Riccardo Welters

Dr Riccardo Welters obtained his Masters degree at the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands in August 1997. After completing his Masters degree, Riccardo was engaged as a Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA), which is based at the University of Maastricht. He subsequently received scholarship support to pursue a PhD study at the University of Maastricht, titled “Efficiency of Employment Subsidies & Firms’ Recruitment Strategies”. Riccardo completed his doctoral dissertation in May 2005.

He then accepted a Fellowship at the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), which is located at the University of Newcastle in Australia. Subsequently he accepted a position at JCU early 2008. While at JCU, he has furthered his research agenda in areas relating to socio-economic disadvantage.