Dr Liz Allen
ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Dr Liz Allen is a demographer at the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods.
Liz is a highly experienced demographer with an expertise spanning demography (specifically fertility, migration, and population change), social trends, and population health. She has considerable experience working in the public and academic sectors, and was selected in 2018 as one of ABC’s inaugural Top 5 Researchers in Humanities and Social Sciences for its media residency program.
‘The Future of Us: Demography Gets a Makeover’, Liz’s first book, was published in 2020. Liz’s doctoral research explored the individual, family and neighbourhood contributions to child excess weight and screen time among two Australian cohorts.
Liz frequently provides expert commentary to media outlets including ABC, SBS, The New York Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian and The Canberra Times.
Fields of expertise
Articles
Democracy Sausage: Saying the quiet part out loud
How damaging is internal criticism within the Labor Party around the leadership’s positions on issues like AUKUS and…
Borders are open, but visitors won’t flock back
Australia is welcoming fully vaccinated visa holders from 21 February, but experts from The Australian National University (ANU)…
Coronavirus crisis ‘likely to reduce birth rate’
Australians will be less likely to have babies amid the COVID-19 uncertainty, according to a leading demographer from The Australian National University…
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