Dr. Edith Gray

Biography

Edith Gray is a Professor in the School of Demography at the Australian National University's Research School of Social Sciences. Her research focuses on family demography, particularly childbearing in Australia and middle to high-income countries, emphasizing social-policy settings. She is the Chief Investigator on six Australian Research Council Discovery Projects related to family formation, fertility, and life course trajectories. Additionally, Edith serves as a Co-Convenor of the Population Lab and is an elected Council member of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population as well as the Vice-President of the Asian Population Association. She has chaired the National Organising Committee for the International Population Conference, scheduled to be held in Brisbane in 2025. Moreover, Edith has provided her research expertise to both governmental and non-governmental consultancies. She was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Population Research from 2007 to 2014 and was also the Convenor for the 20th Biennial Australian Population Association conference held in Canberra in 2022. Her academic qualifications include a BA from the University of Canberra and a Graduate Diploma in Population Health, a Master's, and a PhD in Demography from the Australian National University.

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