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Associate Professor Myra Hamilton
BA (Hons 1) Sydney; PhD Sydney
Principal Research Fellow
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Associate Professor Myra Hamilton (BA (Hons 1); PhD, Sydney) is a Principal Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research, in Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney Business School. She is a sociologist and social policy researcher whose research focus is on gender, ageing and care. She is Reviews Editor of the International Journal of Care and Caring and a member of the Work and Family Policy Roundtable. Prior to moving to the University of Sydney, Myra worked for 10 years at the Social Policy Research Centre at the University of New South Wales and spent several periods working in the United Kingdom and Europe, as a Lecturer at the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol (2010-2011), and in visiting research positions at the Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender at the University of Surrey (2007), the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships at the University of Edinburgh (2010), and Collegio Carlo Alberto at the University of Turin, Italy (2019).
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Myra’s research explores gender, ageing and care, examining how policies and services can build wellbeing in work and in care over the lifecourse. Her focus areas include experiences of work/care reconciliation, policy needs of people with unpaid care responsibilities, and inequalities in retirement incomes.
She combines traditional academic research with applied policy research for government and non-government organisations, including a number of evaluations of policies and programs, and has led 13 research projects. Her projects have covered financial security, welfare reform, the way families manage chronic illness, the policy needs of parents, grandparents and unpaid carers, the dynamics of work and care over the lifecourse, and the experiences of disadvantaged young people such as those in out of home care. She makes regular contributions to public and media debate on issues such as grandparenting, retirement decisions, balancing work and care, young carers, and intergenerational relationships. She has close working relationships with the community sector including peak bodies in the areas of young people, parents, carers and seniors, and sits on the Board of COTANSW.
Myra has a history of teaching and supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of sociology and social policy. She is interested in supervising students in the areas of: work/care reconciliation; mature age labour market participation; aged care services; the unpaid care of children or people with disabilities, chronic illness, or frailty due to older age; gender and retirement incomes.
Selected publications
The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)
The privileged few
(Polity Press, 2024)
Young People and Social Policy in Europe: Dealing with Risk, Inequality and Precarity in Times of Crisis
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)
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Books
- Hamilton, C., Hamilton, M. (2024). The privileged few. United Kingdom: Polity Press. [More Information]
Edited Books
- Baird, M., Hamilton, M., Williams, A. (2024). The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Antonucci, L., Hamilton, M., Roberts, S. (2014). Young People and Social Policy in Europe: Dealing with Risk, Inequality and Precarity in Times of Crisis. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
Book Chapters
- Hill, T., Cortis, N., Hamilton, M., Peisah, C. (2025). From rationing to rights: measuring unmet care needs to transform aged care systems. In T. Kroger, N. Brimblecombe, K. Rummery, R. Rodrigues (Eds.), Care Poverty and Unmet Needs: Care Inequalities in Theory and Practice, (pp. 43-60). United Kingdom: Policy Press.
- Hamilton, M., Baird, M., Zettna, N. (2024). Accommodating Care Across the Life Course. In M. Baird, M. Hamilton, A. Williams (Eds.), The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work, (pp. 123-156). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Zettna, N. (2024). Building Age-inclusive Workplaces. In M. Baird, M. Hamilton, A. Williams (Eds.), The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work, (pp. 91-122). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Baird, M., Hamilton, M. (2024). Conclusion: Advancing the Multigenerational Workplace in Theory and Practice. In M. Baird, M. Hamilton, A. Williams (Eds.), The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work, (pp. 237-247). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Charlesworth, S., McDonald, F. (2024). Informal care policy: Needs of older people and people with disability or chronic illness. In Baird, M., Hill, E., and Colussi, S (Eds.), At a Turning Point: Work, Care and Family policies in Australia, (pp. 121-144). Australia: Sydney University Press. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Baird, M. (2024). Introducing the Multigenerational Workforce and Workplace. In M. Baird, M. Hamilton, A. Williams (Eds.), The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work, (pp. 1-20). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Baird, M., Hamilton, M., Heron, A. (2024). Multigenerational Workforces and the Public Policy Context. In M. Baird, M. Hamilton, A. Williams (Eds.), The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work, (pp. 47-65). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Williams, A., Hamilton, M., Baird, M. (2024). Researching the Multigenerational Workplace. In M. Baird, M. Hamilton, A. Williams (Eds.), The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work, (pp. 21-45). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Baird, M., Williams, A., Hamilton, M. (2024). The Policy Ladder: Understanding Organisational Policies for Multigenerational Workplaces. In M. Baird, M. Hamilton, A. Williams (Eds.), The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work, (pp. 67-89). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Timonen, V., Craig, L., Adamson, E. (2023). Policies for Active Aging and Their Family-Related Assumptions and Consequences. In M. Daly, B. Pfau-Effinger, N. Gilbert, D. Besharov (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Family Policy Over The Life Course, (pp. 998-1014). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
- Baird, M., Hamilton, M., Dinale, D., Gulesserian, L., Heron, A. (2022). Broadening our conception of leave: leave to care for self or others over the life course. Research Handbook on Leave Policy Parenting and Social Inequalities in a Global Perspective, (pp. 368-383). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. [More Information]
- Bowyer, D., Hodgson, H., Hamilton, M., James, A., Allen, L. (2022). Mid-Career Challenges in Australian Universities: A Collaborative Auto-Ethnographic Narrative. In H. Schnackenberg (Eds.), Women in Higher Education and the Journey to Mid-Career: Challenges and Opportunities, (pp. 168-200). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. [More Information]
- Smyth, C., Hamilton, M. (2020). Young Carers. In Stephen Hupp and Jeremy D. Jewell (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. [More Information]
- Craig, L., Hamilton, M., Brown, J. (2019). The Composition of Grandparent Childcare: Gendered Patterns in Cross-national Perspective. In V. Timonen (Eds.), Grandparenting Practices around the World: Reshaping Family, (pp. 151-170). Bristol, UK: Policy Press. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M. (2016). The 'new social contract' and the individualisation of risk in policy. In P. Brown, A. Olofsson (Eds.), Risk, Uncertainty and Policy, (pp. 29-43). London, UK: Routledge.
- Antonucci, L., Hamilton, M., Roberts, S. (2014). Constructing a Theory of Youth and Social Policy. In L. Antonucci, M. Hamilton, S. Roberts (Eds.), Young People and Social Policy in Europe: Dealing with Risk, Inequality and Precarity in Times of Crisis, (pp. 13-34). United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Antonucci, L., Roberts, S. (2014). Introduction: Young People and Social Policy in Europe. In L. Antonucci, M. Hamilton, S. Roberts (Eds.), Young People and Social Policy in Europe: Dealing with Risk, Inequality and Precarity in Times of Crisis, (pp. 1-12). United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Antonucci, L., Hamilton, M. (2014). Youth Transitions, Precarity and Inequality and the Future of Social Policy in Europe. In L. Antonucci, M. Hamilton, S. Roberts (Eds.), Young People and Social Policy in Europe: Dealing with Risk, Inequality and Precarity in Times of Crisis, (pp. 256-265). United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M. (2013). France. In R.E. Emery (Eds.), Cultural Sociology of Divorce: An Encyclopedia, (pp. 19-42). London, UK: Sage Publications.
