What happens when intensive forms of parenting extend into young adulthood? @juliacook.bsky.social @drdanwoodman.bsky.social @rachelbrooks.bsky.social take a look at intergenerational support, independence and the risk of downward mobility. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/21dX1A0

LAST CALL! #Sociology Professorships in Copenhagen, Denmark! We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area. Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15! Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost! jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

My latest on ABC Life Matters www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

My latest on ABC Life Matters www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

For your weekend (footy long weekend in Victoria) listening - here is my latest as resident sociologist on ABC Life Matters: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

My latest on ABC Life Matters www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Happy Social Sciences Week to all who celebrate. Get along to an event if you can. socialsciencesweek.org.au

My latest on ABC Life Matters www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

My latest on Life Matters www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Was invited on to the Nights program on Radio New Zealand this week to chat with Emile Donovan about the shrinking number of cousins people have now compared to previous generations. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

My regular spot on ABC Life Matters with Tegan Taylor- this time we are taking about how young people's idea of a good time is shifting (and a booze fuelled night out is less popular). www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Big week on the radio this week and I will share a few things. Yesterday I was on ABC Radio Sydney chatting with James O'Loghlin about changing family sizes and fewer young people having cousins (from the 37 minute mark). www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Hear me chatting about generational differences on 5AA talk-back radio in Adelaide on Mornings with Graeme Goodings, last Friday. From the 45.30 minute mark. fiveaa.com.au/podcast/morn...

On the evening of Tue 23rd Sep join George Megalogenis, @frankbongiorno.bsky.social, @bspiesbutcher.bsky.social, @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social & I for our public event at UTS. Registration is free & we'd love to see you there! events.humanitix.com/a-new-austra...

Bit of an awkward conversation - my latest as the 'resident sociologist' on ABC Life Matters. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

MEDIA RELEASE: A National Crisis in HASS The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has issued a public call for urgent action in response to widespread cuts to staff, programs and entire disciplines across Australian universities. chass.org.au/docs.ashx?id...

My latest on ABC Life Matters with Tegan Taylor. We talk about the return of the 'inheritocracy'. Listen out for mentions of Jane Austen's Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy Esquire and mysterious great aunts with even greater fortunes. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

My latest as the resident sociologist on ABC Life Matters. It's on a topic that is close to home. Plenty of challenges, but proclamations of the death of the university are premature. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

My latest chat on ABC radio Life Matters - talking 'Cossie Livs' (cost of living) www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

For your weekend listening - Here is my latest on Life Matters on ABC Radio National, joining all the other 'Sunday morning quarterbacks' in giving my take on the election results. Very happy that I'm now introduced as the 'Resident Sociologist'! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

For your weekend listening - I was on the ABC Radio Melbourne Conversation Hour today talking with Richelle Hunt about the decline of nightclubbing and changing youth culture. Hope my sociological insights are better than my dance moves. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

For your long weekend listening, here is my latest chat with Tegan Taylor on ABC Life Matters, talking about collective grief. I'm doing a regular spot on Life Matters at the moment, every couple of weeks, bringing a sociological lens to different topics. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

A couple of brief appearances from me in this new ABC News story about cost of living from reporter Syan Vallance. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

I was on ABC Canberra today talking with Alice Matthews about the newly announced housing policies from the Coalition and Labor. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... - from the 24 minute mark (for about 7 minutes)

Something to go along with your Friday morning coffee. I wrote about intergenerational inequality for the @aunz.theconversation.com. It's part of a special election series, Australia’s Policy Challenges. theconversation.com/a-fair-go-fo...

I was on Life Matters today on ABC Radio National. Listen in if you're interested. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Permanent teaching and research lectureship in sociology at the university of Manchester. Linked to the Morgan centre. For researchers in areas of everyday lives, personal life and relationships. Please share! Deadline April 7th

Online Tribute in Memory of Michael Burawoy The International Sociological Association (ISA) mourns the tragic passing of Michael Burawoy (1947-2025), a leading sociologist, Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley, and 17th President of ISA (2010–2014).

I was on ABC Conversation Hour yesterday, chatting with Richelle Hunt about the 'bank of mum and dad' and the growing pressure on parents to support their young adult children. Here is the link if you want to have a listen. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Welcome to Bluesky @rc34youth.bsky.social . Research Committee 34 (Sociology of the Youth) of the @isa-sociology.bsky.social is the major international grouping of youth studies scholars, so if you're in the field or interested in the latest social science concerning young people, do follow along.

📢New article: 'Paradoxical Parenting Practices and Australian Higher Education', in @sociologyjnl.bsky.social, with @drdanwoodman.bsky.social & @juliacook.bsky.social #parenting #HE #intensiveparenting journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... 🧵

I was on ABC Radio National Life Matters yesterday, talking with Tegan Taylor about people having fewer cousins on average than previous generations. Here is the link to the show, for your weekend listening. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

I recently got the chance to be part of the 'Future Science Talks' program during Perth Comedy Week. If you want to hear more about the kind of research I do tracking the changing transition to adulthood, with (hopefully) a few laughs, here is a video of the show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuzN...

Looking for some summer reading/listening? Here are a few things I've contributed to recently. thenightly.com.au/politics/aus... www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/li... www.sbs.com.au/news/article... fiveaa.com.au/podcast/davi... (Radio spot about generational labels - Jan 3 from the 57-minute mark)

Graduation time. Congratulations and welcome to the club, Dr Amy Vanderharst.

Back in Melb after the TASA annual conference at Curtin Uni in Perth & my final meeting after a decade on the TASA Executive, most recently as immediate past president. Thanks @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social team & our hosts, well done outgoing Exec. and good luck to Kim and the incoming Exec.

My (research based) comedy show is on tonight as part of WA Comedy Week and (inexplicably) there are still some tickets left. If you're in Perth consider coming along Tickets: eventbrite.com.au/e/future-sci...

Lots of Sociologists getting ARC Discovery projects today! Well done, Team Sociology (and commiserations to to those who missed out).

I'm doing a short research-based comedy set as part of WA Comedy Week next week. If you're in Perth for the conferences consider coming along - 7pm Wednesday 27th (I'm last on the bill). Tickets: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/future-sci... (book for Wednesday 27th show - not the next day)

The new Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Fellows were welcomed at the Academy's annual dinner in Canberra last night. Here's a photo of me getting my FASSA pin and certificate from the Governor General Samantha Mostyn & ASSA President @profholden.bsky.social. Photo credit: Ari’s Pixels