Academic Staff

Dr Maxim Ananyev Research Fellow	Data science Causal inference Machine learning Panel data analysis Political economy	Phone number +61 3 9035 8347 Email maxim.ananyev@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Ms Harshita Bhatia Foundation Fellow	Panel data and spatial data analysis Health and Healthcare Income inequality and mobility Income inequality and mobility	Email harshita.bhatia@unimelb.edu.au
Associate Professor Ferdi Botha Principal Research Fellow	Family and household wellbeing outcomes Household financial decision-making and financial wellbeing Poverty, socio-economic disadvantage and social exclusion Subjective wellbeing	Phone number +61 3 9035 4767 Email ferdi.botha@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Dr Barbara Broadway Senior Research Fellow	Early childhood development Intergenerational disadvantage Household finance Labour supply issues tied to sub-populations (e.g. women, Indigenous Australians, medial workforce) Social and tax policy as it relates to work incentives, Workforce participation and dynamics	Phone number +61 3 9035 4565 Email b.broadway@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Professor Lisa Cameron Professorial Fellow Program Coordinator	Centre for Asian Business and Economics Criminalisation of sex-work Gender inequality in labour markets Health services access Impact of cash transfers on child development Sanitation impacts on child health Wellbeing of people living with a disability Early childhood development	Phone number +61 3 8344 5329 Email lisa.cameron@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Dr Melek Cigdem-Bayram Ronald Henderson Senior Research Fellow	Disadvantaged families Poverty, socio-economic disadvantage and social exclusion Intergenerational disadvantage	Phone number +61 3 9035 4226 Email melek.cigdembayram@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Dr Diana Contreras Suárez Senior Research Fellow	Gender inequality in labour markets Health services access Impact of cash transfers on child development Sanitation impacts on child health Wellbeing of people living with a disability Domestic Violence Early childhood development	Phone number +61 3 8344 3567 Email diana.contreras@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Dr Nichola Coombs Research Coordinator, Intensive Early Childhood Education and Care Research Project (IECECRP)	Early childhood development Effects of disadvantage on student outcomes and child development Infant mental health	Email nichola.coombs@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert
Dr Sarah C. Dahmann Senior Research Fellow	Early childhood development Effects of disadvantage on student outcomes and child development Disadvantaged families Family and household formation and dissolution Intergenerational transmission of socio-economic advantage and disadvantage Effects of policies and programs on welfare receipt & economic wellbeing	Phone number +61 3 834 41331 Email sarah.dahmann@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Professor John de New Professorial Fellow Program Coordinator	Performance, incentives and competition in healthcare Health Outcomes Employment policy Employment/unemployment over the lifecycle Labour supply issues tied to sub-populations (e.g. women, Indigenous Australians, medial workforce) Non-standard forms of employment Social and tax policy as it relates to work incentives	Phone number +61 3 9035 3811 Email johnp.denew@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Mr Taylor Ey Research Fellow (AI and data visualisations)	Poverty, socio-economic disadvantage and social exclusion Panel data analysis Intangible capital Early childhood development Generative AI	Email taylor.ey@unimelb.edu.au Download CV Download CV
Mr Daniel Fischer Foundation Fellow	Data engineering and documentation	Phone number +61 3 834 42658 Email fischer.d@unimelb.edu.au
Mr Ron Fisher Foundation Fellow	Health & behavioural economics Evaluations Data analysis	Phone number +61 3 9035 3797 Email ron.fisher.1@unimelb.edu.au Download CV Download CV
Dr Ana Gamarra Rondinel Research Fellow	Bunching Early childhood development Taxation policies	Phone number +61431229715 Email ana.gamarrarondinel@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Professor Matthew Greenwood-Nimmo	Macroeconomics Research Unit	Phone number +61 3 8344 5354 Email matthew.greenwood@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert
