Dr Cameron Allen is an interdisciplinary scientist and a Senior Research Fellow and ARC DECRA Fellow at Monash Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI).

Cameron has a keen interest in designing sustainable and just economies that ensure the wellbeing for future generations without undermining the planet. His research has made important advancements in developing and applying tools for long-term integrated decision making including modelling of transformation pathways, policy shifts, and co-benefits and trade-offs.  His research seeks to understand the drivers, dynamics and barriers in transformations to net zero and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and translate insights for governance and policy to accelerate systems change.  

His research is interdisciplinary and commonly combines both quantitative and qualitative methods and frameworks from different fields. The impact of his research is evidenced through publications in world-leading journals including Nature, Nature Sustainability, Nature Communications and One Earth.

Cameron is the recipient of several prestigious national research grants, including a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) from the Australian Research Council (ARC) on modelling socio-political dynamics of sustainability transitions, and an ARC Discovery Project on modelling post-growth futures. Cameron has also led a range of research projects with governments, the UN and industry partners in Australia and abroad. He is the lead researcher for the Transforming Australia project and was Science Lead for the 2023 UN Global Sustainable Development Report and Senior Advisor to the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Cameron worked for many years with UN agencies and international organizations in New York, Geneva, Beirut and Buenos Aires. He also previously worked for the Australian and NSW governments.  

His qualifications include a PhD and MPhil in sustainable development, a Master of Environmental Management, a Bachelor of Science, and a Bachelor of Business and Economics.