Research Interests
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Studies Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy Aged Health Care Applied Economics Applied Sociology Care for Disabled Labour Economics Program Evaluation Social Change Social Policy Social Program Evaluation Sociological Methodology and Research Methods SociologyAPrf Megan Moskos
Associate Professor
School of Society and Culture
College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences
Associate Professor Megan Moskos is a sociologist and a recognised leader in Indigenous Australian housing research, renowned for conducting culturally sensitive, impactful research with Aboriginal people by Indigenous leaders and academic peers. In this research, she regularly collaborates with leading academic and Indigenous community-based researchers across Australia in projects that have been funded by the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Association (NATSIHA), the Department of Social Services (DSS), the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), Aboriginal Housing NT, and the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA). Megan’s research is being widely used by housing experts across Australia to develop better housing policy and programs for Indigenous peoples.
Megan has extensive experience in working across government, business and community sectors to conduct culturally appropriate research and evaluations to inform future policy and practice and generate positive social change. She has expertise in both qualitative and quantitative methodologies and in the management of complex mixed methods projects, including the integration of quantitative and qualitative findings.
Megan is currently Associate Dean of Indigenous Engagement for the Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics (ABLE) at the University of Adelaide. She also leads the Innovative Responses to Complex Social Problems portfolio in the School of Social Sciences.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 - ongoing | Associate Professor | University of Adelaide |
| 2022 - ongoing | Associate Dean Research Engagement | University of Adelaide |
| 2021 - ongoing | Co-Director Future of Employment and Skills Research Centre (FES) | University of Adelaide |
| 2018 - ongoing | Senior Research Fellow | University of Adelaide, Adelaide |
| 2011 - 2018 | Research Fellow | Flinders University, Adelaide |
| 2002 - 2011 | Research Assistant | Flinders University, Adelaide |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flinders University, Adelaide | Australia | PhD | |
| Flinders University, Adelaide | Australia | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) | |
| Flinders University, Adelaide | Australia | Bachelor of Arts |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Moskos, M., Milligan, V., Benedict, R., Habibis, D., Isherwood, L., & van den Nouwelant, R. (2025). Indigenous housing support in Australia: the lay of the land. AHURI Final Report, (434), 1-93. Scopus1 |
| 2022 | Moskos, M., Isherwood, L., Dockery, M., Baker, E., & Pham, A. (2022). ‘What works’ to sustain Indigenous tenancies in Australia. AHURI Final Report, (374). Scopus11 |
| 2022 | Grealy, L., Lea, T., Moskos, M., Benedict, R., Habibis, D., & King, S. (2022). Sustaining housing through planned maintenance in remote Central Australia. Housing Studies, 39(3), 789-811. Scopus3 WoS4 |
| 2022 | Dockery, A. M., Moskos, M., Isherwood, L., & Harris, M. N. (2022). How Many in a Crowd? Assessing Overcrowding Measures in Australian Housing. AHURI Final Report, (382), 1-130. Scopus5 |
| 2022 | Isherwood, L., Moskos, M., & Sutton, Z. (2022). Mapping gender-bias in the Australian health and care industry: A case study. Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 25(2), 171-192. |
| 2022 | Isherwood, L., Moskos, M., & Sutton, Z. (2022). Mapping gender-bias in the Australian health and care industry: A case study. Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 25(2), 171-192. |
| 2022 | Isherwood, L., Moskos, M., & Sutton, Z. (2022). Mapping gender-bias in the Australian health and care industry: A case study. Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 25(2), 171-192. Scopus254 WoS206 |
| 2022 | Poirier, B. F., Hedges, J., Smithers, L. G., Moskos, M., & Jamieson, L. M. (2022). Child-, family-, and community-level facilitators for promoting oral health practices among Indigenous children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), 1-19. Scopus10 WoS8 Europe PMC6 |
