About Us
The Centre’s research and development is informed by a holistic approach to young people’s lives in a context of social and economic change, including formal and informal learning settings, work, home and leisure. It seeks to understand the interrelationships between these dimensions of life and young people’s learning, participation, health and wellbeing.
Research and development is organised into four programs:
- Youth Transition
- Youth Participation and Citizenship
- Youth Health and Wellbeing
- Equity and Childhood
Projects focus on young people in the middle years of schooling through to young adulthood and on the institutions and organisations that serve their needs, spanning a number of educational phases and working across policy areas. The recent inclusion of a Childhood and Equity Program has extended the Centre's research into a younger age group. These programs are well-connected to international research collaborations and the Centre undertakes research in international as well as local settings.
The conceptual frame for the Centre’s work is in the field of educational sociology. This provides a basis for inter-disciplinary approaches to research, professional development and teaching, including disciplines such as the arts, health sciences, psychology, education and history. This approach is implemented through partnerships within the Melbourne Graduate School of Education as well as with other faculties and schools at The University of Melbourne and with researchers in other universities in Australia and internationally. The Centre uses innovative methodologies and where possible takes a mixed (quantitative and qualitative) methods approach.
The Centre provides supervision for Masters and PhD students. See staff profiles for a list of staff expertise and interests.
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