
Overview
Background
Matthew Curry is a sociologist whose research focuses primarily on inequalities, stratification, and mobility in labor markets, education, and social disadvantage. His research uses Australian population-level administrative data and longitudinal surveys in the United States and Australia to study the interrelations between family and socioeconomic background, education, and labor market outcomes. He is also involved in work seeking to improve social science research infrastructure in Australia, in collaboration with the Australian Research Data Commons. Another strain of research applies a stratification and mobility lens to ethnic self-identification, investigating intra- and inter-generational 'mobility' in self-identification responses over time. His work has been published in European Sociological Review, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Social Science Research, and Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. At ISSR, he has also contributed to projects related to equity in employment, education, and social disadvantage more broadly in partnership with the Paul Ramsay Foundation, Health and Wellebing Queensland, the NSW Department of Education, Mission Australia, and others.
Prior to joining ISSR, he was the Rondald Henderson Research Fellow, a position jointly appointed by the Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne and the Research and Policy Centre at the Brotherhood of St Laurence, a large non-profit organisation based in Melbourne. He received his PhD in sociology from UCLA in 2016.
Availability
- Dr Matthew Curry is:
- Available for supervision
Research interests
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Social stratification and mobility
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Sociology of education
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School-to-work transitions
Works
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2024
Other Outputs
Enhancing metadata for inclusive research on entrenched disadvantage. Work Package 4 report.
Kubler, Matthias, Curry, Matthew, Zajac, Tomasz, Clague, Denise, Huang, Yanshu and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2024). Enhancing metadata for inclusive research on entrenched disadvantage. Work Package 4 report.. Indooroopilly, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2024
Other Outputs
Enhancing metadata for inclusive research on entrenched disadvantage. Work Package 3 report.
Curry, Matthew, Huang, Yanshu and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2024). Enhancing metadata for inclusive research on entrenched disadvantage. Work Package 3 report.. Indooroopilly, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2023
Other Outputs
School-to-work pathways: a longitudinal analysis of linked administrative data. Technical report
Zając, Tomasz, Curry, Matthew and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2023). School-to-work pathways: a longitudinal analysis of linked administrative data. Technical report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
2023
Other Outputs
School-to-work pathways: a longitudinal analysis of linked administrative data. Final report
Zając, Tomasz, Curry, Matthew and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2023). School-to-work pathways: a longitudinal analysis of linked administrative data. Final report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
2023
Other Outputs
Final report: targeted review of student equity in higher education programs and system level policy levers
Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Johnstone, Melissa, Robinson, Mark, Curry, Matthew and Kubler, Matthias (2023). Final report: targeted review of student equity in higher education programs and system level policy levers. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2023
Other Outputs
Targeted review of student equity in higher education programs and system level policy levers appendix: work package 2a - program structure and implementation
Robinson, Mark, Curry, Matthew, McGraw, Jacquie, Shaweesh, Maram and Yates, Miriam (2023). Targeted review of student equity in higher education programs and system level policy levers appendix: work package 2a - program structure and implementation. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2023
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Targeted review of student equity in higher education programs and system level policy levers appendix: Work Package 2B - institutional operation
Curry, Matthew and Huang, Yanshu (2023). Targeted review of student equity in higher education programs and system level policy levers appendix: Work Package 2B - institutional operation. Indooroopilly, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2022
Journal Article
Linked labor force trajectories: Empirical evidence from dual-parent families in the United States and Australia
Mooi-Reci, Irma, Liao, Tim F. and Curry, Matthew (2022). Linked labor force trajectories: Empirical evidence from dual-parent families in the United States and Australia. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 82 100734, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2022.100734
2022
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Desktop review: Lived expertise insights
Young, Charlotte, Curry, Matthew, Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Yates, Miriam, Porter, Dave, McDaid, Lisa and Reddel, Tim (2022). Desktop review: Lived expertise insights. Brisbane, QLD, Australi: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
2022
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Desktop Review: Equity and Wellbeing Frameworks
Yates, Miriam S., Curry, Matthew, Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Young, Charlotte, Porter, Dave, McDaid, Lisa and Reddel, Tim (2022). Desktop Review: Equity and Wellbeing Frameworks. Long Pocket, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
2022
Other Outputs
Desktop review: Lived expertise insights
Young, Charlotte , Curry, Matthew , Lata, Lutfun Nahar , Yates, Miriam , Porter, Dave , McDaid, Lisa and Reddel, Tim (2022). Desktop review: Lived expertise insights. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
2022
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Stakeholder interviews: Descriptive analysis and themes aligned to research questions
Curry, Matthew , Lata, Lutfun Nahar , Yates, Miriam , Young, Charlotte , Porter, Dave, McDaid, Lisa and Reddel, Tim (2022). Stakeholder interviews: Descriptive analysis and themes aligned to research questions. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
2022
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Desktop Review: Queensland Equity Data
Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Curry, Matthew, Yates, Miriam, Young, Charlotte, Porter, Dave, McDaid, Lisa and Reddel, Tim (2022). Desktop Review: Queensland Equity Data. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
2022
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Desktop review: Evidence-based equity innovations, practice and evaluation
Curry, Matthew , Lata, Lutfun Naha , Yates, Miriam , Young, Charlotte , Porter, Dave , McDaid, Lisa and Reddel, Tim (2022). Desktop review: Evidence-based equity innovations, practice and evaluation. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
2022
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Systems analysis to inform a Queensland equity framework: draft systems insight report
Curry, Matthew, Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Yates, Miriam, Young, Charlotte, McDaid, Lisa, Reddel, Tim and Porter, Dave (2022). Systems analysis to inform a Queensland equity framework: draft systems insight report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
2022
Journal Article
Intergenerationally penalized? The long-term wage consequences of parental joblessness
Curry, Matthew, Mooi-Reci, Irma and Wooden, Mark (2022). Intergenerationally penalized? The long-term wage consequences of parental joblessness. Social Science Research, 103 102650, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2021.102650
2021
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Resource to support the Towards a Queensland Equity Framework
Reddel, Tim, Curry, Matthew, Shekari Soleimanloo, Shamsi and Porter, Dave (2021). Resource to support the Towards a Queensland Equity Framework. Institute for Social Science Research: The University of Queensland .
2021
Other Outputs
Queensland’s Homelessness Response to COVID-19 – Post Implementation Review
Reddel, Tim, Porter, Dave, Verstege, Emily, Charles-Edwards, Elin, Curry, Matthew, Lam, Jack, Fullerton, Ken and Evans, Sally (2021). Queensland’s Homelessness Response to COVID-19 – Post Implementation Review. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
2021
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Pillar 3 report: What can be done to maximise educational outcomes for children and young people experiencing disadvantage?
McDaid, Lisa, Cleary, Anne, Robinson, Mark, Johnstone, Melissa, Curry, Matthew, Ridgway, Tyrone and Western, Mark (2021). Pillar 3 report: What can be done to maximise educational outcomes for children and young people experiencing disadvantage?. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2021
Journal Article
Indigenous self-identification across generations: parent–child links in Australian survey data
Curry, Matthew and Lee, Rennie (2021). Indigenous self-identification across generations: parent–child links in Australian survey data. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 49 (9), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/1369183x.2021.1914007
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Matthew Curry is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
A comparative study of housing affordability issues in China and Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Julia Loginova, Dr Thomas Sigler
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