- Hamilton, M. (2010). Welfare reform and provision for old age in Australia and Britain. In G. Marston, J. Moss, J. Quiggin (Eds.), Risk, Welfare and Work, (pp. 84-106). Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press.
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Journals
- Craig, L., Lee, D., Hamilton, M., Timonen, V., Adamson, E. (2025). Gender and educational patterns in the demand and supply of grandparent childcare in Australia. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 60(1), 251-269. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Adamson, E., Williams, A., Craig, L., Timonen, V. (2025). The Relationship Between Public Policy and Grandparents’ Involvement in Childcare: A Scoping Review of the International Evidence. Social Policy and Society, Published online: 17 March 2025. [More Information]
- Xie, Y., Sinclair, C., Hamilton, M., Peisah, C., Temple, J., Anstey, K. (2024). Barriers Experienced by Community-Dwelling Older Adults Navigating Formal Care: Evidence From an Australian Population-Based National Survey. Journal of Aging and Health, Published online: 24 June 2024. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Kintominas, A., Adamson, E. (2024). Childcare by migrant nannies and migrant grannies: A critical discourse analysis of new policy solutions for securing reproductive labor in Australian households. Gender, Work and Organization, 31(4), 1290-1311. [More Information]
- Loh, V., Hamilton, M., Baird, M., Zettna, N., Constantin, A., Andrei, D., Petery, G., Parker, S. (2024). Money matters, but what else? Mature worker motives and the importance of gender, age, socioeconomic status and age-inclusive HR practices. Australian Journal of Management, 49(4), 790-811. [More Information]
- Xie, Y., Hamilton, M., Peisah, C., Anstey, K., Sinclair, C. (2024). Navigating Community-Based Aged Care Services From the Consumer Perspective: A Scoping Review. The Gerontologist, 64(2), gnad017. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Bainbridge, H., Baird, M., Zettna, N., Hofstatter, L., Judd-Lam, S., O’Loughlin, K. (2024). The importance of recognition: predictors and outcomes of carer recognition among working carers of ageing relatives. Community, Work and Family, Published online: 18 October 2024. [More Information]
- Van Toorn, G., Kirby, E., Hamilton, M., MacArtney, J. (2024). What socio-cultural, emotional and relational factors shape older people's experiences of death and dying in residential aged care? A scoping review. Ageing and Society, Published online: 7 March 2024. [More Information]
- Bryant, J., Smith, A., Persson, A., Valentine, K., Drysdale, K., Wallace, J., Hamilton, M., Newman, C. (2023). Logics of control and self-management in narratives of people living with HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis B. Culture Health and Sexuality, 25(9), 1214-1229. [More Information]
- Drysdale, K., Persson, A., Smith, A., Wallace, J., Valentine, K., Gray, R., Bryant, J., Hamilton, M., Newman, C. (2023). Professional perspectives on serodiscordant family service provision in the context of blood-borne viruses. Health Sociology Review, 32(2), 145-160. [More Information]
- Valentine, K., Smith, A., Persson, A., Gray, R., Bryant, J., Hamilton, M., Wallace, J., Drysdale, K., Newman, C. (2023). The freighted social histories of HIV and hepatitis C: exploring service providers' perspectives on stigma in the current epidemics. Medical Humanities, 49(1), 48-54. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Hodgson, H., Bradbury, B. (2022). Drivers of economic outcomes for single women without children in retirement. Australian Tax Review, 51(2), 174-191. [More Information]
- Blaxland, M., Skattebol, J., Hamilton, M., Van Toorn, G., Thomson, C., Valentine, K. (2022). From being at risk to being a risk : Journeys into parenthood among young women experiencing adversity. Families, Relationships and Societies, 11(3), 321-339. [More Information]
- Constantin, A., Hamilton, M., Zettna, N., Baird, M., Dinale, D., Gulesserian, L., Williams, A. (2022). Looking beyond hours of care: the effects of care strain on work withdrawal among Australian workers. International Journal of Care and Caring, 6(3), 318-334. [More Information]
- Naldini, M., Adamson, E., Hamilton, M. (2022). Migrant families' access to ECEC and family policies: The Australian and Italian case compared. Frontiers in Sociology, 7, 894284. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Hill, E., Kintominas, A. (2022). Moral Geographies of Care across Borders: The Experience of Migrant Grandparents in Australia. Social Politics: international studies in gender, state, and society, 29(2), 379-404. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Crawford, T., Thomson, C., Jeon, Y., Bassett, K. (2022). New directions in centre-based aged care in Australia: Responding to changing funding models and the COVID-19 pandemic. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 41(3), 457-465. [More Information]
- Redmond, G., Skattebol, J., Hamilton, M., Andresen, S., Woodman, R. (2022). Projects-of-self and projects-of-family: young people’s responsibilisation for their education and responsibility for care. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 43(1), 84-103. [More Information]
- Persson, A., Smith, A., Wallace, J., Valentine, K., Bryant, J., Hamilton, M., Newman, C. (2022). Understanding 'risk' in families living with mixed blood-borne viral infection status: The doing and undoing of 'difference'. Health, 26(3), 284-301. [More Information]
- Smith, A., Persson, A., Drysdale, K., Bryant, J., Valentine, K., Wallace, J., Hamilton, M., Gray, R., Newman, C. (2021). Family imaginaries in the disclosure of a blood-borne virus. Sociology of Health & Illness, 43(6), 1422-1436. [More Information]
- Baird, M., Hamilton, M., Constantin, V. (2021). Gender equality and paid parental leave in Australia: A decade of giant leaps or baby steps? Journal of Industrial Relations, 63(4), 546-567. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Suthersan, B. (2021). Gendered moral rationalities in later life: Grandparents balancing paid work and care of grandchildren in Australia. Ageing and Society, 41(7), 1651-1672. [More Information]
- Peters, R., Ee, N., Ward, S., Kenning, G., Radford, K., Goldwater, M., Dodge, H., Lewis, E., Xu, Y., Kudrna, G., Hamilton, M., et al (2021). Intergenerational Programmes bringing together community dwelling non-familial older adults and children: A Systematic Review. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 94, 104356. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Peisah, C., Rabheru, K., Ayalon, L., Verbeek, H., Stoppe, G., de Mendonca Lima, C. (2021). Understanding Barriers to the Realization of Human Rights Among Older Women With Mental Health Conditions. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 29(10), 1009-1014. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Redmond, G. (2020). Are Young Carers Less Engaged in School than Non-Carers? Evidence from a Representative Australian Study. Child Indicators Research, 13(1), 33-49. [More Information]
- Valentine, K., Persson, A., Newman, C., Hamilton, M., Bryant, J., Wallace, J. (2020). Commentary on Alex Stevens (2020) Critical realism and the ‘ontological politics of drug policy'. International Journal of Drug Policy, 84. [More Information]
- Salignac, F., Hamilton, M., Noone, J., Marjolin, A., Muir, K. (2020). Conceptualizing Financial Wellbeing: An Ecological Life-Course Approach. Journal of Happiness Studies, 21(5), 1581-1602. [More Information]
- Valentine, K., Persson, A., Newman, C., Hamilton, M., Bryant, J., Wallace, J. (2020). Experience as Evidence: The Prospects for Biographical Narratives in Drug Policy. Contemporary Drug Problems, 47(3), 191-209. [More Information]
