Peter Gordon Saunders (born 1948) is an Australian social researcher. He is a professor and Director of the Social Policy Research Centre 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 ...

. He was elected Fellow of the

Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) is an independent, non-governmental organisation devoted to the advancement of knowledge and research in the social sciences. It has its origins in the Social Science Research Council of Austr ...

in 1995 and in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours he was appointed an

Officer of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

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Peter Saunders page
at the

Peter Saunders Curriculum Vitae
1948 births Australian sociologists Officers of the Order of Australia Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Living people Academic staff of the University of New South Wales {{Australia-sociologist-stub