Peter Francis McDonald (born 1946) is an Australian

demographer Demography () is the statistics, statistical study of populations, especially human beings. Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and Population dynamics, dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups ...

and Emeritus Professor of Demography in the

Crawford School of Public Policy Crawford School of Public Policy is a research-intensive policy school within the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific at The Australian National University which focuses on Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. The school was named after Sir ...

of the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

. He is known for his research on fertility transition and

migration Migration, migratory, or migrate may refer to: Human migration * Human migration, physical movement by humans from one region to another ** International migration, when peoples cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum le ...

. He researched extensively in

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. In 2016 McDonald was appointed Professor of Demography and head of the Demography Unit within the Centre for Health Policy at the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

Career

He had a significant impact on demographic teaching, research and policy formulation and received the

Population Association of America The Population Association of America (PAA) is a non-profit scientific professional association dedicated to the study of issues related to population and demography. The PAA was established by Henry Pratt Fairchild and Frederick Osborn, with fun ...

's Irene B. Taeuber Award in 2015. In 2013 the Prime Minister of Australia,

Malcolm Turnbull Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954) is an Australian former politician and businessman who served as the 29th prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. Turnbull grad ...

, described McDonald as "arguably the world’s leading demographer". McDonald won

Iran's Book of the Year Award Iran's Book of the Year Awards is an annual award about books in categories of religion, social sciences, language, applied sciences, art and literature. It is the most prestigious book award in Iran and is granted by the Iranian president The p ...

for the book '' The Fertility Transition in Iran: Revolution and Reproduction'' (with

Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi is an Iranian demographer and a Research Fellow at the Australian National University. She won Iran's Book of the Year Award for the book '' The Fertility Transition in Iran: Revolution and Reproduction'' (with Peter M ...

and

Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi (born 23 August 1965) is an Iranian demographer and the president of Asian Population Association. He is a Professor of the Department of Demography Demography () is the statistical study of populations, e ...

References

Australian demographers Australian National University faculty University of Melbourne faculty Living people 1946 births {{Australia-academic-bio-stub