- Persson, A., Newman, C., Valentine, K., Hamilton, M., Bryant, J., Wallace, J. (2019). The embodied relationality of blood-borne viruses: How families matter in the context of a stigmatised viral infection. Social Science and Medicine, 243, 112620. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Botfield, J., Persson, A., Newman, C., Bryant, J., Valentine, K., Wallace, J. (2018). Hidden Carers? a Scoping Review of the Needs Of Carers of People with HIV in the Contemporary Treatment Era. International Journal of Care and Caring, 2(4), 529-549. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Fisher, K., Hill, T. (2018). Kostas Mavromaras, Megan Moskos, Stephane Mahuteau and Linda Isherwood, With Alison Goode, Helen Walton, Llainey Smith, Zhang Wei and Joanne Flavel (2018). International Journal of Care and Caring, 2(4), 595-597. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Cass, B. (2017). Capturing the centrality of age and life-course stage in the provision of unpaid care. Journal of Sociology, 53(1), 79-93. [More Information]
- Persson, A., Newman, C., Hamilton, M., Bryant, J., Wallace, J., Valentine, K. (2017). Families living with blood-borne viruses: The case for extending the concept of "serodiscordance". Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2017, 4352783. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Thomson, C. (2017). Recognising unpaid care in private pension schemes. Social Policy and Society, 16(4), 517-534. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M. (2014). The new social contract and the individualisation of risk in policy. Journal of Risk Research, 17(4), 453-467. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Adamson, E. (2013). Bounded agency in young carers' lifecourse-stage domains and transitions. Journal of Youth Studies, 16(1), 101-117. [More Information]
- Cortis, N., Bullen, J., Hamilton, M. (2013). Sustaining transitions from welfare to work: the perceptions of employers and employment service providers. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 48(3), 363-384. [More Information]
- Purcal, C., Hamilton, M., Thomson, C., Cass, B. (2012). From Assistance to Prevention: Categorizing Young Carer Support Services in Australia, and International Implications. Social Policy and Administration, 46(7), 788-806. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M. (2012). Just deserts? 'Privatisation' and the history of deservingness in Australia's retirement incomes system. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 47(4), 457-477. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M. (2009). Book review: David Blitzstein, Olivia S. Mitchell and Stephen P. Utkus (eds), Restructuring Retirement Risks, Oxford University Press, Oxford (2006). Ageing and Society, 29(3), 483-485. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M. (2008). Book review: Ellen M. Immergut, Karen M. Anderson and Isabelle Schulze (eds), The Handbook of West European Pension Politics, Oxford University Press, New York (2007). Ageing and Society, 28(2), 290-292. [More Information]
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- Newman, C., Persson, A., Valentine, K., Hamilton, M., Bryant, J., Wallace, J., Drysdale, K., Smith, A., Gray, R., Botfield, J., et al (2020). my health, our family: documenting stories of family life in the context of HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C (summary report). Sydney: UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health. [More Information]
- Naldini, M., Hamilton, M., Adamson, E. (2020). The Social Investment Paradigm and Migrant Families. The Australian and Italian case compared, Collegio Carlo Alberto Working Paper No. 625. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Kintominas, A., Brennan, D. (2018). The Temporary Sponsored Parent Visa, Migrant Grandparents and Transnational Family Life, Markets Migration and Care Project Policy Brief No. 2, October 2018.
- Hamilton, M. (2017). Leave in Australia, Korea Labor Institute International Labor Brief (Vol. 15, No. 7, 2017).
- Hamilton, M., Giuntoli, G., Johnson, K., Kayess, R., Fisher, K. (2016). Transitioning Australian Respite (SPRC Report 04/2016).
- Hamilton, M., Jenkins, B. (2015). Grandparent childcare and labour market participation in Australia (SPRC Report 14/2015).
- Cass, B., Hill, T., Hamilton, M., Thomson, C. (2013). Investing in care: Recognising and valuing those who care, Volume 1 Research Report, Australian Human Rights Commission.
- Cass, B., Hill, T., Hamilton, M., Thomson, C. (2013). Investing in care: Recognising and valuing those who care, Volume 2 Technical Papers, Australian Human Rights Commission.
- Skattebol, J., Hamilton, M., Skrzypiec, G., Burnstock, T., Redmond, G., Jenkins, B., Dodd, K. (2013). Understanding children's perspectives on wellbeing, The Australian Child Wellbeing Project: Phase One Report.
- Cass, B., Brennan, D., Thomson, C., Hill, T., Purcal, C., Hamilton, M., Adamson, E. (2011). Young carers: Social policy impacts of the caring responsibilities of children and young adults.
- Hamilton, M., Redmond, G. (2010). Conceptualisation of social and emotional wellbeing for children and young people, and policy implications.
- Cass, B., Smyth, C., Hill, T., Blaxland, M., Hamilton, M. (2009). Young carers in Australia: Understanding the advantages and disadvantages of their care-giving and the implications for policy, FaHCSIA Social Policy Research Paper Series.
- Hamilton, M., Hamilton, C. (2006). Baby boomers and retirement: Dreams, fears and anxieties, Australia Institute Discussion Paper No 89, September 2006.
- Hamilton, M., Hamilton, C. (2006). Rich boomer, poor boomer: Retirement prospects for the not-so-lucky generation, Australia Institute Webpaper, August 2006.
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Research Reports
- Hanna Osborne, S., Galea, N., Hamilton, M. (2025). Boosting Retention of Women in Construction: Improving Transitions in and out of Parental Leave, Australia: National Association of Women in Construction. [More Information]
- Galea, N., Hamilton, M., Hanna Osborne, S., Williams, A., McFadyen, A. (2025). Building Better Workplaces: A Toolkit for Retaining Women Through Pregnancy, Parental Leave, and Return to Work in the NSW Construction Industry, Australia: National Association of Women in Construction. [More Information]
- Galea, N., Hanna Osborne, S., Hamilton, M., Williams, A., McFadyen, A. (2025). Motherhood, Stigma and Survival: Women’s Lived Experiences of Pregnancy and Parental Leave in the NSW Construction Sector, Australia: National Association of Women in Construction. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Galea, N., Williams, A., McFadyen, A. (2025). Supporting Transitions In and Out of Parental Leave in the NSW Construction Industry, Australia: National Association of Women in Construction. [More Information]
- Baird, M., Baxter, J., Hamilton, M. (2024). 20th International Review of Leave Policies and Related Research 2024 | Australia country note, September 2024, (pp. 59 - 72). Vienna, Austria: International Network on Leave Policies and Research. [More Information]
- Baird, M., Baxter, J., Hamilton, M. (2023). 19th International Review of Leave Policies and Related Research 2023 | Australia country note, September 2023, (pp. 92 - 105). Vienna, Austria: International Network on Leave Policies and Research. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Williams, A., Baird, M. (2023). Gender Equity and Inclusion by Design: A Toolkit for the Australian University Sector, Canberra, Australia: Universities Australia. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Williams, A., Baird, M. (2023). Gender inclusive practices and work-life balance in Australian Universities, In Press, Sydney, Australia: Universities Australia.
