Dr Liz Allen
B.SocSci (Population Studies), Macquarie University; M.SocRes (Methods), Australian National University; PhD (Demography), Australian National University
Demographer and Senior Lecturer
Dr Liz Allen is a senior lecturer and award-winning demographer at the ANU POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research. Liz teaches research methods and studies population dynamics. Her current projects include ethnicity data collection in Australia, Australian identity, and the history of grandparenting in Australia since 1945. She is a regular media commentator for all things demography. Her book, The Future of Us, is a call to action to build a stronger Australia through fairness and equality.
Research Interest
- demography/population studies
- social trends
- population health
- health and education inequalities
- Indigenous demography
- gender and population
- census and data collections
- research methods, materials and ethics
- methodology innovation
Expertise Area(s)
Demography not elsewhere classified
Population Trends and Policies
Population/public health
Gender and Politics
Interdisciplinary methodology
Research ethics