| 2022 | Poirier, B. F., Hedges, J., Smithers, L. G., Moskos, M., & Jamieson, L. M. (2022). “I feel like the worst mother in the world”: Neoliberal subjectivity in Indigenous Australian oral health. SSM: Qualitative Research in Health, 2, 100046-1-100046-9. Scopus7 WoS6 |
| 2021 | Poirier, B., Hedges, J., Smithers, L., Moskos, M., & Jamieson, L. (2021). "What are we doing to our babies' teeth?" Barriers to establishing oral health practices for Indigenous children in South Australia. BMC Oral Health, 21(1), 1-12. Scopus12 WoS11 Europe PMC8 |
| 2021 | Poirier, B. F., Hedges, J., Smithers, L. G., Moskos, M., & Jamieson, L. M. (2021). Aspirations and worries: the role of parental intrinsic motivation in establishing oral health practices for Indigenous children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(21), 11695-1-11695-14. Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC7 |
| 2021 | Lea, T., Grealy, L., Moskos, M., Brambilla, A., King, S., Habibis, D., . . . Torzillo, P. J. (2021). Sustainable Indigenous Housing in Regional and Remote Australia. AHURI Final Report, (368), 1-107. Scopus5 |
| 2020 | Moskos, M. (2020). Why is the gender revolution uneven and stalled? Gender essentialism and men's movement into 'women's work'. Gender, Work and Organization, 27(4), 527-544. Scopus36 WoS35 |
| 2019 | Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. (2019). 460023_Individualised funding and its implications for the skills and competencies required by disability support workers in Australia. Labour and Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work, 29(1), 34-51. |
| 2019 | Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. M. (2019). ‘The wrong sex’? Understanding men’s representation in the Australian aged care sector. Journal of Industrial Relations, 61(1), 105-128. Scopus2 WoS1 |
| 2017 | Brown, L., Osborne, K., Walker, R., Moskos, M., Isherwood, L. M., Patel, K., . . . King, D. (2017). The benefits of a life-first employment program for Indigenous Australian families: Implications for ‘Closing the Gap’. Journal of Social Issues, 8(1), 78-95. Scopus3 WoS2 |
| 2017 | Isherwood, L., Moskos, M., King, D., Walker, R., & Brown, L. (2017). Multiple disadvantage, service delivery and client outcomes in a strengths-based employment program. Australian Bulletin of Labour, 43(1), 1-20. |
| 2016 | Walker, R., Brown, L., Moskos, M., Isherwood, L. M., Osbourne, K., Patel, K., & King, D. (2016). 'They really get you motivated': Experiences of a life-first employment program from the perspective of long-term unemployed individuals. Journal of Social Policy, 45(3), 507-526. Scopus11 WoS8 |
| 2012 | MOSKOS, M. (2012). HOW OCCUPATIONAL SEX SEGREGATION SHAPES LOW-SKILLED MEN'S EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN AUSTRALIA. Labour and Industry, 22(4), 415-432. Scopus3 WoS4 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2013 | King, D., Mavromaras, K., Wei, Z., He, B., Healy, J., Macaitis, K., . . . Smith, L. (2013). The Aged Care Workforce 2012. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Lowry, D., & Moskos, M. (2008). Mobile phones, spillover and the 'work-life balance'. In D. Hislop (Ed.), Mobility and Technology in the Workplace (pp. 167-179). Routledge. DOI Scopus8 |
| 2007 | Lowry, D., & Moskos, M. (2007). Labour Force Participation as a Determinant of Indigenous Health. In I. Anderson, F. Baum, & M. Bentley (Eds.), Beyond Bandaids: Exploring the Underlying Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health. Papers from the Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health (pp. 91-103). |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. (2019). Individualised funding and its implications for the skills and competencies required by disability support workers in Australia. In Labour and Industry Vol. 29 (pp. 34-51). ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. DOI Scopus26 WoS23 |
| 2019 | Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. (2019). “The tyranny of distance is ever present”: The disability sector and its workforce in rural and remote Australia. In AIRAANZ. Melbourne. |
| 2019 | Isherwood, L., & Moskos, M. (2019). Attraction and retention of aged care nurses and care workers in the Australian aged care workforce. In AIRAANZ. Melbourne. |
| 2018 | Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. (2018). ‘The wrong sex’? Understanding men’s representation in the Australian aged care sector. In GWO. Sydney. |
| 2018 | Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. (2018). “The tyranny of distance is ever present”: The disability sector and its workforce in rural and remote Australia. In GWO. Sydney. |
| 2018 | Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. (2018). Attraction and retention of aged care nurses and care workers. In AAG. Melbourne. |