- Constantin, V., Hamilton, M., Baird, M. (2022). Balancing work and family life during the COVID-19 pandemic: who fared better and worse?, Sydney, Australia: University of Sydney. [More Information]
- Baird, M., Hamilton, M., Gulesserian, L., Williams, A., Parker, S. (2021). An Employer Lens on COVID-19: Adapting to change in Australian workplaces, CEPAR Industry Report, February 2021, (pp. 1 - 28). Perth, Australia: ARC Centre for Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR). [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Hodgson, H., Bradbury, B., Ip, M., Adamson, E., Van Toorn, G. (2020). Security in old age for older single women without children, November 2020, (pp. 3 - 104). Sydney, Australia: University of Sydney. [More Information]
- Skattebol, J., Hamilton, M., Thomson, C., Blaxland, M., Valentine, K. (2019). Stories of aftercare services and support needs after leaving care: A snapshot from the Stories of Resourcing and Resourcefulness project, SPRC Report 11/19, (pp. 1 - 32). Sydney, Australia, Australia: University of NSW (UNSW). [More Information]
- Blaxland, M., Skattebol, J., Thomson, C., Hamilton, M., Valentine, K. (2019). Stories of educational engagement among young people with complex needs: A snapshot from the Stories of Resourcing and Resourcefulness project, October 2019, (pp. 1 - 43). Sydney, Australia, Australia: University of NSW (UNSW). [More Information]
- Muir, K., Hamilton, M., Noone, J., Marjolin, A., Salignac, F., Saunders, P. (2017). Exploring Financial Wellbeing in the Australian Context, September, 2017, (pp. 1 - 63). Sydney, Australia: University of NSW (UNSW). [More Information]
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2025
- Hanna Osborne, S., Galea, N., Hamilton, M. (2025). Boosting Retention of Women in Construction: Improving Transitions in and out of Parental Leave, Australia: National Association of Women in Construction. [More Information]
- Galea, N., Hamilton, M., Hanna Osborne, S., Williams, A., McFadyen, A. (2025). Building Better Workplaces: A Toolkit for Retaining Women Through Pregnancy, Parental Leave, and Return to Work in the NSW Construction Industry, Australia: National Association of Women in Construction. [More Information]
- Hill, T., Cortis, N., Hamilton, M., Peisah, C. (2025). From rationing to rights: measuring unmet care needs to transform aged care systems. In T. Kroger, N. Brimblecombe, K. Rummery, R. Rodrigues (Eds.), Care Poverty and Unmet Needs: Care Inequalities in Theory and Practice, (pp. 43-60). United Kingdom: Policy Press.
- Craig, L., Lee, D., Hamilton, M., Timonen, V., Adamson, E. (2025). Gender and educational patterns in the demand and supply of grandparent childcare in Australia. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 60(1), 251-269. [More Information]
- Galea, N., Hanna Osborne, S., Hamilton, M., Williams, A., McFadyen, A. (2025). Motherhood, Stigma and Survival: Women’s Lived Experiences of Pregnancy and Parental Leave in the NSW Construction Sector, Australia: National Association of Women in Construction. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Galea, N., Williams, A., McFadyen, A. (2025). Supporting Transitions In and Out of Parental Leave in the NSW Construction Industry, Australia: National Association of Women in Construction. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Adamson, E., Williams, A., Craig, L., Timonen, V. (2025). The Relationship Between Public Policy and Grandparents’ Involvement in Childcare: A Scoping Review of the International Evidence. Social Policy and Society, Published online: 17 March 2025. [More Information]
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2024
- Baird, M., Baxter, J., Hamilton, M. (2024). 20th International Review of Leave Policies and Related Research 2024 | Australia country note, September 2024, (pp. 59 - 72). Vienna, Austria: International Network on Leave Policies and Research. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Baird, M., Zettna, N. (2024). Accommodating Care Across the Life Course. In M. Baird, M. Hamilton, A. Williams (Eds.), The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work, (pp. 123-156). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Xie, Y., Sinclair, C., Hamilton, M., Peisah, C., Temple, J., Anstey, K. (2024). Barriers Experienced by Community-Dwelling Older Adults Navigating Formal Care: Evidence From an Australian Population-Based National Survey. Journal of Aging and Health, Published online: 24 June 2024. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Zettna, N. (2024). Building Age-inclusive Workplaces. In M. Baird, M. Hamilton, A. Williams (Eds.), The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work, (pp. 91-122). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Kintominas, A., Adamson, E. (2024). Childcare by migrant nannies and migrant grannies: A critical discourse analysis of new policy solutions for securing reproductive labor in Australian households. Gender, Work and Organization, 31(4), 1290-1311. [More Information]
- Baird, M., Hamilton, M. (2024). Conclusion: Advancing the Multigenerational Workplace in Theory and Practice. In M. Baird, M. Hamilton, A. Williams (Eds.), The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work, (pp. 237-247). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Charlesworth, S., McDonald, F. (2024). Informal care policy: Needs of older people and people with disability or chronic illness. In Baird, M., Hill, E., and Colussi, S (Eds.), At a Turning Point: Work, Care and Family policies in Australia, (pp. 121-144). Australia: Sydney University Press. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Baird, M. (2024). Introducing the Multigenerational Workforce and Workplace. In M. Baird, M. Hamilton, A. Williams (Eds.), The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work, (pp. 1-20). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Loh, V., Hamilton, M., Baird, M., Zettna, N., Constantin, A., Andrei, D., Petery, G., Parker, S. (2024). Money matters, but what else? Mature worker motives and the importance of gender, age, socioeconomic status and age-inclusive HR practices. Australian Journal of Management, 49(4), 790-811. [More Information]
- Baird, M., Hamilton, M., Heron, A. (2024). Multigenerational Workforces and the Public Policy Context. In M. Baird, M. Hamilton, A. Williams (Eds.), The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work, (pp. 47-65). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Xie, Y., Hamilton, M., Peisah, C., Anstey, K., Sinclair, C. (2024). Navigating Community-Based Aged Care Services From the Consumer Perspective: A Scoping Review. The Gerontologist, 64(2), gnad017. [More Information]
- Williams, A., Hamilton, M., Baird, M. (2024). Researching the Multigenerational Workplace. In M. Baird, M. Hamilton, A. Williams (Eds.), The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work, (pp. 21-45). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Bainbridge, H., Baird, M., Zettna, N., Hofstatter, L., Judd-Lam, S., O’Loughlin, K. (2024). The importance of recognition: predictors and outcomes of carer recognition among working carers of ageing relatives. Community, Work and Family, Published online: 18 October 2024. [More Information]
- Baird, M., Hamilton, M., Williams, A. (2024). The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Baird, M., Williams, A., Hamilton, M. (2024). The Policy Ladder: Understanding Organisational Policies for Multigenerational Workplaces. In M. Baird, M. Hamilton, A. Williams (Eds.), The Multigenerational Workforce: Managing Age and Gender at Work, (pp. 67-89). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Hamilton, C., Hamilton, M. (2024). The privileged few. United Kingdom: Polity Press. [More Information]
- Van Toorn, G., Kirby, E., Hamilton, M., MacArtney, J. (2024). What socio-cultural, emotional and relational factors shape older people's experiences of death and dying in residential aged care? A scoping review. Ageing and Society, Published online: 7 March 2024. [More Information]
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2023
- Baird, M., Baxter, J., Hamilton, M. (2023). 19th International Review of Leave Policies and Related Research 2023 | Australia country note, September 2023, (pp. 92 - 105). Vienna, Austria: International Network on Leave Policies and Research. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Williams, A., Baird, M. (2023). Gender Equity and Inclusion by Design: A Toolkit for the Australian University Sector, Canberra, Australia: Universities Australia. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Williams, A., Baird, M. (2023). Gender inclusive practices and work-life balance in Australian Universities, In Press, Sydney, Australia: Universities Australia.
