Emma Dawson is Executive Director of think tank Per Capita.
Emma Dawson
Executive Director
Specialty Areas
Advocacy, Ageing, Feminist Policy and Politics, Women’s Affairs, Immigration and Citizenship, Media and Communications, Politics, Public Service, Government, Public Policy, Social Justice and Human Rights
About Me
Emma Dawson is the Executive Director of Per Capita. Formerly, she was a senior advisor on Digital Inclusion at Telstra, Executive Director of the Institute for a Broadband Enabled Society at the University of Melbourne, and a senior policy advisor in the Rudd and Gillard governments.
Emma has published articles and opinion pieces on a wide range of public policy issues, which have appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the Guardian, The Australian, and a number of online publications. She is a regular panellist on The Drum on ABC TV and various Sky News programs.
Emma holds a BA with First Class Honours from LaTrobe University and an MA with Distinction from Monash. She sits on the board of the Prader-Willi Research Foundation Australia and is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne.
Qualifications
BA with First Class Honours from LaTrobe UniversityMasters, Media and Communication, Monash University
