Astghik Mavisakalyan of Curtin University joins the team of editors of the Journal of Population Economics. She will in particular deal with manuscripts studying gender, domestic violence and family issues.

Astghik Mavisakalyan is a Professor of Economics at the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University, and a Chief Investigator of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW), leading Curtin’s node.

Her research on gender, violence, health, wellbeing and institutions has appeared in top-tier journals including the European Economic Review, Economic Development and Cultural Change and World Development. She ranks among the top 5% of economists and top 2% of women economists globally based on the past decade’s publications (IDEAS/RePEc) and has received multiple research excellence awards. 

Astghik is a director of the Australasian Development Economics Association, founding chair of the Australian Gender Economics Workshop series, serves as an Associate Editor of the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics and on the Stronger Together Implementation Group, overseeing gender equality initiatives in Western Australia.

Astghik Mavisakalyan now acts as Editor of the Journal of Population Economics (JOPE).

• JOPE Collection Sexual and Domestic Violence
• JOPE Collection Wellbeing and Happiness

JOPE also supports: GLO-JOPE Conference Bonn & Global – December 3-5, 2025. CALL FOR PAPERS in all areas of population economics and beyond. Submission Deadline November 5, 2025.