Laura Davy

Dr Laura Davy is a Lecturer in the Department of Policy and Governance at the Crawford School of Public Policy. She has a background in political theory and social research. Her current research focuses on Australian social policy and international trends in social care. She has published on disability studies, the ethics of care, human rights, and disability policy and services.

Prior to this role, Laura held a joint appointment as a Research Fellow at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) and the Crawford School. Before moving to the ANU, Laura held a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Public Service Research Group, UNSW Canberra. She has also worked at the Social Policy Research Centre on a range of commissioned research projects such as a review of the implementation of the National Disability Strategy 2010-2020, and at the City Futures Research Centre, UNSW, where she worked in the disability, ageing, and housing policy fields.

Laura completed her PhD at the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Sydney and also holds a Masters in Political Theory from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Communications from the University of Technology, Sydney.