Funded Research Project

Pathways then and now: new student transitions to adulthood in a comparative context

Chief Investigator: Professor Johanna Wyn

Funded by: ARC Discovery Project grant 2005–2009

Project Summary: This project will generate new knowledge about young people's development and use of 'creative capital', which is crucial to their participation in the new labour markets in a post-industrial society. The research is designed to contribute directly to new policy frameworks in post-compulsory education and training that acknowledge the need for young people to make creative choices, develop positive pathways and to live within supportive family and community contexts. In this way, the project will support the Government's agenda of strengthening Australia's social and economic fabric in the fact of weaker traditional support structures.