| 2018 | Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. (2018). Older people with disability and the NDIS. In AAG. Melbourne. |
| 2018 | Isherwood, L., Moskos, M., & Mavromaras, K. (2018). individualisation and marketisation of disability care in Australia: Implications for the demand and provision of training. In The Association of Industrial Relations Academics in Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference. Adelaide. |
| 2018 | Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. M. (2018). 'The Wrong Sex'? Understanding men's representation in the Australian aged care sector. In The Association of Industrial Relations Academics in Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference. Adelaide. |
| 2018 | Moskos, M., Isherwood, L., & Mavromaras, K. (2018). Individualised funding and its implications for the skills and competencies required by disability support workers in Australia. In Gender, Work and Organisation International Interdisciplinary Conference. Sydney. |
| 2018 | Isherwood, L., Moskos, M., & Mavromaras, K. (2018). Individualisation and marketisation of disability care in Australia: implications for the demand and provision of training. In Gender, Work and Organisation International Interdisciplinary Conference. Sydney. |
| 2017 | Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. (2017). ‘The wrong sex’? Understanding men’s representation in the Australian aged care sector. In TASA. Perth. |
| 2017 | Walton, H., Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. (2017). Anticipating and addressing the impeding shortages of disability support workers: insights from the sector. In The Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association. Perth. |
| 2017 | Isherwood, L., & Moskos, M. (2017). ‘The wrong sex’? Men’s representation in the Australian aged care sector. In Australian Association of Gerontology Conference. Perth. |
| 2017 | Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. (2017). Anticipating and addressing the impending shortages of disability support workers: Insights from the sector. In NCVER 26th National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference ‘No Frills’. Hobart. |
| 2015 | Moskos, M. (2015). Men doing 'women's work'? Gender essentialism and low skilled men's integration into non-traditional occupations.. In 29th Annual conference for the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand. Auckland. |
| 2013 | Isherwood, L. M., Moskos, M., King, D., Osbourne, K., & Walker, R. (2013). The impact of complex disadvantage in a strengths-based employment program. In Australian Social Policy Conference. Sydney. |
| 2013 | Moskos, M. (2013). Men doing ‘women’s work’? Gender essentialism and low skilled men’s integration into non-traditional occupations. In The Australian Sociology Association Conference: Reflections, Intersections and Aspirations 50 years of Australian Sociology. Monash University. |
| 2013 | Osborne, K., Patel, K., Walker, R., King, D., Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. (2013). Reducing intergenerational disadvantage through a life-first employment program: Individual and systems approaches.. In Public Health Association of Australia: Social Inclusion and Complex needs conference. Canberra. |
| 2012 | Moskos, M. (2012). Gender essentialism and low skilled men’s exclusion from ‘feminised’ occupations in Australia. In The Australian Sociology Association Conference: Emerging and Enduring Inequalities. The University of Queensland. |
| 2012 | Osborne, K., Patel, K., Walker, R., King, D., & Moskos, M. (2012). A 'life first' approach to addressing mental health, family well‐being and barriers to social and economic participation in Port Augusta. In 4th Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium. |
| 2012 | Moskos, M. (2012). Gender essentialism and men's exclusion from 'feminine' care jobs in Australia. In Gender Work and Organization 7th Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference. Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.. |
| 2011 | Moskos, M. (2011). Employment opportunities for low skilled men in a sex segregated Australian labour market, 1996-2006. In Australian Social Policy Conference: Social Policy in a Complex World. Sydney. |
| 2011 | Moskos, M. (2011). How does occupational sex segregation shape low skilled men’s employment opportunities? Evidence from the ABS census. In The Australian Sociology Association Conference: Local Lives/Global Networks. The University of Newcastle. |
