Promoting sociology in Australia
Facilitating sociology teaching and research
Enhancing the professional development of TASA members
Promoting sociology in Australia
Facilitating sociology teaching and research
Enhancing the professional development of TASA members
Aims and Objectives:
The Sociology of Youth Thematic Group aims to facilitate all sociological based research relating to young people. The group provides a collegial forum for collaboration and supportive engagement between youth researchers at all points in their careers. The group advocates for sociological perspectives in multi-disciplinary projects and public debates around young people. It also supports publicly engaged youth sociology aimed at improving conditions for young people in Australian and elsewhere through sociologically informed policies and programs.
Year Established:
March 2010
Convenors and contact details:
Dan Woodman (dan.woodman@unimelb.edu.au)
Steven Threadgold (Steven.Threadgold@newcastle.edu.au)
Sarah MacLean (Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Melbourne – SarahMl@TURNINGPOINT.ORG.AU)
Sonia Martin stepped down at the end of 2011
Risk and the Life Course – Workshop
21st-22nd of July 2011
The University of Melbourne
School of Social and Political Sciences
The notion of emerging new risks and how to avoid or manage them has become central to modern societies and contemporary identity. Australian researchers have been at the forefront of exploring how a ‘risk society’ is reshaping the life course – for example suggesting the transition between youth and adulthood has been reshaped. This two day workshop at the University of Melbourne will explore how new divisions and uncertainties, and a discourse focused on risk and individualised risk management, are reshaping the biography and the life course.
The full details are available in Word (12kb) and Pdf (295kb)
Click here for the 2010 Annual Report
