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Dr Yuvisthi Naidoo

Dr Yuvisthi Naidoo

Senior Lecturer

BEc (Econometrics Hons) USyd; Masters of Policy Studies UNSW; PhD UNSW

Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
Social Policy Research Centre

Dr Yuvisthi NaidooÌý(BEc (Econometrics Hons); Master of Policy Studies;ÌýPhD)Ìýis a Senior Research Fellow at the Social Policy Research Centre. She is a social policy researcher with expertise on the measurement and understanding of living standards, with a focus on poverty, inequality, deprivation, social exclusion and wellbeing. She has a unique set of research skills combining academically robust quantitative analysis of complex survey datasets, qualitative research methods, and project management in applied social policy. Her research program has direct policy relevance to improve the lives of socially and economically disadvantaged people. She has extensive experience working on ARC funded projects on poverty, deprivation and social exclusion, budget standards and with community sector organisations to influence government policy.

Before joining the SPRC, Yuvisthi worked for the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute on sustainable housing and support options for older homeless people. Prior to joining academic, Yuvisthi spent many years working in marketing and market research in the corporate sector, with consumer goods conglomerate Unilever; information technology company IBM; and strategic research consultancy Stancombe Research and Planning.

Yuvisthi completed her PhD in 2017 as the recipient of the Australian Institute of Population Ageing Research Scholarship (now known as the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research). Her thesis involved developing a set of economic metrics and a social indicator well-being framework to measure the economic standard of living and multi-dimensional well-being of individuals and applying the conceptual and methodological framework to analysis of older Australians.

