Researcher with extensive experience in migration, public policy and evidence-informed practice
2026 Academic Fellow, July – November
Associate Professor Anna Boucher is a public policy scholar specialising in immigration, citizenship and comparative public policy. Her work sits at the intersection of public policy, law and politics, with a focus on how policy systems shape outcomes for migrants and other vulnerable populations. Anna brings her legal experience at Clayton Utz and Violet Co & Legal to her academic work in public and legal policy.
Alongside her academic work, Anna has extensive experience advising governments and public bodies on complex policy challenges. She regularly engages with public sector leaders on issues of policy design, implementation and leadership.
Fellowship focus
Developing a Framework for Trauma-Informed Policymaking and Leadership Capability
Anna’s Fellowship focuses on strengthening trauma-informed approaches to policymaking and leadership within the public sector. The work explores how public institutions can better recognise and respond to the impacts of trauma, and how this understanding can support ethical, resilient and effective policy practice.
The Fellowship supports public sector leaders to build capability and organisational awareness in complex policy environments, with a focus on embedding trauma-informed principles into leadership and governance frameworks.
Areas of expertise
Immigration and migration policy, including skilled migration and labour market regulation
Public policy and comparative politics, with a focus on policy design and implementation
Public law and policy, including workplace regulation and legal frameworks
Gender, migration and inequality, across national and comparative contexts
Trauma-informed policy and leadership capability, including organisational responses to vicarious trauma
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