| 2009 | Moskos, M. (2009). Understanding Men's Access to Low skilled Jobs: A Research Proposal. In presentation to the Centre for Work + Life Seminar Series. Adelaide. |
| 2008 | Moskos, M., Lauritsen, J., & Salway, D. (2008). Principles and models for engaging people not in the workforce or training. In 2008 training Sector Forum, Better Skills Brighter Futures. |
| 2008 | Moskos, M. (2008). Supporting Marginal Groups to Secure and Maintain Employment in the Health and Community Services Industries. In SA Health and Community Services Skill Board Human Services at Work Conference: Developing people – Sustaining our workforce. |
| 2007 | Moskos, M. (2007). Identity Work: The identity Construction of Low skilled Men Excluded From Labour Market Activity. In Work, Employment and Society Conference. Aberdeen. |
| 2006 | Lowry, D., & Moskos, M. (2006). Ring, ring…why don’t you leave me alone? The impact of the work mobile phone on the work-life balance. In Presentation for the ACREW/KCL Conference (pp. 1-11). Prato, Italy. |
| 2005 | Martin, B., & Moskos, M. (2005). Labour Markets and Social Provision: How Paid Care is Organized in Australia and Britain. In 37th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology. |
| 2005 | Lowry, D., & Moskos, M. (2005). Hanging on the Mobile Phone: Experiencing Work and Spatial Flexibility. In 4th Critical Management Studies Conference. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Mavromaras, K., Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. (2018). Individualised funding and its implications for work and employment in the disability sector in Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Gender, Work and Organisation International Interdisciplinary Conference. Sydney. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Moskos, M., Isherwood, L., Mahuteau, S., Lester, L., & Wei, Z. (2024). Review of the Impact of the Cessation of the Cashless Debit Card: Final Report. Department of Social Services. |
| 2024 | Moskos, M., Isherwood, L., Dockery, M., Habibis, D., Grealy, L., Benedict, R., . . . Lea, T. (2024). Indigenous people's mobility and its impact on remote infrastructural needs: an exploratory study. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI). DOI |
| 2023 | Isherwood, L., Moskos, M., & Dockery, M. (2023). Footprints in Time: Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) Housing Research Report - Literature Review. |
| 2023 | Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. (2023). Review of the Impact of the CDC Transition: Interim Report – Bundaberg and Hervey Bay. |
| 2023 | Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. (2023). Review of the Impact of the CDC Transition: Interim Report – Ceduna. |
| 2023 | Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. (2023). Review of the Impact of the CDC Transition: Interim Report – East Kimberley. |
| 2023 | Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. (2023). Review of the Impact of the CDC Transition: Interim Report – Goldfields. |
| 2022 | Moskos, M., Mahuteau, S., & Isherwood, L. (2022). ARAS Unmet Need Study: High Level Findings – 2021 to 2031 South Australian Population projections and APY Lands Case Study. |
| 2022 | Dockery, M., Moskos, M., Isherwood, L., & Harris, M. (2022). How many in a crowd? Assessing overcrowding measures in Australian housing (374). |
| 2021 | Moskos, M., Isherwood, L., & Mahuteau, S. (2021). NDDA Education to Employment SA test case: Integrated qualitative and quantitative findings. |
| 2021 | Isherwood, L., Moskos, M., & Smith, L. (2021). NDDA Education to Employment SA test case: qualitative research into lived experience to support quantitative analysis. |
| 2021 | Moskos, M., Isherwood, L., Smith, L., Sutton, Z., Walton, H., & Mavromaras, K. (2021). NDIS Utilisation Project: understanding drivers of plan utilisation from the point of view of participants. |
| 2021 | Mavromaras, K., Moskos, M., Mahuteau, S., & Isherwood, L. (2021). Evaluation of the Cashless Debit Card in Ceduna, East Kimberley and the Goldfields - Consolidated report. |
| 2021 | Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. (2021). Evaluation of the Cashless Debit Card in Ceduna, East Kimberley and the Goldfields Region: Qualitative Supplementary Report. |
| 2020 | Moskos, M., & Isherwood, L. (2020). Insight Paper: Male Workers in the Female-dominated Health Care Industry. |
| 2020 | Isherwood, L., & Moskos, M. (2020). Employer Guide: Male Workers in the Female-dominated Health Care Industry. |
| 2019 | Mavromaras, K., Moskos, M., Isherwood, L., & Wei, Z. (2019). Anticipating and addressing the impending shortage of skilled disability support workers. |
