Katja Hanewald is an Associate Professor in the UNSW School of Risk and Actuarial Studies and a Vice President of the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA). Her research models longevity and healthy ageing trends and develops risk management and insurance responses to population ageing. She has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles in leading insurance, actuarial, economics, and medical journals, is a Co-Editor of the North American Actuarial Journal, an Editor of the Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, and is a member of the editorial boards of the ASTIN Bulletin, the Risk Management and Insurance Review, and the Journal of Retirement. Katja obtained her PhD in Economics from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in 2010 and worked as an Economist at the German Federal Ministry of Finance from 2013 to 2015.

Research interests: Insurance economics; actuarial studies; longevity trends, healthy ageing and long-term care trends; design of public and private insurance programs to manage retirement risks; housing wealth as a source of retirement funding; behavioural aspects of financial planning; China