Research Areas

Poverty and Inequality

Deprivation and Social Exclusion

Ageing and the Life Course

Budget Standards

Families

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Phone
+612 93857840
E-mail
ynaidoo@unsw.edu.au
Location
252 Goodsell Building
  • Books | 2007
    Saunders PG; Naidoo YS; Griffiths M, 2007, Towards new indicators of disadvantage: deprivation and social exclusion in Australia, University of New South Wales, Sydney,
  • Book Chapters | 2019
    Naidoo Y, 2019, 'Poverty, Deprivation and Well-being', in Anti-Poverty from theories to practices, Social Sciences Academic Press (China), China, pp. 26 - 63
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y, 2019, 'Poverty as Relative Deprivation: Application, Analysis and Implications for Social Security', in Saunders P (ed.), Revisiting Henderson: Poverty, social security and basic income, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, pp. 189 - 213
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Naidoo Y; Junor A; Carney T, 2024, 'Gender and work: emerging issues', Economic and Labour Relations Review, 35, pp. 211 - 213,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y; Wong M, 2022, 'Are recent trends in poverty and deprivation in Australia consistent with trickle-down effects?', Economic and Labour Relations Review, 33, pp. 566 - 585,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y; Wong M, 2022, 'Comparing the Monetary and Living Standards Approaches to Poverty Using the Australian Experience', Social Indicators Research, 162, pp. 1365 - 1385,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y; Wong M, 2022, 'The crumbling pillar: Assessing the impact of housing costs on recent trends in poverty and deprivation in Australia', International Journal of Social Welfare, 31, pp. 421 - 432,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y, 2020, 'The overlap between income poverty and material deprivation: Sensitivity evidence for Australia', Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 28, pp. 187 - 206,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Naidoo Y, 2019, 'A Multi-dimensional Individual Well-Being Framework: With an Application to Older Australians', Social Indicators Research, 146, pp. 1 - 18,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Naidoo Y, 2019, 'Comparing the Implications of Expanded Income-Based Measures of Living Standards with an Application to Older Australians', Journal of Social Policy, 48, pp. 83 - 105,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Saunders P; Brown J; Bedford M; Naidoo Y, 2019, 'Child Deprivation in Australia: A Child-focused Approach', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 54, pp. 4 - 21,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y, 2018, 'Mapping the Australian Poverty Profile: A Multidimensional Deprivation Approach', The Australian Economic Review, 51, pp. 336 - 350,
    Journal articles | 2009
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y, 2009, 'Poverty, deprivation and consistent poverty', The Economic Record, 85, pp. 417 - 432,
    Journal articles | 2008
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y; Griffiths M; Bedford M, 2008, 'Towards new indicators of disadvantage: Deprivation and social exclusion in Australia', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 43, pp. 175 - 194,
    Journal articles | 2007
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y, 2007, 'The deprivation approach and the attainment of human rights, evidence for Australia', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 13, pp. 137 - 155,
    Journal articles | 2005
    Morris A; Judd B; Kavanagh K; Naidoo Y, 2005, 'Older marginalised people: pathways into and out of a marginal housing situation', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 11, pp. 1 - 14,
    Journal articles | 2005
    Judd BH; Kavanagh D; Morris A; Naidoo YS, 2005, 'Housing and Support Options for Older People Who are Homeless', Research and Policy Bulletin, pp. 1 - 4,
    Journal articles | 2003
    Kavanagh K; Naidoo Y; Judd B; Morris A, 2003, 'Achieving Sustainable Outcomes for Older Homeless People', Parity, 16, pp. 12 - 13,
  • Reports | 2024
    Naidoo Y; Blaxland M; Wong M; Katz I, 2024, Uniting Families Report 2024, Uniting NSW.ACT, Sydney, ,
    Reports | 2023
    Bedford M; Bradbury B; Naidoo Y, 2023, Budget Standards for Low Paid Families, Fair Work Commission, Melbourne, ,
    Reports | 2023
    Cortis N; Naidoo Y; Wong M; Bradbury B, 2023, Gender-based Occupational Segregation: A National Data Profile, Fair Work Commission, ,
    Reports | 2023
    Gendera S; Bellon M; Robinson S; Naidoo Y; Cahalan T; Fisher K, 2023, Our Voice SA Reaching Out Project, Final Evaluation Report, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, ,
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    Naidoo Y; Bradbury B; Bedford M, 2023, 'Budget standards for low paid Australian families, Australian Social Policy Conference', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, Canberra, 11 September 2023
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    Naidoo Y; valentine K, 2023, 'Australian experiences of poverty - The role of income support and housing policy during COVID and beyond', presented at ACOSS and UNSW Poverty and Inequality Partnership panel session, Australian Social Policy Conference, Canberra, 12 September 2023
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    Naidoo Y, 2023, 'Revisiting the question: Does more money mean higher well-being?', presented at XX ISA World Congress of Sociology on Resurgent Authoritarianism: Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics and Economics, Melbourne, 27 June 2023
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    Naidoo Y, 2023, 'The state of poverty in Australia, From research to impact: the interaction between poverty and providing community services', presented at ACOSS panel session, Australian Social Policy Conference, Canberra, 12 September 2023
    Reports | 2023
    Treloar C; Bradbury B; Naidoo Y; Cama E; Brener L; Caruana T; Calabrese S; Dorsch P; Philips J; Goldie C; Broady T; Treloar C, 2023, Community attitudes towards poverty and inequality, 2023: Snapshot report,
    Reports | 2022
    Naidoo Y; valentine K; Adamson E, 2022, Australian Experiences of Poverty: Risk Precarity and Uncertainity during COVID-19, Australian Council of Social Service and UNSW, Sydney, ,
    Reports | 2021
    de Leeuw E; Fatema K; Sitas F; Naidoo Y; Treloar C; Phillips J; Dorsch P; Goldie C, 2021, Work, income and health inequity: A snapshot of the evidence, Australian Council of Social Service and UNSW, Sydney, ACOSS/UNSW Sydney poverty and Inequality Partnership Report No. 8, ,
    Reports | 2019
    Christine E; Naidoo Y; kylie V, 2019, Review of Launchpad Youth Community’s Housing Support Programs for Young People, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, ,
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Naidoo Y, 2019, 'Expanding Notions of Economic Living Standards and its Relationship to Subjective Well-being', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, UNSW, Sydney, 09 September 2019 - 11 September 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y, 2019, 'Explaining the Low Overlap between Income Poverty and Material Deprivation: Evidence for Australia', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, UNSW, Sydney, 09 September 2019 - 11 September 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y, 2019, 'Explaining the Low Overlap between Income Poverty and Material Deprivation: Evidence for Australia', presented at Foundation for International Studies on Social Security, Sigtuna, 10 June 2019 - 11 June 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Naidoo Y, 2018, 'Child Poverty in Australia: Examining the Impact of Different Approaches and Measures', presented at World Social Sciences Forum on Security and Equality for Sustainable Futures, Fukuoka, 25 September 2018 - 28 September 2018
    Reports | 2018
    Saunders P; Bedford M; Brown J; Naidoo Y; Adamson E, 2018, Material Deprivation and Social Exclusion Among Young Australians: A child-focused approach, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney,
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y, 2018, 'Poverty as relative deprivation: application, analysis and implications for social security', presented at Social Security Reform: Revisiting Henderson and Basic Income, Melbourne, 15 February 2018 - 16 February 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Naidoo Y; Saunders P; Bedford M, 2017, 'A child-centred approach to measuring child poverty: initial findings of a NSW Study', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, UNSW, Sydney, 25 September 2017 - 27 September 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Naidoo Y, 2017, 'What matters to older people? The role of economics to older people’s well-being', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, UNSW, Sydney, 25 September 2017 - 28 February 2017
    Theses / Dissertations | 2017
    Naidoo YS, 2017, The Standard of Living and Well-being of Individuals, UNSW,
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y, 2017, 'Poverty and Deprivation in Australia: Towards Better Measures and Improved Understanding', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney, 25 September 2017 - 27 September 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y, 2017, 'Poverty and Deprivation in Australia: Towards Better Measures and Improved Understanding', presented at Foundation for International Studies on Social Security, Sigtuna, 05 June 2017 - 07 June 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    Naidoo Y, 2015, 'Incorporating the ‘economic’ and ‘non-economic’ to understand the standard of living and well-being of older people – A case study of older Australians', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney, 27 September 2015 - 29 September 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    Naidoo Y, 2015, 'Multi-dimensional well-being of older people – A case study of older Australians', presented at Foundation for International Studies on Social Security, Sigtuna, 08 June 2015 - 10 June 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Naidoo Y; Morris A, 2014, 'The centrality of housing tenure: Further perspectives on the lives of older public and private renters in Australia', presented at XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology on Facing an Unequal World: Challenges for Global Sociology, Yokoham, 13 July 2014 - 18 July 2014
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Naidoo Y; Saunders P, 2014, 'Examining the Impact of In-Kind Housing and Health Benefits on Poverty among Older Australians', presented at XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology on Facing an Unequal World: Challenges for Global Sociology, Yokohama, 13 July 2014 - 18 July 2014
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Naidoo Y, 2014, 'Integrating Income and Wealth into a Consumption Model for Older Australians', presented at U21 Graduate Research Conference, University of Auckland, Auckland, 01 July 2014 - 04 July 2014
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    Naidoo Y, 2012, 'Moving beyond income in measuring economic living standards – A case study of Older Australians', presented at Foundation for International Studies on Social Security, Sitguna, 18 June 2012 - 20 June 2012
    Conference Presentations | 2008
    Naidoo Y; Saunders P; Zhu A, 2008, 'Social Exclusion, Deprivation and the Well-being on Australian Families', presented at Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne, 09 July 2008 - 11 July 2008
    Conference Presentations | 2007
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y; Bedford M, 2007, 'Left Out and Missing Out – Deprivation and Social Exclusion in Australia', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, UNSW, Sydney, 11 July 2007 - 13 July 2007
    Reports | 2007
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y; Griffiths M, 2007, Towards new indicators of Disadvantage: Deprivation and Social Exclusion in Australia, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, ,
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y, 2007, 'Poverty, deprivation and human rights', in Saunders P; Naidoo Y (ed.), 6th Australian Society of Heterodox Economists Conference, University of New South Wales, presented at Australian Society of Heterodox Economists Conference, University of New South Wales, 10 December 2007 - 11 December 2007
    Conference Presentations | 2007
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y, 2007, 'The Impact of Unemployment on Well-Being and Happiness in Australia', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, UNSW, Sydney, 11 July 2007 - 13 July 2007
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y, 2007, 'The Impact of Unemployment on Well-being and Happiness in Australia', Sigtuna, presented at Fourteenth International Research Seminar on Issues in Social Security, Foundation for International Studies of Social Security, Sigtuna, 15 June 2007 - 17 June 2007
    Reports | 2004
    Judd B; Kavanagh K; Morris A; Naidoo Y, 2004, Housing Options and Independent Living: Sustainable Outcomes for Older People Who are Homeless, Final Report, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, AHURI Final Report No. 62, ,
    Reports | 2003
    Judd B; Kavanagh K; Morris A; Naidoo Y, 2003, Housing Options and Independent Living: Sustainable Outcomes for Older People Who are Homeless, Positioning Paper, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Sydney, ,
    Conference Presentations | 2003
    Judd B; Naidoo Y; Kavanagh K; Morris A, 2003, 'In Search of a Home: Investigating the Housing and Support Needs of Older Homeless People', presented at Housing Futures in an Ageing Australia Conference, Melbourne, 03 November 2003 - 04 November 2003
  • Media | 2008
    Saunders P; Naidoo Y, 2008, Social Exclusion and Children, SPRC Newsletter No. 98, Bulletin No. 4., ,
    Media | 2005
    Bradbury B; Kavanagh K; Morris A; Naidoo Y, 2005, Housing and support options for older people who are homeless, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, ,

