Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE240100066
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$445,017.00
Summary
Contemporary social and environmental risks for youth offending. While social and technology changes have led to reductions in low-level youth offending, chronic youth offending has not reduced notably, and is growing in areas of Australia. This project aims to generate new knowledge on underlying social and environmental risks for chronic youth offending in Australia to improve the effectiveness of crime prevention and desistance strategies to reduce reoffending. This project uses longitudinal ....Contemporary social and environmental risks for youth offending. While social and technology changes have led to reductions in low-level youth offending, chronic youth offending has not reduced notably, and is growing in areas of Australia. This project aims to generate new knowledge on underlying social and environmental risks for chronic youth offending in Australia to improve the effectiveness of crime prevention and desistance strategies to reduce reoffending. This project uses longitudinal survey and youth justice data, and interviews with young people, to identify key social and environmental risks for chronic youth offending. Expected outcomes of the project include evidence to inform effective crime prevention and desistance strategies for young people ‘at risk’ or engaged in chronic offending.Read moreRead less
Hunger for Change: Student Food Insecurity and Youth Agency in Australia. Rising food prices threaten to exacerbate an already pressing problem of food insecurity among students in Australia universities. This project will examine the causes, consequences, and nature of food insecurity among students in Australia employing interviews, focus groups and participant observation. It will contribute to scholarly debates on food security and youth agency through highlighting the imaginative ways in wh ....Hunger for Change: Student Food Insecurity and Youth Agency in Australia. Rising food prices threaten to exacerbate an already pressing problem of food insecurity among students in Australia universities. This project will examine the causes, consequences, and nature of food insecurity among students in Australia employing interviews, focus groups and participant observation. It will contribute to scholarly debates on food security and youth agency through highlighting the imaginative ways in which young people are developing responses to food insecurity. The project will offer the Australian government, State governments and universities opportunities to build upon student-led solutions to food insecurity, enhance capacity for research on food and youth issues, and heighten public understanding of the issue.Read moreRead less
Social geographies of youth action in India. This project aims to examine the nature and effectiveness of pre-figurative action among youth in north India. Over the past decade, social movements have risen in which young people try to prefigure their desired better society, while “being the change you want to see in the world” to try to alter social life is common. This project will examine how young people’s efforts to “be the change” in education, health, infrastructure and work might be chang ....Social geographies of youth action in India. This project aims to examine the nature and effectiveness of pre-figurative action among youth in north India. Over the past decade, social movements have risen in which young people try to prefigure their desired better society, while “being the change you want to see in the world” to try to alter social life is common. This project will examine how young people’s efforts to “be the change” in education, health, infrastructure and work might be changing the social landscape. It expects to contribute to scholarly and public understanding of youth and development in Australia and globally.Read moreRead less
Liberalism, Youth, and the Practice of Politics in India. This project investigates the role of youth in India in challenging or defending notions of equality and freedom. The project will generate new knowledge on liberalism, youth, and political practice using an innovative approach to data collection termed project ethnography and deploying interdisciplinary methods. Expected outcomes of the project include enhanced capacity in Indian studies in Australia, new interdisciplinary collaborations ....Liberalism, Youth, and the Practice of Politics in India. This project investigates the role of youth in India in challenging or defending notions of equality and freedom. The project will generate new knowledge on liberalism, youth, and political practice using an innovative approach to data collection termed project ethnography and deploying interdisciplinary methods. Expected outcomes of the project include enhanced capacity in Indian studies in Australia, new interdisciplinary collaborations around the topic of youth agency, the development of theory related to liberalism and youth, and a refined set of methods applicable to youth research. Benefits would include greater India literacy in Australia, better knowledge of youth action globally, and an enhanced knowledge base for policymakers.Read moreRead less