Conference Presentations
Discover papers presented at conferences about the Life Patterns project.
2025
Cook, J., Fu, J., & Wyn, J. (2025, December). Crisis and the role of schooling—Perspectives of Australian high school students. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference, Newcastle.
Fu, J. (2025, November). Social media and wellbeing: Perspectives of young Australians. The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Conference, Melbourne.
Gowing, A., Koh, S., & Chesters, J. (2025, November). Keeping students engaged when funding is tight: How inadequate funding impacts on levels of school connectedness. The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Conference, Melbourne.
Fu, J. (2025). Outdated & Irrelevant: What do young Australians think of their schooling? Invited seminar presentation at Faculty of Education, Curtin University.
Hu, B., & Fu, J. (2025, June). Fostering Belonging and Active Citizenship: Intercultural Understanding in Action. Social and Citizenship Education Association of Australia Conference, James Cook University.
2024
Chesters, J. (2024, September) ‘I’m just here for the social life’: Connections to peers, school, teachers and learning during the final year of secondary school. World Education Research Association Conference, University of Manchester, Manchester.
Chesters, J. (2024, June). Educational aspirations of young people completing school in the post-pandemic era: Evidence from the Australian Life Patterns study. Nordic Youth research Symposium, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
Chesters, J. & Gowing, A. (2024, October). ‘I’m just here for the social life’: Connections to school, teachers and peers during the final year of secondary school. University of Melbourne Faculty of Education Conference, Melbourne.
Sideris, M. (2024, December). Dating, Disconnection and Digital Labour: How young women navigate dating apps in their thirties. Digital Intimacies X, Monash University, Melbourne.
Sideris, M. (2024, November). The Intimacy Gap: How young adults bridge and build intimacy online. TASA 2024 Living Now: Social Worlds and Political Landscapes, Curtin University, Perth.
Sideris, M. (2024, June). The Intimacy Gap: How young adults bridge and build intimacy online. Global Digital Intimacies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Woodman, D. (2024, January). Intergenerational relationships in changing times: The political economy of youth and generation beyond conflict and reproduction (opening keynote). Youth between crises and strategies, EHESS (École des hautes études en sciences sociales).
Woodman, D. (2024, February). Updating the Sociology of Generations: Global lessons for thinking about intergenerational conflict and connection (opening keynote). Youth Studies Section Meeting, The Austrian Association for Sociology (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Soziologie, ÖGS), University of Vienna, Austria.
Woodman, D. (2024, July). The changing experience of young adulthood in the Asia-Pacific in the context of the Asset Economy (keynote). The Asia-Pacific Association for Consumer Research (AP-ACR) 2024 Conference, Bali, Indonesia.
2023
Chesters, J. (2023, November). The COVID-19 pandemic and social inequalities in Australia. Social Policy Responses: From old issues to the new challenges Conference, online.
Chesters, J. (2023, November). The impact of COVID-19 on aspirations for post-school study. AARE Conference, University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
Chesters, J. (2023, October). Aspirations for post-school study: A comparison two cohorts of Year 11 students from the Life Patterns project. University of Melbourne MGSE conference, Melbourne.
Chesters, J. (2023, October). Gen Y, the resilient generation? How the long-term effects of precarious employment crush aspirations for achieving the traditional markers of adulthood. SLLS conference, University of Munich, Munich.
Chesters, J. (2023, September). Just coping or flourishing: How the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated inequalities in Australia. European Sociological Association RN30 Conference, Cagliari, Sardinia.
Chesters, J. (2023, June). ‘Adjusting to the new normal: A comparison of levels of happiness before and during the pandemic’. ISA World Congress, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne.
Sideris, M. (2023, November). Youth and digital intimacies: Affective practices of dating disconnection. TASA 2023: Sustaining the Social, online.
Sideris, M. (2023, September). Youth and digital intimacies: Affective practices of dating disconnection. European Sociological Association RN30 Conference, Cagliari, Sardinia.
2022
Chesters, J. (2022, December). Australia’s most pressing issues according to Gen X and Gen Y: Climate change and COVID-19. TASA conference, Melbourne.
2021
Chesters, J. (2021, February). Parental wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. IV ISA Forum of Sociology.
2019
Chesters, J., Cuervo, H. & Fu, E. (2019, July). Engagement with social media: A comparison of city, regional and rural dwellers. RC55 Social Indicators Mid-term Conference, Valencia.
Chesters, J., & Wyn, J. (2019, November). Chasing rainbows: How many educational qualifications do young people need to acquire meaningful, ongoing work? Inequalities in the Gig Economy era: Gender and generational challenges symposium.
2018
Chesters, J., & Cuervo, H. (2018, July). Autonomy in young adulthood: A longitudinal study of how various life events impact on levels of autonomy. Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies Conference, Milano-Bicocca.
Chesters, J., & Cuervo, H. (2018, July). Marginal, liminal and traditional employment: A longitudinal analysis of how young Australians fare in a precarious labour market. International Sociology Association World Congress, Toronto.
2017
Cuervo, H., & Chesters, J. (2017, October). The [im]possibility of planning a future: How prolonged precarious employment during transitions affects the lives of young Australians. Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies Conference, Stirling University, Scotland.