Dr Yuvisthi Naidoo
BEc (Econometrics Hons) USyd; Masters of Policy Studies UNSW; PhD UNSW
Dr Yuvisthi NaidooÌý(BEc (Econometrics Hons); Master of Policy Studies;ÌýPhD)Ìýis a Senior Research Fellow at the Social Policy Research Centre. She is a social policy researcher with expertise on the measurement and understanding of living standards, with a focus on poverty, inequality, deprivation, social exclusion and wellbeing. She has a unique set of research skills combining academically robust quantitative analysis of complex survey datasets, qualitative research methods, and project management in applied social policy. Her research program has direct policy relevance to improve the lives of socially and economically disadvantaged people. She has extensive experience working on ARC funded projects on poverty, deprivation and social exclusion, budget standards and with community sector organisations to influence government policy.
Before joining the SPRC, Yuvisthi worked for the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute on sustainable housing and support options for older homeless people. Prior to joining academic, Yuvisthi spent many years working in marketing and market research in the corporate sector, with consumer goods conglomerate Unilever; information technology company IBM; and strategic research consultancy Stancombe Research and Planning.
Yuvisthi completed her PhD in 2017 as the recipient of the Australian Institute of Population Ageing Research Scholarship (now known as the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research). Her thesis involved developing a set of economic metrics and a social indicator well-being framework to measure the economic standard of living and multi-dimensional well-being of individuals and applying the conceptual and methodological framework to analysis of older Australians.
Research Areas
Poverty and Inequality
Deprivation and Social Exclusion
Ageing and the Life Course
Budget Standards
Families
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
Updating Budget Standard Estimates (Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee, Co-chief investigator), 2024
Uniting Families Report (Uniting NSW.ACT, Co-chief investigator), 2024 – 2034
Material Deprivation in Australia: The Essentials of life (ACOSS and UNSW Sydney Poverty and Inequality Partnership, Chief investigator), 2023-2024
Budget Standards for Low Paid Families (Fair Work Commission, Co-chief investigator), 2022-2023
Nominated, The Nevile-Plowman Prize, Best Paper Award, The Economic and Labour Relations Review (2023)
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Nominated, FASS Dean's Best Doctoral Thesis Award, 2018
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Australian Institute of Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), PhD Scholarship, 2008
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UNSW/ACOSS Poverty and Inequality Partnership Steering Committee
SHAPE FUTURES EMCR Network Executive Committee, Diversity Officer
Economic and Labour Relations Review, Editorial Board Associate Editor
The Australian Sociological Association, Member
Australian Social Policy Association, Member
International Sociological Association, Member of RC55 on Social Indicators, RC19 on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy
UNSW Women in Research Network, Member
UNSW Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Staff Consultative Group
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Board, Elected Member, 2019-2021
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Early Career Academic Network Committee, 2018-2019
SPRC Seminar Coordinator, 2019-2021
My Teaching
2024 - Lead convenor of the 'Understanding Poverty, Inequality and Social Disadvantage in Australia' short courseÌý
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2017, 2018 - Renmin University Social Policy Summer Course, Renmin University, Beijing
'2017 - Changing Social Policy', as part of the Master of Public Policy and Governance Degree, FASS, UNSW
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Teaching Areas:
Poverty, Inequality, Deprivation, Well-being, Budget Standards