Newcastle Youth Studies Centre

Congratulations to our new research team member Dr Niamh White on her PhD conferral and becoming a newly minted Dr! We look forward to working with you on young people and fintech over the next few years

Julia Cook on unorthodox approaches young people are using to buy their first home

Buying with a sibling or rentvesting: some unorthodox approaches to buying a first home While these strategies work for some people, they are not necessarily possible for most aspiring first home owners.

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 Materialities of Inequality: Mould, Acid and Glitter How Stuff Matters

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

The Political Dynamics of the Weird World of Wellness Explore how contemporary discourses of wellness are aligned with the enactments and dynamics of everyday politics, and their consequences.

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).

You can register at our Eventbrite.

The Political Dynamics of the Weird World of Wellness Explore how contemporary discourses of wellness are aligned with the enactments and dynamics of everyday politics, and their consequences.

Please join us for the second in our Newcastle Youth Studies Centre Series Online seminar on Wednesday August 20 at 3pm to hear all about 'New Possibilities: Young People and Democratic Renewal', featuring Philippa Collin, Judith Bessant, Luigi Di Martino, Rob Watts and Varsha Yajman.

New Possibilities: Young People and Democratic Renewal This panel shares some of the findings of the New Possibilities project

No silver bullet: why social media ban is full of holes
https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/9032284/social-media-bans-fail-to-protect-under-16s/

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

Automating Everyday Life As everyday life has been digitalised, more and more of the things we do, like and consume are being automated.

Check out Filtered Reality, a short film that discusses aspects of the ARC DP project led by Julia Coffey ‬on how photo editing apps, tools and filters affect young people’s self-image.

Filtered Reality New Research Shows the Hidden Cost of Perfect Images in a Filtered World New findings from research led by the University of Newcastle has uncovered how phot...

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

Automating Everyday Life As everyday life has been digitalised, more and more of the things we do, like and consume are being automated.

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