Alan Duncan

Professor Alan Duncan is Director of the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) and John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin University. Before joining Curtin in 2013, he was Director of the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) at the University of Canberra, having previously held senior academic positions at the University of Nottingham, the University of York and the Institute for Fiscal Studies (UK).

Alan's research focuses on informing public policy through rigorous, evidence-based economic analysis. His expertise spans labour markets, gender equity, poverty and inequality, housing, migration, household wellbeing, childcare affordability, economic evaluation and public policy.

Alan has published extensively in leading international academic and policy journals and ranks among the world's top 5% of economists on citations metrics according to the Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) portal. He completed his DPhil in Economics at the University of York and has advised governments and international organisations including the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and numerous Australian parliamentary inquiries. He also participated in the Australian Government's Jobs and Skills Summit in 2022.

Alan received the Econometric Society's Frisch Medal in 2000, one of the world's most prestigious awards in economics. In 2020 he was appointed a John Curtin Distinguished Professor, and in 2023 received the Austin Holmes Award for his outstanding contribution to economic research and public policy in Western Australia.