My Expertise
Circumstances and experiences of informal carers; care and older people; concepts and measures of poverty, inequality, living standards and wellbeing; wage inequality and labour markets; feminist economics, gender and social policy.
Fields of Research (FoR)
Social policy, Gender, policy and administration, Social program evaluation, Policy and administrationBiography
Trish's research employs a feminist economic and social policy lens to examine issues in the fields of poverty and inequality, informal care across the lifecourse and ageing and aged care.
Recent projects include:
- research on poverty and inequality in Australia as part of the Poverty and Inequality Partnership between UNSW Sydney and ACOSS (the Australian Council of Social Services)
- a review of existing ABS datasets to explore what can be...view more
Trish's research employs a feminist economic and social policy lens to examine issues in the fields of poverty and inequality, informal care across the lifecourse and ageing and aged care.
Recent projects include:
- research on poverty and inequality in Australia as part of the Poverty and Inequality Partnership between UNSW Sydney and ACOSS (the Australian Council of Social Services)
- a review of existing ABS datasets to explore what can be known about the abuse of older people with the Australian Institute of Family Studies for the Attorney General's Department
- a literature review on understanding the social and emotional needs of carers for the NSW Carers Advisory Council
- an ARC linkage project on Carers and Social Inclusion: New frameworks, evidence and policy lessons
- research for the Australian Human Rights Commission on Investing in care: recognising and valuing those who care
My Qualifications
BA (Hons) Murdoch, PhD UNSW
My Awards
- 2017 Dean’s Award for Social Impact in 2017, UNSW Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Awarded for research on Investing in care: recognising and valuing those who care for the Australian Human Rights Commission (with Dr Myra Hamilton, Cathy Thomson and Emeritus Professor Bettina Cass)
- 2013 University of Leeds Care Connect: The Social Care Innovation Hub International Visiting Scholarship (hosted by Dr Lisa Buckner)
- 2007-08 British Academy Visiting Fellowship on Within Household Inequalities and Time Use with Professor Susan Himmelweit (Open University, UK)
- 2004-05 Australian Government Office for the Status of Women Time Use Fellowship Valuing time for a full income measure
My Research Supervision
Areas of supervision
Gender and social policy, informal care, poverty and inequality
Currently supervising
Recent completions include: Cathy Thomson (with Peter Saunders) and Sherman Chan (with Bruce Bradbury).
My Engagement
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Care and Caring
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7519-460X
Related Links
SPRC - Social Policy Research Centre
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SPRC - Location map
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