- Bryant, J., Smith, A., Persson, A., Valentine, K., Drysdale, K., Wallace, J., Hamilton, M., Newman, C. (2023). Logics of control and self-management in narratives of people living with HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis B. Culture Health and Sexuality, 25(9), 1214-1229. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Timonen, V., Craig, L., Adamson, E. (2023). Policies for Active Aging and Their Family-Related Assumptions and Consequences. In M. Daly, B. Pfau-Effinger, N. Gilbert, D. Besharov (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Family Policy Over The Life Course, (pp. 998-1014). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
- Drysdale, K., Persson, A., Smith, A., Wallace, J., Valentine, K., Gray, R., Bryant, J., Hamilton, M., Newman, C. (2023). Professional perspectives on serodiscordant family service provision in the context of blood-borne viruses. Health Sociology Review, 32(2), 145-160. [More Information]
- Valentine, K., Smith, A., Persson, A., Gray, R., Bryant, J., Hamilton, M., Wallace, J., Drysdale, K., Newman, C. (2023). The freighted social histories of HIV and hepatitis C: exploring service providers' perspectives on stigma in the current epidemics. Medical Humanities, 49(1), 48-54. [More Information]
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2022
- Constantin, V., Hamilton, M., Baird, M. (2022). Balancing work and family life during the COVID-19 pandemic: who fared better and worse?, Sydney, Australia: University of Sydney. [More Information]
- Baird, M., Hamilton, M., Dinale, D., Gulesserian, L., Heron, A. (2022). Broadening our conception of leave: leave to care for self or others over the life course. Research Handbook on Leave Policy Parenting and Social Inequalities in a Global Perspective, (pp. 368-383). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Hodgson, H., Bradbury, B. (2022). Drivers of economic outcomes for single women without children in retirement. Australian Tax Review, 51(2), 174-191. [More Information]
- Blaxland, M., Skattebol, J., Hamilton, M., Van Toorn, G., Thomson, C., Valentine, K. (2022). From being at risk to being a risk : Journeys into parenthood among young women experiencing adversity. Families, Relationships and Societies, 11(3), 321-339. [More Information]
- Constantin, A., Hamilton, M., Zettna, N., Baird, M., Dinale, D., Gulesserian, L., Williams, A. (2022). Looking beyond hours of care: the effects of care strain on work withdrawal among Australian workers. International Journal of Care and Caring, 6(3), 318-334. [More Information]
- Bowyer, D., Hodgson, H., Hamilton, M., James, A., Allen, L. (2022). Mid-Career Challenges in Australian Universities: A Collaborative Auto-Ethnographic Narrative. In H. Schnackenberg (Eds.), Women in Higher Education and the Journey to Mid-Career: Challenges and Opportunities, (pp. 168-200). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. [More Information]
- Naldini, M., Adamson, E., Hamilton, M. (2022). Migrant families' access to ECEC and family policies: The Australian and Italian case compared. Frontiers in Sociology, 7, 894284. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Hill, E., Kintominas, A. (2022). Moral Geographies of Care across Borders: The Experience of Migrant Grandparents in Australia. Social Politics: international studies in gender, state, and society, 29(2), 379-404. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Crawford, T., Thomson, C., Jeon, Y., Bassett, K. (2022). New directions in centre-based aged care in Australia: Responding to changing funding models and the COVID-19 pandemic. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 41(3), 457-465. [More Information]
- Redmond, G., Skattebol, J., Hamilton, M., Andresen, S., Woodman, R. (2022). Projects-of-self and projects-of-family: young people’s responsibilisation for their education and responsibility for care. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 43(1), 84-103. [More Information]
- Persson, A., Smith, A., Wallace, J., Valentine, K., Bryant, J., Hamilton, M., Newman, C. (2022). Understanding 'risk' in families living with mixed blood-borne viral infection status: The doing and undoing of 'difference'. Health, 26(3), 284-301. [More Information]
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2021
- Baird, M., Hamilton, M., Gulesserian, L., Williams, A., Parker, S. (2021). An Employer Lens on COVID-19: Adapting to change in Australian workplaces, CEPAR Industry Report, February 2021, (pp. 1 - 28). Perth, Australia: ARC Centre for Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR). [More Information]
- Smith, A., Persson, A., Drysdale, K., Bryant, J., Valentine, K., Wallace, J., Hamilton, M., Gray, R., Newman, C. (2021). Family imaginaries in the disclosure of a blood-borne virus. Sociology of Health & Illness, 43(6), 1422-1436. [More Information]
- Baird, M., Hamilton, M., Constantin, V. (2021). Gender equality and paid parental leave in Australia: A decade of giant leaps or baby steps? Journal of Industrial Relations, 63(4), 546-567. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Suthersan, B. (2021). Gendered moral rationalities in later life: Grandparents balancing paid work and care of grandchildren in Australia. Ageing and Society, 41(7), 1651-1672. [More Information]
- Peters, R., Ee, N., Ward, S., Kenning, G., Radford, K., Goldwater, M., Dodge, H., Lewis, E., Xu, Y., Kudrna, G., Hamilton, M., et al (2021). Intergenerational Programmes bringing together community dwelling non-familial older adults and children: A Systematic Review. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 94, 104356. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Peisah, C., Rabheru, K., Ayalon, L., Verbeek, H., Stoppe, G., de Mendonca Lima, C. (2021). Understanding Barriers to the Realization of Human Rights Among Older Women With Mental Health Conditions. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 29(10), 1009-1014. [More Information]
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2020
- Hamilton, M., Redmond, G. (2020). Are Young Carers Less Engaged in School than Non-Carers? Evidence from a Representative Australian Study. Child Indicators Research, 13(1), 33-49. [More Information]
- Valentine, K., Persson, A., Newman, C., Hamilton, M., Bryant, J., Wallace, J. (2020). Commentary on Alex Stevens (2020) Critical realism and the ‘ontological politics of drug policy'. International Journal of Drug Policy, 84. [More Information]
- Salignac, F., Hamilton, M., Noone, J., Marjolin, A., Muir, K. (2020). Conceptualizing Financial Wellbeing: An Ecological Life-Course Approach. Journal of Happiness Studies, 21(5), 1581-1602. [More Information]
