Media
Access newspaper articles, interviews, podcasts and other media appearances from the Life Patterns team.
2025
'How intensive parenting 25-year-old "children" became the norm' segment. ABC Life Matters. 17 November 2025, Dr Julia Cook.
The secret to a happy life. SBS Chinese. 11 August 2025, with Dr Jun Eric Fu.
What They’ve Learned and What’s Still Missing: How Do Young Australians View Their Educational Experiences? SBS Chinese. 24 June 2025, with Dr Jun Eric Fu.
‘Outdated and irrelevant’: what do young Australians think of their schooling? The Conversation. 21 May 2025, with Dr Jun Eric Fu and Dr Julia Cook.
Do you feel pressure to buy your kids a house? ABC. 3 February 2025, with Prof. Dan Woodman
Are we experiencing the decline of cousins? ABC. 23 January 2025, with Prof. Dan Woodman
2024
The Limbo Generation: Hustling millennials trying to have it all amid unprecedented economic pressures. The Nightly. 12 December 2024, with Prof. Dan Woodman
Many Gen Zs are working multiple jobs. Are they missing out on their 20s? Sydney Morning Herald. 9 December 2024, with Prof. Dan Woodman
Is the Bank of Mum and Dad broke? ACB Triple J Hack. 29 July 2024, with Prof. Dan Woodman
What happens in a cost-of-living crisis when the 'bank of mum and dad' is a housing safety net? ABC. 26 July 2024, with Prof. Dan Woodman
Vinh and his partner chose a house over a wedding. Is this the new norm? SBS News. 17 July 2024, with Prof. Dan Woodman
I didn’t get a job because I’m Gen Z. Why did that happen? Sydney Morning Herald. 10 May 2024, with Prof. Dan Woodman
Is it fair to blame baby boomers for society's woes? ABC. 23 April 2024, with Prof. Dan Woodman
Why we need to talk about Gen X. ABC. 27 March 2024, with Prof. Dan Woodman
2023
It’s not just housing: the ‘bank of mum and dad’ is increasingly helping fund the lives of young Australians. The Conversation. 22 December 2023, with Prof. Dan Woodman, Dr Julia Cook, and Dr Quentin Maire.
Pandemic not the main cause of youth underemployment. The Canberra Times. 12 April 2023, with Prof. Hernan Cuervo.
2022
How the youth vote could shape this election. 9News digital, 15 April 2022, with Prof. Hernan Cuervo.
Australians more concerned about climate change than COVID-19. Pursuit, 10 March 2022, by Dr Quentin Maire, Dr Eric Fu and Associate Prof. Jenny Chesters.
Australians more concerned about climate change than COVID-19. ABC Far North Queensland, 11 March 2022, with Dr Quentin Maire.
2021
What we know about our children after 2021. Pursuit, 31 December 2021, by Dr Annie Gowing, Associate Prof. Hernán Cuervo, Prof. Yong Zhao and Prof. Jim Watterston.
Millenials in the workplace. ABC Radio National, 21 September 2021, with Associate Prof. Hernán Cuervo.
Australia's Gen Y Democracy Gap. Pursuit, 20 September 2021, by Dr Jun Fu, Prof. Johanna Wyn, and Dr Brendan Churchill.
2020
Interview with Dr Jenny Chesters. The Business and ABC News 24, 16 July 2020, with Dr Jenny Chesters.
Concerns young people to be profoundly affected by COVID-19 economic fallout for years to come. ABC Radio National, 26 May 2020, with Associate Prof. Hernán Cuervo.
Understanding Australian life patterns. First Five Years, 17 February 2020, with Dr Jenny Chesters.
Get a trade! How university graduates with a masters degree or PhD are FAR less likely to land a job than trained blue collar workers. Daily Mail Australia, 31 January 2020, with Dr Jenny Chesters and Prof. Johanna Wyn.
Interview with Dr Jenny Chesters. ABC Radio Sydney, 31 January 2020, with Dr Jenny Chesters.
Uni degree no longer guarantees job security in growing gig economy. WAtoday, 30 January 2020, with Dr Jenny Chesters and Prof. Johanna Wyn.
Reality of gig economy for graduates. Campus Morning Mail, 29 January 2020, with Dr Jenny Chesters and Prof. Johanna Wyn.
2019
Talkback: parental pressure on children's career choices. ABC Radio National, 2 December 2019, with Associate Prof. Hernán Cuervo.
Rural Youth and VCE Exams. Pulse FM Radio, 12 November 2019, with Associate Prof. Hernán Cuervo.
VCE in Rural Schools. ABC Radio Melbourne, 11 November 2019, with Associate Prof. Hernán Cuervo.
What are 21st century parents concerned about? Pursuit, 23 October 2019, by Dr Eric Fu, Dr Jenny Chesters and Associate Prof. Hernán Cuervo.
In Defence of Hope Towards a sociology of hope in crisis times. The Sociological Review, 30 September 2019, guest essay by Associate Prof. Hernán Cuervo and Dr Julia Cook.
Dr Julia Cook, interviewed for and cited in Nicole Haddow's Smashed Avocado: How I Cracked the Property Market and You Can Too, published 2 September 2019.
2018
Youth reveal their top concern in national survey. The Educator, 19 September 2018, with Dr Julia Cook.
What do Gen X and Gen Y worry about most? Climate change. Pursuit, 18 September 2018, by Dr Julia Cook, Dr Jenny Chesters and Associate Prof. Hernán Cuervo.
Generación Y: Los más educados y los que peor empleo tienen (Gen Y: The most educated and the ones with poorer working conditions). SBS Español, 1 July 2018, with Associate Prof. Hernán Cuervo.
Interview with Dr Julia Cook. ABC Radio Perth, 1 June 2018, with Dr Julia Cook.
Millennials want the same as the rest of us, but can’t afford it. Pursuit, 31 May 2018, by Dr Julia Cook and Associate Prof. Hernán Cuervo.
2017
What millennials think about job security. ABC Radio National, 9 November 2017, with Associate Prof. Hernán Cuervo.
2015
Opinion: Gen Y’s long road to security. Pursuit, 3 December 2015, by Prof. Johanna Wyn, Associate Prof. Hernán Cuervo, Associate Prof. Dan Woodman and Dr Jessica Crofts.