Emeritus Professor Boyd Hunter

Boyd Hunter specialises in labour market analysis, social economics and poverty research. Boyd coordinated the first longitudinal analysis of Indigenous job seekers for the Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business. An important element of this project was to document the dynamics of Indigenous disadvantage within the labour market. He also conducts research into how high rates of Indigenous arrest effects Indigenous employment, education and welfare over the longer-term. He has published extensively in a diverse range of journals spanning across many social science disciplines. Boyd is a joint editor of the journal, the Australian Journal of Labour Economics. He also has experience in both public administration, having worked at the former Department of Social Security and the Department of Industrial Relations.

During his undergraduate studies he was full-time Chair of the ANU Union Board for one year when he gained some experience managing that large commercial organisation. Boyd is currently a member of several professional organisations, including the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) and Economics Society of Australia, He is currently a member of the Scientific Reference Group for the National Indigenous Clearinghouse, a joint project between the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS), with financial assistance from the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA). Boyd is also on the Steering Committee for the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Australia (organised through FaHCSIA).