- Valentine, K., Persson, A., Newman, C., Hamilton, M., Bryant, J., Wallace, J. (2020). Experience as Evidence: The Prospects for Biographical Narratives in Drug Policy. Contemporary Drug Problems, 47(3), 191-209. [More Information]
- Newman, C., Persson, A., Valentine, K., Hamilton, M., Bryant, J., Wallace, J., Drysdale, K., Smith, A., Gray, R., Botfield, J., et al (2020). my health, our family: documenting stories of family life in the context of HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C (summary report). Sydney: UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Hodgson, H., Bradbury, B., Ip, M., Adamson, E., Van Toorn, G. (2020). Security in old age for older single women without children, November 2020, (pp. 3 - 104). Sydney, Australia: University of Sydney. [More Information]
- Naldini, M., Hamilton, M., Adamson, E. (2020). The Social Investment Paradigm and Migrant Families. The Australian and Italian case compared, Collegio Carlo Alberto Working Paper No. 625. [More Information]
- Smyth, C., Hamilton, M. (2020). Young Carers. In Stephen Hupp and Jeremy D. Jewell (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. [More Information]
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2019
- Skattebol, J., Hamilton, M., Thomson, C., Blaxland, M., Valentine, K. (2019). Stories of aftercare services and support needs after leaving care: A snapshot from the Stories of Resourcing and Resourcefulness project, SPRC Report 11/19, (pp. 1 - 32). Sydney, Australia, Australia: University of NSW (UNSW). [More Information]
- Blaxland, M., Skattebol, J., Thomson, C., Hamilton, M., Valentine, K. (2019). Stories of educational engagement among young people with complex needs: A snapshot from the Stories of Resourcing and Resourcefulness project, October 2019, (pp. 1 - 43). Sydney, Australia, Australia: University of NSW (UNSW). [More Information]
- Craig, L., Hamilton, M., Brown, J. (2019). The Composition of Grandparent Childcare: Gendered Patterns in Cross-national Perspective. In V. Timonen (Eds.), Grandparenting Practices around the World: Reshaping Family, (pp. 151-170). Bristol, UK: Policy Press. [More Information]
- Persson, A., Newman, C., Valentine, K., Hamilton, M., Bryant, J., Wallace, J. (2019). The embodied relationality of blood-borne viruses: How families matter in the context of a stigmatised viral infection. Social Science and Medicine, 243, 112620. [More Information]
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2018
- Hamilton, M., Botfield, J., Persson, A., Newman, C., Bryant, J., Valentine, K., Wallace, J. (2018). Hidden Carers? a Scoping Review of the Needs Of Carers of People with HIV in the Contemporary Treatment Era. International Journal of Care and Caring, 2(4), 529-549. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Fisher, K., Hill, T. (2018). Kostas Mavromaras, Megan Moskos, Stephane Mahuteau and Linda Isherwood, With Alison Goode, Helen Walton, Llainey Smith, Zhang Wei and Joanne Flavel (2018). International Journal of Care and Caring, 2(4), 595-597. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Kintominas, A., Brennan, D. (2018). The Temporary Sponsored Parent Visa, Migrant Grandparents and Transnational Family Life, Markets Migration and Care Project Policy Brief No. 2, October 2018.
2017
- Hamilton, M., Cass, B. (2017). Capturing the centrality of age and life-course stage in the provision of unpaid care. Journal of Sociology, 53(1), 79-93. [More Information]
- Muir, K., Hamilton, M., Noone, J., Marjolin, A., Salignac, F., Saunders, P. (2017). Exploring Financial Wellbeing in the Australian Context, September, 2017, (pp. 1 - 63). Sydney, Australia: University of NSW (UNSW). [More Information]
- Persson, A., Newman, C., Hamilton, M., Bryant, J., Wallace, J., Valentine, K. (2017). Families living with blood-borne viruses: The case for extending the concept of "serodiscordance". Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2017, 4352783. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M. (2017). Leave in Australia, Korea Labor Institute International Labor Brief (Vol. 15, No. 7, 2017).
- Hamilton, M., Thomson, C. (2017). Recognising unpaid care in private pension schemes. Social Policy and Society, 16(4), 517-534. [More Information]
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2016
- Hamilton, M. (2016). The 'new social contract' and the individualisation of risk in policy. In P. Brown, A. Olofsson (Eds.), Risk, Uncertainty and Policy, (pp. 29-43). London, UK: Routledge.
- Hamilton, M., Giuntoli, G., Johnson, K., Kayess, R., Fisher, K. (2016). Transitioning Australian Respite (SPRC Report 04/2016).
2015
- Hamilton, M., Jenkins, B. (2015). Grandparent childcare and labour market participation in Australia (SPRC Report 14/2015).
2014
- Antonucci, L., Hamilton, M., Roberts, S. (2014). Constructing a Theory of Youth and Social Policy. In L. Antonucci, M. Hamilton, S. Roberts (Eds.), Young People and Social Policy in Europe: Dealing with Risk, Inequality and Precarity in Times of Crisis, (pp. 13-34). United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M., Antonucci, L., Roberts, S. (2014). Introduction: Young People and Social Policy in Europe. In L. Antonucci, M. Hamilton, S. Roberts (Eds.), Young People and Social Policy in Europe: Dealing with Risk, Inequality and Precarity in Times of Crisis, (pp. 1-12). United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M. (2014). The new social contract and the individualisation of risk in policy. Journal of Risk Research, 17(4), 453-467. [More Information]
- Antonucci, L., Hamilton, M., Roberts, S. (2014). Young People and Social Policy in Europe: Dealing with Risk, Inequality and Precarity in Times of Crisis. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Antonucci, L., Hamilton, M. (2014). Youth Transitions, Precarity and Inequality and the Future of Social Policy in Europe. In L. Antonucci, M. Hamilton, S. Roberts (Eds.), Young People and Social Policy in Europe: Dealing with Risk, Inequality and Precarity in Times of Crisis, (pp. 256-265). United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
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2013
- Hamilton, M., Adamson, E. (2013). Bounded agency in young carers' lifecourse-stage domains and transitions. Journal of Youth Studies, 16(1), 101-117. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M. (2013). France. In R.E. Emery (Eds.), Cultural Sociology of Divorce: An Encyclopedia, (pp. 19-42). London, UK: Sage Publications.
