Adam Triggs
Nonresident Fellow - Global Economy and Development at Brookings Institution
at Crawford School of Public Policy
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- Crawford School of Public Policy
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Brookings Institution
Adam Triggs is a nonresident fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution. He is based in Canberra, Australia, as the director of research at the Asian Bureau of Economic Research at the Australian National University.
His academic research focuses on macroeconomic cooperation between countries, financial risks and safety nets, competition (antitrust) policy, and trade and financial integration, with a particular focus on Asia. Triggs is widely published in leading economics journals and is a regular contributor to media outlets in Australia, Asia, and around the globe. In previous roles, Triggs worked as an economic policy adviser in the Australian Prime Minister’s Department, an economic adviser to the Shadow Assistant Treasurer of Australia, an economist at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in mergers and acquisitions regulation, and an adviser on Indigenous policy at the Cape York Institute. He has also worked as a consultant to a variety of companies, banks, and government departments in Australia. Triggs holds a bachelor’s degree in law, a bachelor’s degree in economics, a master’s degree in international economics and a Ph.D. in macroeconomics from the Australian National University.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (2018)
- Master of International and Development Economics, Crawford School, Australian National University (2011)
- Bachelor of Laws, College of Law, Australian National University (2008)
- Bachelor of Economics, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University (2007)
Crawford School of Public Policy
Adam is an economist and the Director of Research at the Asian Bureau of Economic Research at the Crawford School of Public Policy. He is a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution in the Global Economy and Development program.
Adam is widely published in leading economics journals and is a regular contributor to the Australian Financial Review, The Conversation, East Asia Forum, The Monthly, Huffington Post and other Australian and regional publications.
In previous roles, Adam was a resident fellow at Brookings and worked as an economic policy advisor to the Shadow Assistant Treasurer of Australia, the Hon. Andrew Leigh MP, and is a former advisor at Prime Minister and Cabinet on the global economy and the G20. He is a former consultant at the Cape York Institute and a former mergers and acquisitions analyst at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Adam holds a bachelor’s degree in law, a bachelor’s degree in economics, a master’s degree in international economics and a PhD in macroeconomics.
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