Robert Walker is a Research Fellow at the Lowy Institute and works as an economist in the Institute’s Indo-Pacific Development Centre. His work focuses on growth and development in the Indo-Pacific region, emerging Asian economies, and strategic economic competition. Robert’s interests include macroeconomics, geoeconomics, industrial policy, international trade and supply chains, critical minerals, clean energy technology competition, and international political economy.

Prior to joining the Lowy Institute, Robert worked in the Australian Department of the Treasury in international macroeconomic forecasting and at the Australian National University’s Australian Centre on China in the World. He holds a Master of International and Development Economics from the Australian National University with a specialisation in macroeconomic policy, and a Bachelor of International and Global Studies from the University of Sydney.