Dr Amanda Cahill

Amanda is the Founder of The Next Economy, a non-government organisation that supports communities across Australia to manage the economic impacts of decarbonisation in ways that strengthen regional economies. Most of this work has been in coal and industrial regions, where she has brought together government, industry, workers and community groups to co-design transition plans despite deep-seated tensions. Amanda has also advised Australian state and federal government agencies and has played a key role in the development of the Net Zero Economy Authority. More recently, she has drawn on her previous experience in international development to provide advice to government and civil society organisations across Asia and the Pacific. Amanda is a Churchill Fellow and co-author of the book: Regional Energy Transitions in Australia: From impossible to possible.