Areas of expertise

• Population Trends And Policies 160305
• Economic Development And Growth 140202
• Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Policy 160501
• Urban And Regional Economics 140218
• Public Policy 160510

Research interests

Publications

• Wright, A, Thurber, K, Yap, M et al. 2020, 'Who responds? An examination of response rates to a national postal survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, 2018-2019', BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. -.
• Moodie, N, Ward, J, Dudgeon, P, McDonnell, S et al. 2020, 'Roadmap to Recovery: Reporting on a research taskforce supporting Indigenous responses to COVID-19 in Australia', Australian Journal of Social Issues, p. 13.
• Yap, M & Yu, E 2019, 'Mabu liyan: the Yawuru way', in Christopher Fleming & Matthew Manning (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Wellbeing, Routledge, London, pp. 261-280.
• Yap, M & Yu, E 2016, 'Data sovereignty for the Yawuru in Western Australia', in Tahu Kukutai, John Taylor (ed.), Indigenous data sovereignty: toward an agenda, ANU Press, Australia, pp. 233-251.
• Yap, M & Yu, E 2016, Community Wellbeing From the Ground Up: A Yawuru Example.
• Yap, M & Yu, E 2016, 'Operationalising the capability approach: developing culturally relevant indicators of indigenous wellbeing - an Australian example', Oxford Development Studies, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 315-331pp.
• Watene, K & Yap, M 2015, 'Culture and sustainable development: Indigenous contributions', Journal of Global Ethics, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 51-55.
• Hunter, B & Yap, M 2014, Income, work and education: Insights for closing the gap in urban Australia.
• Biddle, N, Taylor, J & Yap, M 2014, 'Closing Which Gap? Demographic and Geographic Dilemmas for Indigenous Policy in Australia', in Frank Trovato and Anatole Romaniuk (ed.), Aboriginal populations: social, demographic, and epidemiological perspectives, The University of Alberta Press, Alberta, Canada, pp. 415-440.
• Biddle, N, Brennan, C & Yap, M 2014, Effectiveness of traineeships and apprenticeships for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.
• Biddle, N, Yap, M & Gray, M 2013, Disability.
• Prout, S & Yap, M 2012, ''No-one's really aware of where they are': A case study of Indigenous student mobilities in Australia's northwest', International Journal of Educational Research, vol. 54, pp. 9-20.
• Taylor, J, Gray, M, Hunter, B, Yap, M & Lahn, J, 2012, 'Higher education and the growth of Indigenous participation in professional and managerial occupations', CAEPR Working Papers, vol. 83/2012.
• Biddle, N & Yap, M 2010, Demographic and Socioeconomic Outcomes Across the Indigenous Australian Lifecourse: Evidence from the 2006 Census, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia.
• Yap, M & Biddle, N 2009, 'Towards a gender related index for Indigenous Australians', CAEPR.
• Biddle, N, Taylor, J & Yap, M 2008, 'Indigenous participation in regional labour markets, 2001-06', CAEPR Discussion Paper, vol. 288.
• Tanton, R, Harding, A, Daly, A et al 2010, 'Australian children at risk of social exclusion: A spatial index for gauging relative disadvantage', Population Space and Place, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 135-150.
• Yap, M & Biddle, N 2010, 'Gender gaps in Indigenous socioeconomic outcomes: Australian regional comparisons and international possibilities', International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 27.
• Biddle, N & Yap, M 2010, 'Closing the (data) gap', Indigenous Law Bulletin, vol. 7, no. 19, pp. 17-19.
• Biddle, N, Taylor, J & Yap, M 2009, 'Are the gaps closing? - Regional trends and forecasts of Indigenous employment', Australian Journal of Labour Economics, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 263-280.

Projects and Grants

Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.

• Evaluation of Local Decision Making Accords' negotiations (Secondary Investigator)
• ITS Monitoring and evaluation Framework Aboriginal Victoria (Primary Investigator)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices in disability support services project (Secondary Investigator)
• Qualitative research into the experiences of technology-facilitated abuse of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women living in regional and remote areas (Secondary Investigator)
• Exploring Economic Prosperity for Aboriginal Peoples in NSW (Secondary Investigator)
• Evaluation of OCHRE - Local Decision Making (Secondary Investigator)
• Data Sovereignty for Indigenous People: Current practice and future needs - ASSA Workshop (Secondary Investigator)