Image: CEPAR researchers Inka Eberhardt, Mengyi Xu and Héloïse Labit Hardy promoting CEPAR research at the Girls Do the Maths Day
In September, three CEPAR researchers based at the UNSW Sydney node, Inka Eberhardt and Drs Mengyi Xu and Héloïse Labit Hardy, participated in the Girls Do the Maths Day, hosted by the UNSW School of Mathematics and Statistics.
The Girls Do the Maths event series is held annually for female students finishing their high school studies to encourage them to study mathematics. This year the event drew over 120 high school students from 15 schools across New South Wales.
Through interactive displays, the CEPAR researchers discussed and showcased their population ageing research. By talking about their career paths and the use of mathematics and statistics within their work, they encouraged participating students to consider mathematics as a career.
Inka Eberhardt is a PhD candidate in Finance and examines the underlying mechanisms of people’s financial decision-making through field experiments and survey research. Dr Mengyi Xu, who has a PhD in Actuarial Studies, researches housing and retirement financing, especially improvement trends and strategies for long-term care insurance products. Dr Héloïse Labit Hardy has a PhD in Actuarial Science and researches on mortality modeling and retirement financing, more specifically on heterogeneity in mortality, cause-of-death mortality and longevity risk management.
