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Associate Professor Damien Cahill researches neoliberalism's nature and dynamics at the University of Sydney's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, examining relationships between neoliberal theory and practice, institutional durability, and crisis adaptation. His work employs heterodox economic frameworks including Marxian and Polanyian analysis to study economy-society relationships.
Cahill's publications critically analyze market societies, privatization outcomes, and neoliberalism's resilience post-financial crisis. Recent work explores contradictions in Hayekian and Polanyian frameworks and neoliberal continuities in education policy. He co-edited The SAGE Handbook of Neoliberalism and Wrong Way: How Privatisation and Economic Reform Backfired.
Currently supervising seven PhD candidates, Cahill leads projects on neoliberal thought collectives and institutional evolution. His teaching covers political economy, heterodox economics, and economic crises. As a trade union activist, Cahill connects academic work with social justice advocacy, examining how economic reforms impact inequality and community welfare.