michael Alspach (Victoria University of Wellington):  Placement: New Zealand Transport Agency

2011: John Roy (Victoria University of Wellington): Placement: Martin Jenkins Data Consultancy