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Associate Professor Myra Hamilton

BA (Hons 1) Sydney; PhD Sydney

Principal Research Fellow

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+61 2 9114 4513

Email

myra.hamilton@sydney.edu.au

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Member of Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies

Member of Sydney Policy Lab

Biographical details

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).

Research interests

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.

Teaching and supervision

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)

Young People and Social Policy in Europe: Dealing with Risk, Inequality and Precarity in Times of Crisis

(Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)

Publications

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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

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., 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]
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

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]
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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Report

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

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.
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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2024

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., 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]
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

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]
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]

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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

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, Commonwealth Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet/Working for Women Program (WfWP)
New models of replacement care for working carers, Hamilton M, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Mid-Career Industry Fellowship

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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