Professor Johanna Wyn is director of the Youth Research Centre and is leader of the Education, Equity and Social Change cluster in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. Her research interests involve her in all three research programs of the Youth Research Centre (youth transitions, youth health and wellbeing and youth participation). She supervises research students in these fields and teaches in the Univeristy's undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

The Australian Sociological Association
The International Sociological Association
Australian Association for Educational Research

Phd (Monash University) 1986
Masters by Research (The University of New England) 1979
Bachelor of Arts with Honours (Victoria University of Wellington, NZ)1974

Undergraduate subjects
460 692 Citizenship, wellbeing and participation
166 083 The sociology of Youth and Youth Policy

Graduate subjects
482 652 Learning and Individual Pathways
571 661 Youth Policy and Theory in Practice

Professor Wyn's research is informed by a sociological perspective and a commitment to using inter-disciplinary approaches. She has a strong track record with the use of mixed method research techniques and participatory approaches involving young people and research clients. Her research explores young people's subjectivities in a context of social change, the nature of civic engagement and citizenship, learning in formal and informal education, across secondary, post-secondary and tertiary settings. Her work is also informed by the promotion of young people wellbeing and their active engagement in learning, community and research. She is currently researching the following topics:
Youth transitions through education, work and life
Young people's wellbeing
Civic engagement and citizenship
Social change
Cross-sectoral approaches
Gender
Rural youth

Publications over the last seven years:

Books

Wyn, J. 2008. Youth Health and Welfare: The Cultural Politics of Education and Wellbeing, Oxford University Press: Melbourne.
White, R., & Wyn, J. 2004, 2008 (2nd Edition). Youth and Society: Exploring the Social Dynamics of Youth Experience, Oxford University Press: Melbourne: vii + 274 pp.
Dwyer, P., & Wyn, J. 2001. Youth, Education and Risk: Facing the Future, Routledge/Falmer, London: viii + 221 pp.
Wyn, J., & White, R. 1997. Rethinking Youth, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, and Sage London: vii + 169 pp.
Wilson, B. & Wyn, J. 1986. Shaping Futures, Youth Action for Livelihood, Sydney: Allen and Unwin: vi + 140.

Refereed Journals

Green J, Lo Bianco J, Wyn J, 2007. ‘Discourses in Interaction: The intersection
of literacy and health research internationally’, Literacy and Numeracy
Studies Vol. 15 No.2.
Wyn, J. 2007. Learning to become somebody well: challenges for educational policy, Australian Educational Researcher, 34(3) 35-52.
Harris, A., Wyn, J., & Younes, S. 2007. Young People and Citizenship: An Everyday Perspective, Youth Studies Australia, 26(3) 18-26.
Stokes, H. & Wyn, J. 2007. Young people’s identities and making careers: young people’s perspectives on work and learning, International Journal of Lifelong Education 26(5) 495-511.
Wyn, J. and Woodman, D. 2007. Researching Youth in a Time of Change: A Reply to Roberts, Journal of Youth Studies, 10(3) 373-381.
Wyn, J., 2007. Young People’s New, Diverse Patterns of Life and Their Implications for Recognising Participation in Civic Society, International Journal of Children’s Rights, 15, 1-16.
Wyn, J., & Woodman, D. 2006. Generation, Youth and Social Change in Australia, Journal of Youth Studies, 9(5) pp. 495-514.
Eckersley, R., Wierenga, A & Wyn, J. 2005. Life in a time of uncertainty: optimising the health and wellbeing of young Australians, Medical Journal of Australia, 183 (8), pp. 3 – 6.
Wright, J., MacDonald, D., Wyn, J., & Kriflik, L. 2005. Becoming somebody: Changing priorities & physical activity, Youth Studies Australia, 24(1), pp. 16 – 21.
Wyn, J. 2004. Becoming Adult in the 2000s: new transitions and new careers, Family Matters 68 (Winter), pp. 4-10.
Wyn, J. and Harris, A. 2004. Youth Research in Australia and New Zealand, Young 12(3), pp. 269-287.
Freeman, E., Strong, D., Cahill, H., Wyn, J., & Shaw, G. 2003. Enhancing Professional Practice: an innovative professional development strategy to support teachers in school-based mental health promotion, Journal of In-Service Education, 29 (2), pp. 277-293.
Wyn, J., Cahill, H., & Shaw, G. Making a Difference: Evaluating a student welfare approach to health promotion and while-school change, Learning matters. 7(1), pp. 12-15 (2002)
Willis, E., Miller, R., & Wyn, J. - Gendered embodiment and survival for young people with cystic fibrosis. Social Science & Medicine, 53(9): pp.1163-1174 (2001)
Wyn, J. 2001. The meanings of youth ‘marginalisation’. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 12(3): pp. 11-12.
Brown, S., Johnson, K & Wyn, J. 2001. Minimising the health Impacts of Gambling: Horn of Africa Community. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 7(1): pp.124-124.

Chapters in books

Wyn, J. 2008. New Youth Transitions in Education, In R. Bendit and M. Hahn- Bleibtreu (Eds.), Youth and the future. Processes of social inclusion and patterns of vulnerability in a globalised world.Verlag Barbara Budrich. Leverkusen- Opladen & Barbara Budrich Publishers, Farmington Hills- USA
Wyn, J. 2008. Social Determinants of Young People’s Health in a Risk Society, In H. Keleher (Ed), Understanding Health, A Determinants Approach (2nd Ed), Oxford University Press, Melbourne
Wyn, J. 2008. Educating for Late Modernity, In A. Furlong (Ed), Youth and New Adulthoods: Perspectives and debates, Handbook of Youth Research: Routledge, London.
Fyfe, J. & Wyn, J. 2007. Young Activists Making the News: The role of the Media in Youth Political and Civic Engagem

National Competitive Grants (Chief Investigator) in the last seven years:

Youth-Led Learning: Local connections and global citizenship, with Ani Wierenga (Australian Youth Research Centre), Jose Guevara and Annette Gough (RMIT) and Plan International Australia (Industry partner) 2008 - 2010 Australian Research Council (Linkage)

Pathways Then and Now: new student transitions to adulthood in a comparative context, 2005 – 2009 Australian Research Council (Discovery)

Youth civic participation and social connection in post-industrial society, with Dr. Anita Harris, Monash University, 2005 – 2007, Australian Research Council (Discovery)

Flexible career patterns: graduate redefinitions of outcomes in the new labour market, 2002 – 2004, Australian Research Council (Discovery)

Successful re-entry models for young people into TAFE, 2001
National Council for Vocational Education Research

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Student Welfare Professional Development, with Catholic Education Office (Victoria), 2000 – 2003, Australian Research Council (SPIRT)

Young People and Physical Activity, with: Jan Wright (University of Wollongong), Doune MacDonald (University of Queensland), 2001 – 2003, Australian Research Council

Vocational integration of post-Compulsory education and training 1998 – 2000, Australian Research Council (Large Grant)


International competitive Grants (Chief Investigator) over the last seven years:

Comparative study of Canadian and Australian transitions, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, (Canada), 2005-2007