Tuckwell Scholarship Program Alum, Carina Stone awarded 2024 R.G. Menzies Scholarship
We are delighted to share this fantastic news from the Harvard Club of Australia:
The Harvard Club of Australia Inc., The Harvard Club of Victoria and the Australian National University have announced the award of R.G. Menzies Scholarships for postgraduate study at Harvard University. The 2 winners join 100 alumni of the R.G. Menzies Scholarship program, which has operated since 1967 to provide scholarship funding for outstanding young Australians seeking postgraduate study at Harvard, and to make a difference to society.
Carina Stone will be studying for the Master in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is passionate about researching and advocating for evidence-based social and economic policy reform that enhance the wellbeing of vulnerable Australians. She has a strong interest in policy solutions to improve women’s economic security, and to prevent domestic violence.
Carina graduated with a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the Australian National University (ANU), where she studied as a Tuckwell Scholar. She was awarded First Class Honours and equal first prize for the ANU Prize for Excellence in Gender and Sexuality Research for her honours thesis on anti-discrimination law related to caring responsibilities.
During her studies, Carina worked as an economics research assistant at the ANU Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, researching topics such as childcare affordability & female labour supply, productivity growth, consumption tax reform, and gender budgeting. She has interned at the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Centre for Excellence in Population Ageing Research, and has worked with the University of Melbourne School of Government and the NSW Department of Education. Following graduation, Carina volunteered shortly as a paralegal at the Top End Women’s Legal Service (TEWLS) in Darwin, which she has since supported in a pro bono capacity. These experiences shaped her interest in evaluating and implementing policy solutions for complex social challenges.
Carina currently works as an Associate at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in the public sector practice, where she is the co-lead of the BCG Sydney Social Impact Committee. As part of her work at BCG, she is currently on a Jawun secondment at the Kaiela Institute, a First Nations-led policy think tank in Shepparton, Victoria.
Outside of work, Carina enjoys bushwalking, reading, volunteering as a surf life saver, and playing the trumpet in the BCG band.
After graduating from the Harvard Kennedy School, Carina envisions a future career dedicated to researching, designing, and delivering policy reforms that improve the lives of Australians experiencing social and economic disadvantage.
Congratulations Carina! This is a phenomenal achievement and a moment of immense pride for the Tuckwell community.