Ms Tanya Gupta Senior Foundation Fellow	Panel data analysis Interactive data analysis and visualisation Data engineering and documentation Effects of policies and programs on welfare receipt & economic wellbeing Drivers of income inequality and mobility	Phone number +61 3 834 42646 Email t.gupta@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Dr Christopher Hoy McKenzie Research Fellow		Email christopher.hoy@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Associate Professor Jan Kabátek Principal Research Fellow	Early childhood development Individual decision-making and incentives in education Family and household formation and dissolution Family and household wellbeing outcomes Employment policy Workforce participation and dynamics	Phone number +61 3 8344 8674 Email j.kabatek@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Professor Guyonne Kalb Program Director	Labour supply with a focus on female labour force participation Impact of social policy on labour supply Impact of tax and transfer policies on labour supply Parental leave and family policies Impact of childcare and early childhood development Effects of disadvantage on child development Individual health outcomes Healthcare workforce and the labour market	Phone number +61 3 8344 2095 Email g.kalb@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Ms Yashu Kalera Foundation Fellow	Web scraping and unstructured data analysis Interactive data analysis and visualisation Disadvantaged families Family and household wellbeing outcomes Intergenerational disadvantage Intergenerational transmission of socio-economic advantage and disadvantage	Phone number +61 3 8344 1598 Email yashu.kalera@unimelb.edu.au Download CV Download CV
Ms Roopa Kamath HILDA Database Support Officer	Data quality Data editing and documentation Development and testing of CAPI scripts	Phone number +61 3 9035 4905 Email roopa.kamath@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Ujjwal KC Research Fellow - Data Analyst/Data Scientist (Academic Specialist)	Web scraping and unstructured data analysis Machine learning for policy evaluation Interactive data analysis and visualisation Bayesian decision/policy modelling Data engineering and documentation Employment policy Workforce participation and dynamics	Email ujjwal.kc@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Dr Inga Laß Senior Research Fellow	Family and household formation and dissolution Family and household wellbeing outcomes Non-standard forms of employment	Email i.lass@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Mr Chenhao Liang Foundation Fellow		Email ryan.liang@unimelb.edu.au Download CV Download CV
Ms Ninette Macalalad HILDA Survey Research Database Engineer and Analyst	Survey and reporting Data quality Data mining and analysis Data management	Phone number +61 3 9035 3275 Email ninette.macalalad@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Steeve Marchand Research Fellow	Effects of disadvantage on student outcomes and child development Transitions from school to further education and training Employment policy Labour supply issues tied to sub-populations (e.g. women, Indigenous Australians, medical workforce) Service delivery of welfare programs	Phone number +61 3 8344 2109 Email steeve.marchand@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Dr Susan Méndez Senior Research Fellow	Government health policy and regulation Public health Analysis of healthcare markets Production, pricing and market structure Size distribution of firms	Phone number +61 3 9035 6536 Email susan.mendez@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Dr Mossamet Kamrun Nesa Survey Statistician/Methodologist	Survey methodology Imputation Longitudinal surveys	Phone number +61 3 8344 2535 Email mossamet.nesa@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Associate Professor Viet Hoang Nguyen Principal Research Fellow	Applied macroeconomics Expectations and forecasting Growth, employment and business cycles Heterogenous behaviour Housing, mortgages and policy Linkages among economies and financial markets	Phone number +61 3 9035 3621 Email vietn@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Dr Kyle Peyton Senior Research Fellow	Experimental design and analysis Poverty, socio-economic disadvantage and social exclusion Drivers of income inequality and mobility Survey Methodology	Phone number +61 3 90355126 Email kyle.peyton@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Associate Professor Cain Polidano Principal Research Fellow	Determinants of student achievement Early childhood development Effects of disadvantage on student outcomes and child development Individual decision-making and incentives in education Design and performance of schools and other educational institutions Transitions from school to further education and training Effects of policies and programs on welfare receipt & economic wellbeing	Phone number +61 3 8344 2102 Email cainp@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Dr Kushneel Prakash Research Fellow	Family and household wellbeing outcomes Subjective wellbeing Mental health	Phone number +61 3 8344 3031 Email kushneel.prakash@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Associate Professor Tim