Elizabeth Humphrys

Elizabeth Humphrys
AwardsDr A M Hertzberg Fellow at the State Library of NSW (2019)
Academic background
Alma materDeakin University (BA)
University of Technology Sydney (MA)
University of Sydney (PhD)
ThesisThe Corporatist Origins of Neoliberalism: Australia’s Accord, the Labour Movement and the Neoliberal Project (2016)
Doctoral advisorDamien Cahill
InfluencesAntonio Gramsci, Karl Marx, Humphrey McQueen
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Technology Sydney
University of Sydney
Main interestsindustrial relations, workplace safety, climate change, anti-politics
Notable worksHow Labour Built Neoliberalism: Australia’s Accord, the Labour Movement and the Neoliberal Project (2019)
Websitehttps://profiles.uts.edu.au/Elizabeth.Humphrys/about

Elizabeth Teresa Humphrys is an Australian political economist, policy analyst and author at the University of Technology Sydney. Humphrys is notable for her research on the Australian Labor Party, the Hawke government and trade unions in the implementation of neoliberalism in Australia. Humphrys has also published and spoken on anti-politics, and the impacts of climate change for workers. Her work has been commented on in the Guardian Australia and Financial Times.[1]