Dr Cressida Gaukroger is a philosopher and senior policy adviser focusing on wellbeing economics and government systems change. Her current research looks at identifying key characteristics of advanced wellbeing approaches to government and how they can be successfully embedded in government and the public service. She works with Australian governments at all levels to put wellbeing at the heart of government decision-making.
Cressida has a PhD in Philosophy, and was a Departmental Lecturer in Practical Ethics at Oxford University until 2019. She has also taught at University College London, New York University, and City University of New York.
She regularly writes op-ed pieces for Australian media including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and the ABC, and she has appeared on the ABC’s The Minefield podcast and on ABC radio. Alongside her work at CPD she is a moderator at the Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership, and writes children’s books, the first of which will be published in October.
