Academic Jobs - Home of Higher Ed Logo

Ratings & reviews

5.04/23/2026

Encourages independent and critical thought.

Taught by or worked with Adam?

Add your rating. It takes about 30 seconds.

About Adam

Dr. Adam Stebbing is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Macquarie University, within the Faculty of Arts' Department of Sociology. He earned a Bachelor of Social Science with First Class Honours (BSocSci Hons 1) and a PhD from Macquarie University in 2011. His doctoral thesis, titled 'The politics of the new welfare state: social tax expenditures and the second tier of Australian welfare,' analyzed the role of social tax expenditures in Australia's welfare system. Stebbing's research focuses on the dynamics of Australian social policy, including social tax expenditures, asset-based welfare, housing finance, intergenerational equity, population ageing, climate change and social policy, retirement incomes, social service marketisation, and community care outcomes. His work examines how fiscal policies and market mechanisms contribute to social inequality and shape welfare provision across domains such as housing, health, childcare, domestic and family violence, and ageing.