Helen Mitchell is a Sir Roland Wilson Scholar at the Australian National University doing targeted research to help solve national policy challenges. Her research explores economic security and statecraft in a new global order – one in which Australia faces sharper trade-offs between sovereignty, security and prosperity.

Helen is (Non-Resident) Economic Security Fellow at the United States Studies Centre and published an Economic Security report that helps define what ‘Economic Security’ is and how to achieve it.

Helen is an economist and former diplomat – she served Australia in New York, South Africa and Mexico. Most recently, she was one of a cadre of senior experts providing strategic advice to the Prime Minister and rest of government.

Helen trained in Economics (Hons.1) and Arts at the University of Melbourne; she recently trained in Executive Leadership at the Harvard Business School. She speaks Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish.
You can hear Helen speak on economic statecraft and security and the global economy on several podcasts:

https://www.ussc.edu.au/podcasts/ussc-briefing-room/ussc-briefing-room-t... https://shows.acast.com/the-national-security-podcast/episodes/a-new-age... https://shows.acast.com/the-national-security-podcast/episodes/how-the-g... .