Research

Claire Connelly has produced work for various research institutions including the Sydney Policy Lab at the University of Sydney, The Australia Institute,  Economist Impact, the Economist Intelligent Unit, and Pro Bono, amongst others. 

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She was previously a researcher at Rebuilding Macroeconomics, once hosted by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, now a part of the Institute for Global Prosperity at University College London (UCL) where she was an honorary academic, and a visiting academic at the Institute for New Economic Thinking in Oxford.

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Claire spent several years conducting research studies in both data access and methodological practice, collecting first-hand information from world-leading academics, policy makers & regulators, and members of the private sector, across multiple disciplines, identifying the data that could significantly enhance our understanding of the macroeconomy, while exploring the relationship between evidence and policy-relevant knowledge: what it is, how macroeconomic conclusions are formed, how that knowledge is used to convince policy-makers, and the different explanatory models that have successfully guided recommendations through the Treasury, Cabinet, Parliament.

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Connelly also conducted research on heterodox economics for several years, identifying key information that has been omitted from orthodox economics and the impact these omissions have had on policy prescriptions and individual financial decisions. Much of her work is interested in comparing and contrasting the way the economy operates to how economic issues are communicated publicly. ​

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Connelly holds a Bachelor of International Studies from the University of New South Wales focusing on globalisation and politics & international relations, and a Graduate Diploma of Journalism from the University of Technology Sydney.