Our next online seminar is on at 3pm tomorrow. The False Divide between Nature and Culture: How Estrogens, Yeasts and Snakes Reveal the Entanglement of Everyday Life See you there!

Who world have thought i'd be talking in the the Australian Financial Review about class, but there you go...

New article by @juliacook.bsky.social in @bjsociology.bsky.social 'Understanding the Role of Migration, Culture and Transnational Ties in Family Financial Assistance With Home Ownership'

@juliacook.bsky.social on unorthodox approaches young people are using to buy their first home theconversation.com/buying-with-...

NYSC online seminar on ‘The Materialities of Inequality: Mould, Acid and Glitter’ featuring Beckie Coleman, Bev Skeggs, Imogen Tyler and Roger Burrows is on tomorrow night, Wednesday October 8 at 7pm (9am London time).

The book also has an open to anyone support site, with support materials, videos and discussion questions. If you would like multiple choice questions to set quizzes for each chapter, please email me. 2/2

It's finally out! After what could only be described as a very long gestation, our edited collection is now available. It will be great for teaching about the concept of subculture and also contains interesting contemporary examples and research case studies. 1/2

Hope to see you at today’s seminar on The Political Dynamics of the Weird World of Wellness at 3pm, please see details and register at the below

Next Wednesday at 3pm AEST we have our third NYSC online seminar taking place on zoom. The topic is The Political Dynamics of the Weird World of Wellness featuring Naomi Smith (University of Sunshine Coast), Natalie Ann Hendry (University of Melbourne) and Matt Wade (La Trobe University).

Please join us for the second in our NYSC Series Online seminar on Wednesday to hear all about New Possibilities: Young People and Democratic Renewal, featuring Philippa Collin, Judith Bessant, Luigi Di Martino, Rob Watts and Varsha Yajman.

No silver bullet: why social media ban is full of holes www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/903228...

Tomorrow at 3pm AEST we have our first NYSC online seminar taking place on zoom. The topic is Automating Everyday Life and we are joined by Nicholas Carah and Lauren Hayden, Joel Stern, and Thao Phan and Fabian Offert. You can register at Eventbrite for it here www.eventbrite.com.au/e/automating...

Check out Filtered Reality, a short film that discusses aspects of the ARC DP project led by @juliacoffey.bsky.social ‬on how photo editing apps, tools and filters affect young people’s self-image. youtu.be/iewwq34sCdk?...

Our 'Automating Everyday Life' online seminar is less than a week away, 3pm Wednesday July 30. Get you Eventbrite ticket here: tinyurl.com/ysj826bu

Coming soon www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1... @megansharp.bsky.social ‪ @bengook.bsky.social ‪@benhanckel.bsky.social ‪@projectnat.bsky.social @stevethreadgold.bsky.social @paulhodkinson.bsky.social ‪@indigowilling.bsky.social‬

When @bengreenfuz.bsky.social‬ and I wrote our chapter for this great collection on Pub Rock, Amyl and The Sniffers were an up and coming band just about to release their second record... academic publishing eh! Unlikely to see them play in a pub these days... www.routledge.com/Pub-Rock-in-...

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Call for Papers for a special issue of Work, Employment and Society on Earning While Learning: experiences, patterns and the political economy of working students’ www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie... For further information and queries, please contact Kim Allen [email protected]

On Monday June 16 at Bristol I’m talking about NYSC research on ‘Young People’s Financialised Futures in a Life Under the Data Gaze”, along with Liza Cirolia from Uni of Cape Town who will be talking about fintech in African cities. Details here: www.bristol.ac.uk/internationa...

Was great to share some of Newcastle Youth Studies Centre’s research on BNPL services with Second Thought youtu.be/7kmfv-njojk?...

We are pleased to announce our online seminar series taking place in the 2nd half of the year with 6 sessions that cover a wide range of important social issues. You can see full details including abstracts and can book Zoom tickets at our Eventbrite page: www.eventbrite.com.au/o/newcastle-...

Julia Cook and Julia Coffey have new The Conversation articles out today. Julia Cook with Jun Eric Gu ask "what do young Australians think of their schooling?" theconversation.com/outdated-and-i… 1 of 2

If you are aged between 18-30 and live in Australia, please complete our anonymous online survey asking questions about what platforms you use, as well as some general background questions. uninewcastle.questionpro.com.au/a/TakeSurvey... uninewcastle.questionpro.com.au/a/TakeSurvey...

If you are aged between 18-30 and live in Australia, please complete our anonymous online survey asking questions about your sources of financial advice, as well as some general background questions. This should take around 10 minutes. uninewcastle.questionpro.com.au/t/ARnkpZR2IB

If you are aged between 18-30 and live in Australia, please complete our anonymous online survey asking questions about your sources of financial advice, as well as some general background questions. This should take around 10 minutes. uninewcastle.questionpro.com.au/t/ARnkpZR2IB

So chuffed to be asked to be a keynote at the BSA Bourdieu Study Group’s Mid Term International Conference 2025 in Vienna in September. The theme is Rising Complexities in Education: Opportunities and Inequalities. Hope to see you there! britsoc.co.uk/bourdieu25

Pleased that I will be working with @stevethreadgold.bsky.social, @juliacoffey.bsky.social, @juliacook.bsky.social and Bev Skeggs on a new ARC-funded Discovery Project examining young people’s rapid uptake of fintech apps...an extension of: doi.org/10.1080/1753...