About Lisa

Lisa Denny recently joined the Institute for the Study of Social Change at the University of Tasmania as a Research Fellow. Prior to that she spent 11 years as an independent consulting demographer.
Her area of interest and expertise centres on the interrelated nature of the population, education and training and work with a view to achieving economic renewal in the context of population ageing and other socio-economic scenarios.
Lisa focuses on producing empirically based evidence to inform policy and planning to improve productivity, education to employment transitions, workforce planning, equality and well-being. Her skills extend to project management, strategic planning and policy development as well as marketing and communication planning.
Lisa holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Arts (Hons) and a Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary). She is currently completing a PhD with the University of Tasmania. Her research is entitled "Skill Utilisation in Australia: a response to the 3Ps solution to the implications of population ageing".
Lisa is the Vice President of the Australian Population Association (APA), the peak professional body for demographers.
Living in Hobart, Tasmania, Lisa is one of the 8.7 per cent of Tasmanians with one parent born overseas and is slightly younger than the median age of Tasmanians (but not Australians!). She also has an eight year old son.
Her area of interest and expertise centres on the interrelated nature of the population, education and training and work with a view to achieving economic renewal in the context of population ageing and other socio-economic scenarios.
Lisa focuses on producing empirically based evidence to inform policy and planning to improve productivity, education to employment transitions, workforce planning, equality and well-being. Her skills extend to project management, strategic planning and policy development as well as marketing and communication planning.
Lisa holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Arts (Hons) and a Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary). She is currently completing a PhD with the University of Tasmania. Her research is entitled "Skill Utilisation in Australia: a response to the 3Ps solution to the implications of population ageing".
Lisa is the Vice President of the Australian Population Association (APA), the peak professional body for demographers.
Living in Hobart, Tasmania, Lisa is one of the 8.7 per cent of Tasmanians with one parent born overseas and is slightly younger than the median age of Tasmanians (but not Australians!). She also has an eight year old son.