Director
BA (Hons.) and LLB (University of Sydney); MSc (Oxford University); LLM (London School of Economics)
Primary affiliation: Professor of Practice, UNSW Business School, Sydney; Director of the Ageing Asia Research Hub, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR)
Philip (Pip) O'Keefe is a development economist who has published widely on issues related to social protection policies and systems, labour markets, and population ageing, with a particular focus on Asia.
Director of Research
MSc PhD Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Primary affiliation: Senior Lecturer in the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies, UNSW Sydney; CEPAR Associate Investigator
Katja Hanewald is an economist whose research addresses risk management and insurance aspects of population ageing.
Director of Outreach
MBA University of South Australia; PhD Economics UNSW
Primary affiliation: CEPAR Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
Bei Lu is an economist with interests in pensions and population ageing-related social welfare and economic issues, including long-term care.
CEPAR Director
BA University of Sydney; MSc London School of Economics; PhD University of London; FASSA; AO
Primary affiliation:
Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney and Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR)
John Piggott AO is an economist with extensive public policy experience, advising governments throughout Asia.
Professorial Fellow
BEc (Hons) DipEd PhD University of Sydney; FASSA, AO
Primary affiliations:
CEPAR Chief Investigator; Professor of Gender and Employment Relations, University of Sydney Business School
Marian Baird is one of Australia’s leading researchers in the fields of women, work and care, advising government departments and organisations on improving the position for women in the workforce and society.
Professorial Fellow
B Econ University of Queensland; PhD University of New South Wales
Primary affiliation: Professor, School of Risk and Actuarial Studies, UNSW Sydney; CEPAR Deputy Director
Hazel Bateman is an economist who researches consumer financial decision making especially as it relates to retirement accumulation and decumulation.
Professorial Fellow
MBBS UNSW; MPH PhD University of Sydney; AO
Primary affiliation:
Honorary Professor of Epidemiology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Sydney; Honorary Professor, CEPAR, UNSW Sydney; Professorial Fellow, Ageing Asia Research Hub
Robert Cumming AO is an epidemiologist whose research brings together biological, psychosocial and medical aspects of ageing.
Professorial Fellow
BA Fudan University; MA University of Virginia; PhD University of Pennsylvania
Primary affiliation: Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania; ShanghaiTech University; CEPAR Partner Investigator
Hanming Fang is an applied microeconomist with interests in welfare reform, health insurance markets and population ageing.
Professorial Fellow
BCom University of New South Wales, PhD Australian National University; FASSA; AM; AO
Primary affiliation: Honorary Professor of Demography, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne; CEPAR Chief Investigator
Peter McDonald AO is a demographer who is frequently consulted on the issue of population futures by governments around the world.
Professorial Fellow
BCom (Hons) University of New South Wales; AM Econ; PhD Econ Harvard University; AO; FASSA
Primary affiliation:
CEPAR Chief Investigator; Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Director, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Warwick McKibbin is an economist who works across a wide range of areas in applied policy and global economic modelling.
Senior Research Fellow
PhD Economics University of Sydney, MA Economics, TUL Czech Republic
Primary affiliation: CEPAR Senior Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
George Kudrna is an economist who applies his expertise in developing macroeconomic models to the economics of population ageing.
Senior Research Fellow
BCom DipModLang UWA; MSc Econ London Met
Senior Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
Research streams:
Sustainable Wellbeing in Later Life
Research Fellow
BSc Econ, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; PhD Econ UNSW
Primary affiliation: CEPAR Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
