ProfessorAndrew Scott

Andrew commenced at Deakin in 2011 following 10 years as a prominent full-time University Lecturer then Senior Lecturer elsewhere. His fifth book was published late in 2014. It is titled Northern Lights: The Positive Policy Example of Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway. For further details see: http://www.publishing.monash.edu/books/nl-9781921867927.html

Andrew's recent books have helped alter Australian Government policy to extend paid parental leave, move towards universal provision of early childhood education and care, and make taxation arrangements more favourable for lower income earners.

 
His latest book is here: https://www.mup.com.au/books/the-nordic-edge/9780522877625

His next book, Confronting Australia's Childcare Crisis, will be published by ANU Press in October 2026: https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/series/public-matters/confronting-australias-childcare-crisis

A list of Andrew's other publications can be viewed here:

https://dro.deakin.edu.au/authors/Andrew_Scott/13093503