Kostas Mavromaras

Research Affiliate

Kostas Mavromaras joined the National Institute of Labour Studies at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, as its Director in August 2009. Between 2005 and 2009 he was Director of Labour Economics and Social Policy and Professor at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economics and Social Research, University of Melbourne. Kostas was previously employed at the University of Aberdeen (2000-2005) where he was also Director of the Centre for European Labour Market Research, and prior to that at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (1991-2000). He is a Research Fellow of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, the IZA, and the Manchester School. Kostas has consulted governments and organisations widely at the international level (Germany, UK, Greece, EU, CEDEFOP, OECD) and, since 2005 within Australia (including DEEWR, NCVER, DoHA, FaHCSIA, Skills Australia, DVA, DFEEST and others), on issues relating to labour and education economics and policy, and social policy. Kostas has published consistently in top national and international applied economics and econometrics journals.