[4] Foster received a Bachelor of Arts (Ethics, Politics, and Economics) from Yale University, and completed a PhD in economics at the University of Maryland.
[1] Foster hosts The Economists on the ABC with Australian economics journalist Peter Martin.
[4] Foster has criticised the COVID Zero-centred approach adopted by Victoria and other jurisdictions within Australia, believing that the costs to the economy outweighed the potential benefits of reducing case numbers.
[5][6] Her employer the University of New South Wales distanced themselves from her comments which were televised during the show Q&A.
[7] Gigi Foster was named Young Economist of The Year for 2019 by the Economics Society of Australia.