Megan Moskos

Associate Professor Megan Moskos

Grant-Funded Researcher (D)

Arts, Business, Law and Economics Faculty Office

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

I am Associate Dean of Research Engagement at the University of Adelaide and Co-director of FES. I am a sociologist with research interests in the field of employment, unemployment, inequality, housing, and public policy. I am a leading expert in combining both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. I specialise in undertaking research with disadvantaged groups and those living in rural and remote areas (including Aboriginal and CALD communities). I embody and promote the University’s key value of respectful and reciprocal relationships with all Indigenous people in Australia, My research pursues, promotes and supports interdisciplinary and cross-cultural collaborative research to improve outcomes through innovative responses to complex social problems.

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2023 Isherwood, L., Moskos, M., & Sutton, Z. (2023). Mapping gender-bias in the Australian health and care industry: A case study. Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 25(2), 171-192.
    2022 Moskos, M., Isherwood, L., Dockery, M., Baker, E., & Pham, A. (2022). ‘What works’ to sustain Indigenous tenancies in Australia. AHURI Final Report, (374).
    DOI Scopus7
    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), 1-23.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS1
    2022 Dockery, A. M., Moskos, M., Isherwood, L., & Harris, M. (2022). How many in a crowd? Assessing overcrowding measures in Australian housing. AHURI Final Report, (382), 1-130.
    DOI Scopus3
    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.
    DOI Scopus6 WoS1 Europe PMC3
    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.
    DOI Scopus6 WoS2
    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.
    DOI Scopus7 WoS4 Europe PMC3
    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.
    DOI Scopus7 WoS4
    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.
    DOI Scopus4
    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.
    DOI Scopus25 WoS18
    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.
    DOI
    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.
    DOI Scopus1 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.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS1
    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.
    DOI 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.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS4

  • Books
    Year Citation
    2013 King, D., Mavromaras, K., Wei, Z., He, B., Healy, J., Macaitis, K., . . . Smith, L. (2013). The Aged Care Workforce 2012.

  • Book Chapters
    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 Scopus7
    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).

  • Conference Papers
    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 Scopus23 WoS18
    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.

  • Conference Items
    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.

  • Report for External Bodies
    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.
    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 Dockery, M., Moskos, M., Isherwood, L., & Harris, M. (2022). How many in a crowd? Assessing overcrowding measures in Australian housing (374).
    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.
    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.

  • Working Paper
    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.

  • Memberships
    Date Role Membership Country
    2007 - ongoing - The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) -

  • Consulting/Advisories
    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

  • Offices Held
    Date Office Name Institution Country
    2011 - 2016 Co-Convenor TASA work, employment and social movement thematic group The Australia Sociological Association Australia
  • Position: Grant-Funded Researcher (D)
  • Phone: 83134593
  • Email: megan.moskos@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: 10 Pulteney Street - Nexus 10 Tower, floor Fifth Floor
  • Org Unit: Future of Employment and Skills Research Centre
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