- Cass, B., Hill, T., Hamilton, M., Thomson, C. (2013). Investing in care: Recognising and valuing those who care, Volume 1 Research Report, Australian Human Rights Commission.
- Cass, B., Hill, T., Hamilton, M., Thomson, C. (2013). Investing in care: Recognising and valuing those who care, Volume 2 Technical Papers, Australian Human Rights Commission.
- Cortis, N., Bullen, J., Hamilton, M. (2013). Sustaining transitions from welfare to work: the perceptions of employers and employment service providers. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 48(3), 363-384. [More Information]
- Skattebol, J., Hamilton, M., Skrzypiec, G., Burnstock, T., Redmond, G., Jenkins, B., Dodd, K. (2013). Understanding children's perspectives on wellbeing, The Australian Child Wellbeing Project: Phase One Report.
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2012
- Purcal, C., Hamilton, M., Thomson, C., Cass, B. (2012). From Assistance to Prevention: Categorizing Young Carer Support Services in Australia, and International Implications. Social Policy and Administration, 46(7), 788-806. [More Information]
- Hamilton, M. (2012). Just deserts? 'Privatisation' and the history of deservingness in Australia's retirement incomes system. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 47(4), 457-477. [More Information]
2011
- Cass, B., Brennan, D., Thomson, C., Hill, T., Purcal, C., Hamilton, M., Adamson, E. (2011). Young carers: Social policy impacts of the caring responsibilities of children and young adults.
2010
- Hamilton, M., Redmond, G. (2010). Conceptualisation of social and emotional wellbeing for children and young people, and policy implications.
- Hamilton, M. (2010). Welfare reform and provision for old age in Australia and Britain. In G. Marston, J. Moss, J. Quiggin (Eds.), Risk, Welfare and Work, (pp. 84-106). Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press.
2009
- Hamilton, M. (2009). Book review: David Blitzstein, Olivia S. Mitchell and Stephen P. Utkus (eds), Restructuring Retirement Risks, Oxford University Press, Oxford (2006). Ageing and Society, 29(3), 483-485. [More Information]
- Cass, B., Smyth, C., Hill, T., Blaxland, M., Hamilton, M. (2009). Young carers in Australia: Understanding the advantages and disadvantages of their care-giving and the implications for policy, FaHCSIA Social Policy Research Paper Series.
2008
- Hamilton, M. (2008). Book review: Ellen M. Immergut, Karen M. Anderson and Isabelle Schulze (eds), The Handbook of West European Pension Politics, Oxford University Press, New York (2007). Ageing and Society, 28(2), 290-292. [More Information]
2006
- Hamilton, M., Hamilton, C. (2006). Baby boomers and retirement: Dreams, fears and anxieties, Australia Institute Discussion Paper No 89, September 2006.
- Hamilton, M., Hamilton, C. (2006). Rich boomer, poor boomer: Retirement prospects for the not-so-lucky generation, Australia Institute Webpaper, August 2006.
Selected Grants
2025
- New models of replacement care for working carers, Hamilton M, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Mid-Career Industry Fellowship
- Advancing Gender Equality in Australia - Activating the Working for Women Strategy Through a Multi-Year Mixed-Methods Research Partnership, Cooper R, Hill E, Foley M, Galea N, Good L, Groutsis D, Hamilton M, Liu J, Seetahul S, Watt H, Healy J, Commonwealth Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet/Working for Women Program (WfWP)
2024
- Women in Construction Industry Innovation Program (IIP) Grant Year 2, Hamilton M, Galea N, Department of Education (NSW)/Women In Construction Industry Innovation Program
2021
- Grandparent childcare: negotiating work and care across generations, Hamilton M, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
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In the media
- The Conversation Hour [07 Oct 2025]
ABC Shepparton FM
Myra Hamilton discusses the issue of retention of women in the construction industry.
- 702 ABC Sydney - Afternoons with James Valentine [23 Sep 2025]
702 ABC Sydney
Associate Professor Myra Hamilton explains that women in construction face ongoing stigma and safety concerns, and emphasises both cultural and structural changes are necessary to make the industry more inclusive and supportive for women.
- Breakfast - Conor Burke [30 Jun 2025]
ABC South East SA
Myra Hamilton is interviewed about childcare options and issues in Australia.
- This shouldn't be an embarrassing secret. Everyone should be talking about it [25 Sep 2024]
The Canberra Times
Professor Myra Hamilton has been quoted in an article on the impact of menopause on women's working lives.
- ABC radio interview on carers' work and care balance [19 Sep 2024]
Professor Myra Hamilton has been mentioned in an interview her project that focuses on developing sustainable replacement care models that can enable carers to enter or increase paid work and maintain work and care balance.
- ABC radio interview on childcare [03 Sep 2024]
Professor Myra Hamilton has been interviewed on ABC Goulburn Murray discussing childcare and grandparents assuming caretaking roles.
- Are Boomers really the wealthiest generation? [18 Jul 2024]
SBS News
Professor Myra Hamilton has been interviewed discussing whether Boomers are the wealthiest generation.
- Grandparents in Sweden are now getting paid to look after their grandkids [17 Jul 2024]
The Daily Telegraph
Professor Myra Hamilton has been quoted in an article on grandparents in Sweden getting paid to look after their grandkids.
- Elite privilege isn’t a product of wealth Class shame is woven into the fabric of society [13 Jun 2024]
Unherd
Professor Myra Hamilton has co-written an article on societal class systems.
- How wealth and influence sets up class divide in Australia [01 Jun 2024]
ABC News
Professor Myra Hamilton was interviewed by ABC News about how wealth and influence contribute to class divisions in Australia.
- 'Nobody warned me': The official 'grandparent code', according to a child psychologist [15 Apr 2024]
Nine
Associate Professor Myra Hamilton's research was quoted in an article about the 'official grandparent code'. Myra says grandparent care is extremely prevalent and has a substantial impact on participation in the workforce (not of the grandkids but of both parents and grandparents).
- Mind the baby, Boomer: How more grandparents are ending up on the childcare frontline [13 Apr 2024]
The Sydney Morning Herald
Associate Professor Myra Hamilton's research about the working lives of grandparents was quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald.
- Who’d be a baby boomer when it’s all bad news? [25 Jan 2024]
City News
Associate Professor Myra Hamilton provided her expert commentary on the relentless tide of baby boomer bashing.
- ABC radio interview on challenges organisations face [17 Dec 2023]
Professor Myra Hamilton has been interviewed on ABC about the challenges organisations face in managing an ageing and diverse workforce.
