ABOUT KIM 

Dr Kim Houghton is an independent economist with over 25 years' experience working with regional people, helping hundreds of communities understand the challenges they face and work on solutions. Kim is well known for his ability to ‘make data make sense’, demystifying data through telling entertaining and meaningful stories. 

Kim is currently working with the Wellbeing and Resilience team at the University of Canberra, bringing skills and data to help regional communities develop their own holistic wellbeing frameworks and monitoring tools.  

Kim was Chief Economist at the Regional Australia Institute for over eight years, directing an ambitious program of research on contemporary economic development challenges facing regional Australians. Kim led the Institute’s work on regional housing, population mobility, labour markets, disaster recovery and COVID impacts. 

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