Emeritus Professor Boyd Hunter

Emeritus Professor
Centre for Social Research and Methods, Research School of Social Sciences

Boyd Hunter is an Emeritus Professor associated with the Centre for Social Research and Methods, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. He has been President of the Australian Society of Labour Economics and isa Fellow of IZA. Boyd has been the Managing Editor and Editor of the Australian Journal of Labour Economics and the Australian Journal of Social Issues. His main area of research and teaching involve the economic history of ‘The Indigenous Economy’ and the implications for contemporaneous social and economic policy.

In addition to his extensive engagement with labour economics and social policies debates, he has considerable expertise in econometrics, economic history, geography, poverty studies, survey design and analysis, and Indigenous economic policy. He conducted the first longitudinal analysis of Indigenous jobseekers. Boyd is currently a member of several professional organisations, including the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) and Economics Society of Australia.  

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