| 2019 | Moskos, M., Isherwood, L., Mavromaras, K., & Mahuteau, S. M. (2019). Cashless Debit Card Baseline Data Collection in the Bundaberg and Hervey Bay Region: Qualitative Findings. |
| 2019 | Mavromaras, K., Moskos, M., Isherwood, L. M., & Mahuteau, S. (2019). Cashless Debit Card Baseline Data Collection in the Goldfields Region: Qualitative Findings. |
| 2018 | Mavromaras, K., Moskos, M., Mahuteau, S., Isherwood, L., Goode, A., Walton, H., . . . Flavel, J. (2018). Evaluation of the NDIS. |
| 2018 | Isherwood, L. M., Mavromaras, K., Moskos, M., & Wei, Z. (2018). Attraction, Retention and Utilisation of the Aged Care Workforce. |
| 2017 | Mavromaras, K., Knight, G., Isherwood, L., Crettenden, A., Flavel, J., Karmel, T., . . . Wei, Z. (2017). THE AGED CARE WORKFORCE 2016. Commonwealth of Australia. |
| 2016 | Mavromaras, K., Moskos, M., & Mahuteau, S. (2016). Evaluation of the NDIS: Intermediate Report. |
| 2015 | National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS). (2015). Evaluation of the NDIS: Initial Report. Adelaide. |
| 2015 | National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS). (2015). Evaluation of the NDIS: Initial Report. Adelaide. |
| 2015 | Moskos, M., Isherwood, L. M., Walker, R., & Brown, L. (2015). Building Family Opportunities: Program Evaluation: Summary Report. |
| 2014 | Moskos, M., Isherwood, L., Walker, R., & Brown, L. (2014). Building Family Opportunities: Program Evaluation Final Report. |
| 2013 | King, D., & Moskos, M. (2013). Building Family Opportunities Program Evaluation: Report Stage 2: The First 18 Months. |
| 2012 | King, D., & Moskos, M. (2012). Building Family Opportunities Program Evaluation: Report 1: Implementing the Evaluation. |
| 2011 | Moskos, M. (2011). Mental Illness and Employment: Challenge for Australia. |
| 2009 | Moskos, M., Osborne, K., Biedrzycki, K., Baum, F., & Richardson, S. (2009). Building Family Opportunities: A review of the evidence and options for an evaluation framework. |
| 2007 | Moskos, M. (2007). Workforce Participation in South Australia: Voices from the Margin. |
| 2007 | Moskos, M. (2007). Workforce participation in South Australia: Barriers and Opportunities. |
| 2007 | Martin, B., & Moskos, M. (2007). Evaluative research project: final report to the Independent Gambling Authority. |
| 2006 | Moskos, M., & Martin, B. (2006). What we can and can’t know about the community service workforce from existing data. |
| 2006 | Moskos, M., & Martin, B. (2006). Analysis of Conditional Adjustment Payment (CAP) Staff Training Statement Data. |
| 2005 | Moskos, M., & Martin, B. (2005). What’s Best, What’s Worst? Direct Carers’ Work in Their Own Words. |
| 2005 | Healy, J., & Moskos, M. (2005). How Do Aged Care Workers Compare with Other Australian Workers?. |
| 2004 | Healy, J., & Moskos, M. (2004). The Gender Wage Gap in South Australia. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Richardson, S., Healy, J., & Moskos, M. (2015). From 'gentle invaders' to 'breadwinners': Australian women's increasing employment and earnings shares. |
| 2011 | Moskos, M. (2011). NILS Working Paper no 175. Low skill men’s access to ‘feminine’ care jobs in Australia: An occupational case study approach. |
| 2011 | Moskos, M. (2011). NILS Working Paper no 173. How does occupational sex segregation shape low skilled men's employment opportunities? Evidence from the ABS census. |
| 2011 | Moskos, M. (2011). NILS Working paper no 167. Assisting people marginal to the labour market to gain and maintain employment: a spotlight on South Australia. |
| 2006 | Lowry, D., & Moskos, M. (2006). Ring, ring…why don’t you leave me alone? The impact of the work mobile phone on the work-life balance. |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 - 2023 | Co-Supervisor | “Our bodies aren’t meant to live the whitefellas way”: Navigating Indigenous oral health in neoliberal Australia | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Dr Brianna Poirier |
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 - ongoing | - | The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) | - |
| Date | Institution | Department | Organisation Type | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 - ongoing | International Monetary Fund | - | - | - |
| 2017 - ongoing | OECD | - | - | - |
| 2017 - ongoing | Productivity Commission | - | - | Australia |
| 2017 - ongoing | Community Affairs Senate Reference Committee | - | - | Australia |
| Date | Office Name | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 - 2016 | Co-Convenor TASA work, employment and social movement thematic group | The Australia Sociological Association | Australia |
