Myra Hamilton

Associate Professor Myra Hamilton is a Principal Research Fellow at the University of Sydney Business School, specializing in gender, ageing, and care. She holds a BA (Hons 1) and PhD from the University of Sydney. Her research focuses on work/care reconciliation, policy needs of carers, and retirement income inequalities. She is a member of the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies and Sydney Policy Lab, and serves on the Board of COTANSW.

Education:

• BA (Hons 1), University of Sydney
• PhD, University of Sydney

Research Interests: Myra’s work examines how policies and services can improve wellbeing in work and care across lifecourses. Key areas include unpaid care responsibilities, retirement income disparities, and intergenerational relationships. She combines academic research with applied policy projects for governments and NGOs.

Articles Trends: Recent publications emphasize multigenerational workforce policies, grandparent childcare dynamics, and barriers to formal aged care access. Her 2024 book The Multigenerational Workforce explores age and gender in workplaces.

Grants & Advising: Current grants include 'New models of replacement care for working carers' (ARC) and 'Women in Construction Industry Innovation Program'. She has supervised students on topics like aged care services and mature-age labor markets.

Labs/Teams: Active in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research and collaborates with organizations like the Social Policy Research Centre (UNSW).