Robinson Principal Research Fellow	Macroeconomics Research Unit Applied macroeconomics Growth, employment and business cycles Housing, mortgages and policy Monetary policy	Phone number +61 3 8344 2325 Email tim.robinson@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Dr Nicolás Salamanca Senior Research Fellow	Determinants of student achievement Early childhood development Effects of disadvantage on student outcomes and child development Individual decision-making and incentives in education Design and performance of schools and other educational institutions Disadvantaged families Family and household formation and dissolution	Phone number +61 3 8344 2863 Email n.salamanca@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Dr Karinna Saxby Research Fellow	Health insurance and healthcare finance Performance, incentives and competition in healthcare Economics of primary healthcare services Role of social disadvantage and health	Phone number +61 3 8344 7753 Email karinna.saxby@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Ms Michelle Summerfield HILDA Deputy Director, Survey Management	Survey management Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing Development and testing of CAPI scripts Data management, editing and documentation	Phone number +61 3 8344 2099 Email michelle.summerfield@unimelb.edu.au
Ms Alison Tilbrook Research Coordinator, Intensive Early Years Education and Care Research Project	Early childhood development Effects of early childhood education and care on disadvantaged children Speech pathology	Email alison.tilbrook@unimelb.edu.au
Mr Derek Tong Foundation Fellow	Applied microeconomics Public policy Labour supply issues tied to sub-populations Impact of bullying during student years on future development Data engineering , analysis, visualisation	Email derek.tong@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Associate Professor Yi-Ping Tseng Principal Research Fellow	Early childhood development Housing and homelessness Employment services	Phone number +61 3 8344 2132 Email y.tseng@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Associate Professor Sam Tsiaplias Principal Research Fellow	Macroeconomics Research Unit Applied macroeconomics Expectations and forecasting Heterogenous behaviour Housing, mortgages and policy	Phone number +61 3 9035 3353 Email sarantis.tsiaplias@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Associate Professor Nicole Watson HILDA Survey Co-Director Principal Research Fellow Program Coordinator	Survey methodology Weighting Imputation Longitudinal surveys	Phone number +61 3 8344 2088 Email n.watson@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Professor Beth Webster Director and Ronald Henderson Chair (Economics of Innovation, Intangible capital)	Intellectual property Firm performance and public policy for the translation of science R&D and intellectual property Labour economics Industrial dynamics	Phone number +61 3 8344 2114 Email e.webster@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Professor Roger Wilkins Deputy Director and HILDA Survey Co-Director	Effects of policies and programs on welfare receipt & economic wellbeing Household financial decision-making and financial wellbeing Personal income and wealth distribution Poverty, socio-economic disadvantage and social exclusion Drivers of income inequality and mobility Employment/unemployment over the lifecycle Workforce participation and dynamics	Phone number +61 3 8344 2092 Email r.wilkins@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Dr Ou Yang Senior Research Fellow	Health insurance and healthcare finance Performance, incentives and competition in healthcare Health behaviour Substance abuse	Phone number +61 3 8344 3857 Email ou.yang@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Dr Shan Ying Postdoctoral Research Fellow	Applied macroeconomics Nowcasting	Email shan.ying@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Associate Professor Jongsay Yong Principal Research Fellow	Health insurance and healthcare finance Organisation, funding and performance of healthcare providers Performance, incentives and competition in healthcare Role and impact of funding and financial incentives in healthcare	Phone number +61 3 8344 2121 Email jongsay@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Professor Yuting Zhang Professorial Fellow	Financing and organisation of healthcare systems Value-based healthcare International healthcare reforms, focusing on Australia, US, and China Health insurance design and healthcare market competition Economic evaluations of health policies Mental health policy Pharmaceutical policy and economics	Phone number +61 3 9035 8785 Email yuting.zhang@unimelb.edu.au Find an Expert Find an Expert Download CV Download CV
Ms Yuchen Zhong Foundation Fellow		Email yuchen.zhong2@unimelb.edu.au