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Professor Elizabeth Hill is Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Political Economy, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney. She holds a Bachelor of Economics (Social Sciences) with Honours, completed in 1992, and a PhD in 2005, both from the University of Sydney. Her academic career began in 1993 as a tutor on the unit ‘Women In and Out of the Economy’, advancing through lecturer positions to her current professorship. She teaches units on international development and, since 2024, the Political Economy of Women. Hill's research specializations centre on the future of gender and work in Australia and the Asian region, examining how economic institutions shape women’s paid work, unpaid care, and the care workforce amid global political economy transformations. Her interests include the undervaluation of women’s work, workplace sexual harassment, international care chains, migrant labour programs, and the marketisation of care services. She has collaborated with the International Labour Organisation, UN Women, APEC, and the OECD on gender equality and care research.