I am an Associate Professor of Economics and the Deputy Director of the Development Policy Centre at the Australian National University (CCF to Dec 2026). My research lies at the intersection of labour economics, international trade, and the environment, and has been published in top field journals in economics, development studies, and environmental science. Before returning to the ANU in 2019, I held academic appointments at Dartmouth College and Stanford University, and I worked in the Australian Government, development, banking, and other odd jobs before that.

What’s new?

  • 1/10/2026 - revise and resubmit for my paper on remittance elasticities with Estelle Stambolie at Economic Development and Cultural change.

  • 1/10/2026 - Two Pacific migration data dashboards/explorers I made, using public data on PALM and publicly-released data on PEV, are now live at the links above under the data tab.

  • 27/09/2026 - talking remittances on SBS Examines here https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/sbs-examines-remittances-sent-from-australia-overseas/ay6c2rn4v

  • 21/09/2026 - together with DPA and other colleagues, we won the bid, at least for the design phase, for DFAT’s next major tertiary education investment in the Pacific, UNIPACT, which replaces PRPII in that space.

  • 07/2026 - bought my first house just over four decades into life! We have the most glorious gum tree in our suburb out the front.

Upcoming talks

  • AAC, Dec 2026

Contact

on campus in seven liversidge street, on email at ryan dot edwards at anu dot edu dot au or ryanbarclayedwards at geemail dot com, and some socials below

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