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I am a Full Professor at the School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS) at the University of Melbourne and the founder and CEO of JobSciences Pty Ltd - a career and workforce intelligence platform incepted at the University of Melbourne - built to produce new knowledge and innovative tools to empower workers and organizations to navigate the world of work.

In addition, I am also a co-founder and co-director of QuantLab, a leading interdisciplinary hub for quantitative and computational social science methods at the University of Melbourne. Since 2024, I serve as an Associate Editor of Social Science Research, a journal dedicated to publishing quantitative research. Prior to this role, I served as a Deputy Editor of the renowned journal Gender & Society (2019-2023) and was Head of Sociology at the University of Melbourne (2017-2020).

Over the past 20+ years of my academic career, I have rigorously researched labor market dynamics to understand how disruptive events such as - unemployment, underemployment, early disadvantage and the changing nature of work - shape career dynamics and inequalities for workers and their families. My work has been recognized through various prizes, grants and visiting fellowships including visiting positions at the Nuffield College, Oxford University (2017), the University of Madison, Wisconsin in 2010, 2011 and 2012, the Federal Institute for Population Research in Wiesbaden, Germany (2022) and the Centre for Politics of Inequality, Haifa, Israel (2023). 

My work is presented at major international conferences and I am regularly invited to participate in workshops and events. My work has appeared in various leading journals, including Human Relations (FT-50 journal), Demography, Gender & Society, Social Science Research, European Sociological Review, British Journal of Industrial Relations and Social Forces. I am also a co-author of the award-winning book Market Research using Stata. 

In addition to research, I am passionate about teaching. I am a seasoned lecturer, supervisor, and mentor and have led and designed various graduate and postgraduate programs.