Shirley Jackson is political economist and Research Fellow in Employment Law and Data Science at the Melbourne School of Government within the University of Melbourne, where he is investigating wage theft amongst young workers through the use of data science. His is also a PhD Candidate at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney, where he is looking at young workers within the just transition, exploring skilled pathways into energy jobs.
A frequent media commentator, his publication history includes ABC News, The Guardian, The Age, Crikey, Overland Journal, and The Conversation.
His areas of interest and expertise are young workers, wage theft, skills formation, industry policy, the future of work and the just transition.
Experience
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2023–presentResearch Fellow, University of Melbourne
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2023–presentPhD Candidate, Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS
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2022–2023Director, The Centre for New Industry
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2021–2022Senior Research Fellow, Per Capita
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2020–2021Senior Economist, Per Capita
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2018–2020Sessional Academic, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
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2018–2020Research Economist, Per Capita
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2017–2019National Research & Project Officer, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
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2014–2018Sessional Academic, University of Melbourne
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2016–2017Research Officer, Victorian Trades Hall Council
Education
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Institute for Sustainable Future at UTS, PhD (Political Economy)
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2013University of Melbourne, Master of International Relations (International Political Economy)
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2011La Trobe University, Bachelor of Arts (History/Economics)
Professional Memberships
- The Australian International Political Economy Network
- The Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand
- The Economic Society of Australia
- Melbourne, Australia
- Website
- @https://bsky.app/profile/asintemple.bsky.social
- Article Feed
- ORCID
- Joined
