Sam is a Senior Research Fellow in the Macroeconomics Research Program at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
His research interests are in the areas of applied macroeconomics, housing and household behaviour, and financial economics. Sam has also consulted to a large number of government agencies and private sector organisations relating to the Australian energy market, the Australian retail sector, the Victorian criminal justice sphere, the banking sector and the Australian housing market.
Sam holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Melbourne.