Andrew Glover

Founder, Pronatalism Australia

Andrew Glover is a sociologist and researcher based in Wollongong, New South Wales, and the founder of Pronatalism Australia, an independent, non-partisan not-for-profit working on Australia’s declining fertility rate. He holds a PhD from the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney, and has worked as a research fellow at RMIT University’s Digital Ethnography Research Centre and in applied social research for government.

His current work asks how a wealthy, modern country can create the conditions for people to have the children they want. He argues for pronatalism as a pluralist, non-coercive civic commitment rather than a partisan cause, and has developed policy proposals including Babyannuation, Shared Superannuation Accrual, Family Formation Literacy and Life-Stage Housing for Young Families.

His book, Pronatalism Now: Why the Future Depends on Us Having Children, is forthcoming. His essays have appeared in Quillette, Areo and The Australian.

Areas of expertise

• Australia’s fertility rate, birth numbers and projections
• Why Australians are having fewer children than they want
• Family policy: baby bonuses, parental leave, childcare and alternatives
• Migration and fertility
• Housing and family formation
• Pronatalism, its history and its critics

Selected writing and media

• Essays in Quillette, including “Falling Fertility: A Crisis We Refuse to Face” (June 2025)
• Profile in news.com.au, “Society ends in 90 years” (July 2026)
• Pronatalism Australia on Substack
• Media releases and media and commentary

For journalists

Andrew is available for interviews and expert comment on fertility, family policy and demographic change. Email andrew@pronatalismaustralia.org. See also our reporting guide.