Ryan Edwards

Dr Ryan Edwards is Deputy Director of the Development Policy Centre at the Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU. He holds a PhD in Economics from ANU and advanced degrees from UQ. His research focuses on migration economics, international trade, environmental policy, and development in Indonesia, Australia, and the Pacific. He leads the Australian Government’s Pacific Research Program on migration and is affiliated with ANU’s Migration Hub and MIT’s Poverty Action Lab.

Education:

• PhD in Economics, Australian National University (2016)
• MDevEcon (Advanced), University of Queensland
• BBusMan and BEcon, University of Queensland

Research Interests: Economics of migration, international trade-environment linkages, natural resource governance, policy evaluation, and Pacific development. Current work examines labour mobility, remittances, and climate resilience.

Grants & Projects: Leads the Pacific Research Program (Australian Government), evaluates mobility policies (MATES project), and studies food security impacts of COVID-19. Co-convenes the Pacific Update conference and ACDE seminars.

Labs/Teams: Development Policy Centre, Migration Hub, Indonesia Project (ANU), and Poverty Action Lab (MIT).