Consultancy
Peter Saunders is available to carry out research and writing on a consultancy basis. He also has experience as an expert witness in parliamentary and legal contexts. His core areas of expertise lie in welfare reform, poverty and inequality, and home ownership, both in Britain and in Australia (he is currently based in Britain). His consultancy work has included:
Reports for London think tank, Policy Exchange: a 2007 report on the Australian Job Network; a 2008 report on conditional welfare in Australia; and two 2009 reports, on reforming the UK family tax and welfare system, and on UK child poverty targets
Expert witness, Australian House of Representatives Inquiry into Work-Family Balance (2006)
Consultant to Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry on minimum wage case (2005)
Expert witness, House of Representatives Inquiry into Increasing Participation in Paid Work (2004)
Expert witness, Commonwealth Inquiry into Reform of Income Support (2003)
Expert witness, Senate Inquiry into Poverty in Australia (2003)
Consultant to New Zealand Dept of Social Policy evaluating research on the family in NZ (2000)
Report on trans-generational income support dependency in Australia for the Dept of Family and Community Services, Canberra (1999-2000)
Expert witness for The Daily Mail in libel case involving news report on poverty (1997/8)
Consultant and author of report on the teaching of history in UK universities (1998)
Consultant on NHS study of ethnic minority nurses (1994)
Report and survey for UK National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners (1992)
Board memberships
Advisory Board member, 'Housing, Income & Labour Dynamics in Australia' National Panel Survey 2004-06
Australian Bureau of Statistics Income and Expenditure Statistics Advisory Group 2002-2004
Founder member of Australian Marriage and Family Council 1999-2000
Editorial Board, Family Matters 1999-2000
Editorial advisor, Journal of Family Studies 1999-2000
Editorial Board, Civitas (London), 2000-date
Editorial advisor, Institute of Economic Affairs Health and Welfare Unit 1991-2000
Editorial advisor, Housing Studies 1986-92
Reviews editor, Sociology 1984-87
Editorial advisor, Society and Space 1983-89
Associate editor, Local Government Studies, 1982-90