Jarrod Hughes

Jarrod Hughes is a Taungurung man of the Kulin nation. Jarrod has expertise in qualitative and quantitative research and is interested in expanding the role of Indigenous research methodologies in impact evaluation.

Jarrod is currently a PhD candidate at POLIS: The Centre for Social Policy Research at ANU and is investigating the role of structural causal modelling and other cutting edge statistical methods in supporting causal inference in Indigenous social policy research. Jarrod holds a Masters in Social Policy (Research) from the London School of Economics (LSE) and Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from Monash University.

Jarrod has previously worked at the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion at LSE, the Centre for Innovative Justice and RMIT, the Victorian Department of Justice and the Department of Premier and Cabinet, and the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service. He has held board positions at the Taungurung Land and Waters Council and Tarwirri.