- Mornings with Kia Handley [07 Dec 2023]
ABC North Coast NSW
what our role is in all of this. Myra Hamilton is a social policy researcher at the University of Sydney and has been good enough to come (Interview on grandparents' contributions to Australia's childcare burden and the economy.
- ‘I fret about the years that lie ahead’: the unique caring burden of single childless daughters [03 Dec 2023]
Photograph: Alamy I think of Clarice Beckett often. Not so much for the early 20th century painter’s exquisite, misty seaside landscapes. ... ... had them later in life,” says Myra Hamilton, the study’s lead author and an associate professor at the University of Sydney. The weight of ...
- Blaming Baby Boomers for your money woes is unfair, lazy and wrong [27 Nov 2023]
The Sydney Morning Herald published an op-ed by Associate Professor Myra Hamilton on generational wealth.
- Donna Ward says there's a 'singlehood penalty' for women like her. Australia-first research backs her up [06 Apr 2023]
ABC Online
ABC Online interviewed Associate Professor Myra Hamilton from the Business School about misconceptions experienced by older single women in Australia.
- ABC Radio Sydney interviewed Associate Professor Myra Hamilton [28 Nov 2022]
ABC Radio Sydney
ABC Radio Sydney interviewed Associate Professor Myra Hamilton from the Business School about support for young careers.
- The Quiet Cost of Young Carers [28 Nov 2022]
ABC Nightlife
ABC Nightlife interviewed Associate Professor Myra Hamilton from the Business School about the quiet cost of young carers.
- Grandparents take on childcare to help daughters go back to work, but is it good for the economy? [17 Oct 2022]
The Australian
The Australian interviewed Associate Professor Myra Hamilton from the Business School about the role of extended family in childcare.
- ‘Prickly’ author still stirring pot [17 Sep 2022]
The Saturday Age
The Saturday Age interviewed Associate Professor Myra Hamilton from the Business School on economist and social commentator Clive Hamilton.
- ABC Radio (Perth) interviewed Associate Professor Myra Hamilton [01 Aug 2022]
ABC Radio
ABC Radio (Perth) interviewed Associate Professor Myra Hamilton from the Business School about the role grandparents play in providing regular childcare.
- The grandparents who help keep mothers at work, but at a cost [10 Jun 2022]
Australian Financial Review
Australian Financial Review quoted Dr Myra Hamilton about grandparents providing childcare to help their daughters and daughters-in-law return to the workforce.
- The Australian public have felt there’s one rule for the rich and another for the rest throughout the pandemic [07 Jan 2022]
The Guardian
Associate Professor Myra Hamilton from the Business School co-authored an opinion piece in The Guardian about how the rich and powerful have been able to sidestep COVID-19 restrictions, with reference to Novak Djokovic.
- ABC Radio Darwin interview with Myra Hamilton [02 Nov 2021]
ABC Radio Darwin
ABC Radio Darwin interviewed Associate Professor Myra Hamilton about the experience of migrant grandparents in Australia and the role they play in childcare.
- New research shows how hard it is for ‘flying grannies’ to care for their Australian grandkids [27 Oct 2021]
The Conversation
The Conversation published an article co-authored by Myra Hamilton and Elizabeth Hill about a study they conducted that found many migrant families struggle to get the childcare they need.
- ABC Radio Sydney interview with Myra Hamilton [17 May 2021]
ABC Radio Sydney
ABC Radio Sydney interviewed Myra Hamilton about the caring responsibilities grandparents take up.
- Australia’s current Paid Parental Leave scheme only entrenches negative gender stereotypes [17 May 2021]
Women's Agenda
Women’s Agenda reported on research led by Marian Baird and co-authored by Myra Hamilton, which suggests paid parental leave has hardly improved in ten years.
- Inaction on paid parental leave slows economic progress for women, research finds [17 May 2021]
SmartCompany
SmartCompany reported on research led by Marian Baird and co-authored by Myra Hamilton, which suggests paid parental leave has hardly improved in ten years.
- Paid parental leave scheme revamp is a missed opportunity [15 May 2021]
Sydney Morning Herald
A Sydney Morning Herald editorial referenced research into gender equality and paid parental leave led by Marian Baird in the context of budget funding measures to address gender inequality, which also quoted Myra Hamilton.
- The many faces of grandma daycare [08 May 2021]
Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Myra Hamilton in an article about how many grandmothers sacrifice their own financial security in order to look after their grandchildren and ensure their daughters remain employed.
- ‘They died surrounded by family and friends (who could get leave from work if they needed)’ [22 Mar 2021]
Croakey
Croakey published an opinion piece by Myra Hamilton and Alex Broom about the importance of workplace leave to care for dying loved ones.
- Single, childless, female and ageing: the grim future facing some Australian women [24 Feb 2021]
Blue Mountains Gazette
Blue Mountains Gazette quoted Myra Hamilton about her research on single, older women without children and the financial pressures they face.
- Grandparents help to raise grandchildren in many families, but coronavirus is changing that [10 Feb 2021]
ABC Online
ABC Online quoted Myra Hamilton from the Centre of Excellence for Population Ageing Research and the Business School in an article about COVID-19 border closures and the impact it was having on migrant grandparents providing temporary care-based support to their families.
- Myra Hamilton on ABC Radio Sydney [04 Aug 2020]
ABC Radio Sydney
ABC Radio Sydney interviewed Associate Professor Myra Hamilton from the Business School about the impact of the childcare relief package during the pandemic, and how it has affected women’s caring roles.
- Myra Hamilton on ABC Radio National [15 Jun 2020]
ABC Radio National
Associate Professor Myra Hamilton from the Business School was interviewed on ABC Radio National about her research on mature aged workers in Australia.
- COVID-19 places spotlight on dying alone [27 May 2020]
Australian Ageing Agenda
Australian Ageing Agenda published an article co-authored by Associate Professor Myra Hamilton from the Business School and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research about how greater attention and resourcing is required to support the needs of aged care residents at the end of their life, as COVID-19 has resulted in many residents facing the end of their life alone.
- Working from home is nothing new to mothers [08 May 2020]
Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald (syndicated across Nine Publishing) published an article by Professor Marian Baird and Associate Professor Myra Hamilton from the Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies at the Business School about the familiar terrain of working from home for many mothers, who have long progressed their careers while working remotely or part-time and managing family responsibilities.
- Carers need respite from care. COVID-19’s limiting the options and pushing many to breaking point [05 May 2020]
Women's Agenda
Women’s Agenda published an article by Myra Hamilton from the Business School about the additional pressure faced by families with carer responsibilities, with the decline in respite care options during the coronavirus pandemic.
- The secret of 'free' childcare: grandparents [04 May 2020]
Broad Agenda
Broad Agenda quoted Professor Marian Baird and Dr Myra Hamilton from the Business School and Associate Professor Elizabeth Hill from the Department of Political Economy about how the coronavirus has impacted the care sector and workforce.
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