Threadgold’s book Youth, Class and Everyday Struggles wins 2020 Raewyn Connell Prize
Sociologist with the Newcastle Youth Studies Network, Associate Professor Steven Threadgold has won the biennial 2020 Raewyn Connell Prize awarded… Read more
Research Centre for
Newcastle Youth Studies
People
Director
Associate Professor Steven Threadgold
Associate Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
- Steven.Threadgold@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5919
Deputy Director
Dr Julia Coffey
Associate Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
- Julia.Coffey@newcastle.edu.au
- 02 4348 4081
Director of Public Engagement
Dr Julia Cook
ARC DECRA
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
- Julia.Cook@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4055 3018
Members
Professor Kate Senior
Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
- Kate.Senior@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 49217078
Dr Kate Davies
Conjoint Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
- Kate.Davies@newcastle.edu.au
- 4055 3106
Visiting Research Fellows
2023
Dr Lotta Haikkola – Academy Research Fellow, Finnish Youth Research Society (use staff profile from her in the list below section of the site already)
Dr Anne Gotfredsen – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umea University, Sweden
External and International Network members
- Professor Beverley Skeggs – Lancaster University, United Kingdom
- Doctor David Farrugia - Deakin
- Professor Roger Burrows - University of Bristol
- Dr Benjamin Hanckel - Western Sydney University
- Dr Natalie Hendry - University of Melbourne
- Professor Holly Thorpe - University of Waikato
- Associate Professor Signe Ravn - University of Melbourne
- Professor Jessica Ringrose – University College London
- Professor Anna Hickey-Moody - RMIT
- Professor Simone Fullagar – Griffith University
- Dr Lotta Haikkola – Finnish Youth Research Society
- Dr Kaisa Vehkalahti – University of Oulu Finland
- Dr Tomi Killakoski –Finnish Youth Research Society
- Professor Nicola Ingram – Sheffield Hallam University
- Professor Alan France – University of Auckland
- Dr Kim Allen – University of Leeds
- Dr Alistair Fraser – University of Glasgow
- Dr Valentina Cuzzocrea – University of Cagliari
- Dr Louise Overton – University of Birmingham
- Professor Johanna Wyn – University of Melbourne
- A/Prof Dan Woodman – University of Melbourne
- Prof Carmen Leccardi – University of Milano-Bicocca
- Prof Carles Feixa – University of Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
- Dr Oki Rahadianto Sutopo – University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
- Dr Bronwyn Wood – Victoria University Wellington
- Dr Akane Kanai – Monash University
- Dr Amy Dobson – Curtin University
- Professor Ros Gill - City University of London
New research reveals the challenging experiences of young hospitality workers
Unique qualitative research led by members of the Newcastle Youth Studies Network has revealed the systematic inequalities and exploitation young… Read more
New research reveals unequal impact of the pandemic on young people
New research by the directors of the Newcastle Youth Studies Network, Drs Julia Cook, Steven Threadgold, David Farrugia and Julia… Read more
Featured Sociology Publication: Bourdieu and Affect
Inequality is typically understood through an economic and material lens: those that have more money and stuff are privileged, those… Read more
New book Youth Sociology helps understand youth pressures of today
Youth is a key period of transition with many challenges and issues for young people to contend with. A new… Read more
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