Gigi Foster is a U.S born academic and economist. She is currently a professor of economics at the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive ...

. She regularly appears in the Australian media on the topic of economics, having been a panellist on discussion television show Q&A and host of a radio show on the ABC.

Education

Foster received a Bachelor of Arts (Ethics, Politics, and Economics) from Yale University, and completed a PhD in economics at the University of Maryland.

Career

Podcast

Foster hosts ''The Economists'' on the ABC with Australian economics journalist Peter Martin.

COVID-19

Foster attracted criticism over her stance to Australia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, she criticised the COVID Zero-centred approach adopted by Victoria and other jurisdictions within Australia, believing that the costs to the economy outweighed the potential benefits of reducing case numbers. Her then-employer the

distanced themselves from her comments which were televised during the show Q&A.

Accomplishments

Gigi Foster was named ''Young Economist of The Year'' for 2019 by the Economics Society of Australia.

Publications

* Coelli, M., Foster, G. and Leigh, A. (2018), Do School Principals Respond to Increased Public Scrutiny? New Survey Evidence from Australia. Econ Rec, 94: 73-101. doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12400 * Foster G, 2019, ''Biophysical measurement in experimental social science research: Theory and practice'', doi.org/10.1016/C2016-0-04236-5 * Frijters P; Foster G, 2013, ''An Economic Theory of Greed, Love, Groups, and Networks'', Cambridge University Press, doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139207041 * Foster G, 2019, 'Conclusion', in ''Biophysical Measurement in Experimental Social Science Research: Theory and Practice'', pp.267 – 277, doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813092-6.00010-1 * Foster G; Frijters P, 2017, 'Behavioral Political Economy', in ''Routledge Handbook of Behavioral Economics'', Routledge, pp.348 – 364, doi.org/10.4324/9781315743479 * Kalenkoski CM; Foster G, 2016, 'Introduction: The Economics of Multitasking', in ''The Economics of Multitasking'', Palgrave Macmillan US, pp.1 – 5, doi.org/10.1057/9781137381446_1 * Foster G, 2016, 'Grading Standards in Higher Education: Trends, Context, and Prognosis', in Bretag T (ed.), ''Handbook of Academic Integrity'', Springer, pp.307 – 324, doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-098-8_48 * Kalenkoski CM; Foster G, 2016, 'Discussion: The economics of multitasking', in Kalenkoski C; Foster G (ed.), ''The Economics of Multitasking'', Palgrave Macmillan, pp.203 – 208, doi.org/10.1057/9781137381446 * Foster G, 2015, 'Experimental Economics', in Wright J (ed.), ''International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences'', Elsevier, pp.546 – 551, doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.71052-X * Foster G, 2015, 'Grading Standards in Higher Education: Trends, Context, and Prognosis', ''Handbook of Academic Integrity'', Springer Singapore, pp.1 – 14, doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-079-7_48-2 * Frijters P; Foster G, 'Is it rational to be in love?', in, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 205 – 232, doi.org/10.4337/9781782549598.00020

References

Living people Australian women economists Year of birth missing (living people) University of New South Wales people Yale College alumni University of Maryland, Baltimore alumni {{Australia-economist-stub