Professor Matthew Roskruge

Professor Matt Roskruge (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tama) is a Māori economist specialising in population and development economics. He is a Rutherford Discovery Fellow, Director of Te Au Rangahau, Associate Dean Māori, and Professor of Economics at Massey University. His research spans Māori economic development, social capital and wellbeing, health economics and health-system performance, and population, labour, regional and urban economics. His work draws on applied econometrics, mixed methods and Māori research approaches to examine how people, place, relationships and institutions shape economic opportunity and wellbeing.

His current research includes work on the Māori economy and Māori enterprise, social and occupational mobility, Indigenous trade and economic measurement, social capital, labour-market outcomes, and the effectiveness and equity of health and public services.

Before joining Massey, Matt worked at the University of Waikato’s National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis and as a Senior Health Economist at the Ministry of Health. Alongside his research and academic leadership, he contributes to public discussion on the Māori economy, labour markets, regional development, health and economic policy. He is also a director of Massey Ventures Ltd and serves in a range of academic, research and professional advisory roles.