Dr Myra Hamilton

Overview

Myra Hamilton (BA (Hons); PhD, Sydney) joined the Social Policy Research Centre as a Research Associate in October 2008. Her main research interests and subjects of publication are retirement incomes policy, welfare reform, the service needs and experiences of people with caring responsibilities, and the perceptions and management of social risks over the lifecourse. Since commencing work at the Centre in 2008, she has worked on a number of government-commissioned evaluations including the NSW Carers Action Plan Evaluation Framework and the evaluation of the Building Capacity in Community Mental Health, Family Support and Carer Respite Program. She has also worked on projects on the political and social economy of care, child wellbeing, and on an ARC-funded project on the experiences and service needs of young carers. Her PhD was a comparative study on retirement incomes policy in Australia and Britain and she maintains a strong interest in social policy in Britain. She has held an honorary position at the Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender at the University of Surrey in the UK (2007) and in 2011 was a Lecturer in Public Policy at the University of Bristol.

Publications

Hamilton, M. (2010) ‘Welfare reform and retirement incomes policy in Australia and Britain’, in Marston, G., Moss, J. and Quiggin, J. (eds) Risk, Welfare and work, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 84-106

Hamilton, M., (2009), 'Book review, Blitzstein, D, Mitchell, O and Utkus, P (eds) (2006) Restructuring Retirement Risks', Ageing and Society, 29 (3), 483-485.

Hamilton, M., (2008) 'Book review, Immergut, E, Anderson, K and Schulze, I (eds) (2007) ‘The Handbook of Western European Pension Politics’, Ageing and Society, 28 (2), February 2008, 290-292.

Consultancy Reports.
Hamilton, M. and Redmond, G. (2010), Conceptualisation of social and emotional wellbeing for children and young people, and policy implications, report for the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

Cass, B., Smyth, C., Hill, T., Blaxland, M., Hamilton, M., (2009) 'Young carers in Australia:understanding the advantages and disadvantages of their care giving', Social Policy Research Paper No. 38, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Canberra.

Hamilton, M.; Muir, K. and Rajkovic, M. (2009) Building Capacity in Community Mental Health Family Support and Carer Respite Project Evaluation, SPRC report prepared for Psychiatric Disability Services of Victoria, unpublished, July 2009.

Powell, A. Muir, K. Gendera, S. Hamilton, M. and Sitek, T. (forthcoming), NSW Carers Action Plan Evaluation Framework, SPRC report prepared for NSW Health, unpublished, April 2009.

Hamilton, M., Gendera, S. and Muir, K. (2009), NSW Carers Action Plan Evaluation Framework: Stakeholder consultation report, SPRC report prepared for NSW Health, unpublished, April 2009.

Levine Coley, R. Katz, I. Yaya, I. McPherran, C. McDermott, S. and Hamilton, M. (2009), A policy framework for parenting: Literature review, SPRC report prepared for FaHCSIA, unpublished, April 2009.

Hamilton, M. and Hamilton, C. (2006) ‘Baby boomers and retirement: Dreams, fears and anxieties’ (PDF), Australia Institute Discussion Paper No 89, September 2006, The Australia Institute, Canberra.

Hamilton, M. and Hamilton, C. (2006) ‘Rich boomer, poor boomer: Retirement prospects for the not-so-lucky generation (PDF)’, Australia Institute Webpaper, August 2006, The Australia Institute, Canberra.

Recent Conference Papers
Hamilton, M., ‘The age pension and social citizenship in Australia’, Australasian Welfare History Workshop, University of New South Wales, February 2010

Michail, S, Hamilton, M. and Smyth, C, ‘Reflections on participatory techniques in young carer research’, International Society of Children’s Indicators, November 2009

Hamilton, M. Thomson, C; Cass, B; Purcal, C; Brennan, D. (2009), ‘From support to prevention: policies and services for young carers’, Australian Social Policy Conference, Social Policy Research Centre, July.

Hamilton, M. (2008), ‘Contract, welfare reform, and provision for old age in Australia and Britain’, Invited speaker, Academy of the Social Sciences Workshop, December.

Hamilton, M. (2007), ‘Contract and retirement incomes in Australia and Britain’, International Sociological Association, September.

Hamilton, M. (2007), ‘Raising the pension age in Australia’, 40th National Conference of AAG, Australian Association of Gerontology, November.

Hamilton, M. (2007), ‘The truth about baby boomers’, Invited plenary address to Annual Symposium, Council on the Ageing (Queensland), October.

Hamilton, M. (2007), ‘Baby boomers and retirement incomes in Australia’, Annual Conference, University of Keele, Network of Gerontology Students (UK), May.

Hamilton, M. (2007), ‘Contractualism and retirement incomes in Britain and Australia’, Seminar to Biannual Conference, British Sociological Association, April.

Hamilton, M. (2007), ‘Baby boomers and retirement incomes policy’, Department of Sociology Seminar Series, University of Surrey, January.

Hamilton, M. (2006), ‘Rich boomer, poor boomer: retirement prospects for the not-so-lucky generation’, Invited address to 39th National Conference, Australian Association of Gerontology, November.

Hamilton, M. (2006) , 'Baby boomers and retirement’, Speech to Emerging Researchers in Ageing Conference, Australasian Centre on Ageing, University of Queensland, November.

Hamilton, M. (2005), ‘Retirement incomes policy in Australia: the moral and philosophical implications’, Speech to Emerging Researchers in Ageing Conference, Australasian Centre on Ageing, University of Queensland, October.