Nominated, The Nevile-Plowman Prize, Best Paper Award, The Economic and Labour Relations Review (2023)

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Nominated, FASS Dean's Best Doctoral Thesis Award, 2018

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Australian Institute of Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), PhD Scholarship, 2008

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UNSW/ACOSS Poverty and Inequality Partnership Steering Committee

SHAPE FUTURES EMCR Network Executive Committee, Diversity Officer

Economic and Labour Relations Review, Editorial Board Associate Editor

The Australian Sociological Association, Member

Australian Social Policy Association, Member

International Sociological Association, Member of RC55 on Social Indicators, RC19 on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy

UNSW Women in Research Network, Member

UNSW Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Staff Consultative Group

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Board, Elected Member, 2019-2021

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Early Career Academic Network Committee, 2018-2019

SPRC Seminar Coordinator, 2019-2021

My Research Supervision

Dewi Kartika Megasari

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Sushma Sapkota

My Teaching

Research Supervision:

Yuvisthi Naidoo welcomes enquiries from prospective Higher Degree Research candidates with an interest in social policy and the welfare state;Ìýthe measurement and understanding of poverty and inequality; ageing societies; well-being and social indicator frameworks.

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2024 - Lead convenor of the 'Understanding Poverty, Inequality and Social Disadvantage in Australia' short courseÌý

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2017, 2018 - Renmin University Social Policy Summer Course, Renmin University, Beijing

'2017 - Changing Social Policy', as part of the Master of Public Policy and Governance Degree, FASS, UNSW

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Teaching Areas:

Poverty, Deprivation and Well-being

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