Research Projects



Research Projects

Please find below a selection of current and recent research projects researchers at the Youth Research Collective have been involved in.


ProjectYears Funding Body Youth Research Collective Staff
Life Patterns 2021-2026 Australian Research Council, Discovery Project Johanna Wyn (Lead Chief Investigator (CI)), Helen Cahill (CI), Hernan Cuervo (CI), Jenny Chesters (CI), Quentin Maire, Eric Fu, Nadishka Weerasuriya, Natalie Calleja, Maddison Sideris.
Securing the Next Generation in Farming and Food Careers 2023-2026 Australian Research Council, Linkage Project Hernan Cuervo (Lead CI)
The Influence of Rural Youth Sports on Aspiration, Participation, and Belonging in Tertiary Education 2023-2026 Melbourne Postdoctoral Fellowship (UoM) Melyssa Fuqua (Lead CI)
Youth Unemployment Experiences in Australia and the UK During Covid-19: Socioeconomic Differences and Geographical Inequalities 2023-2025 McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow (UoM) Charlotte McPherson (Lead CI)
Why Rural Teachers Stay 2023-2024 Department of Education, Victoria Hernan Cuervo (Lead CI), Quentin Maire (CI)
Social Media + Therapy - exploring young adulthood, psychotherapy, social media care and digital cultures 2021-2024 With support from RMIT University Vice Chancellor's Post Doctoral Fellowship and the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne Natalie Hendry (Lead CI)
Education Policy in Practice: European Education Policy and National Systems 2020-2024 European Commission's Erasmus+ Program Stanley Koh (CI)
Trade Union Training: Reshaping the Australian Industrial Landscape 2019-2023 Australian research Council, Linkage Project Mary Leahy (Lead CI)
Increasing the diversity of Australia’s teaching workforce 2023 Jack Keating Foundation Policy Paper Scholarship Suzanne Rice (Lead CI)
Developing students’ life and career skills for successful workplace entry 2021-2023 National Careers Institute Suzanne Rice (CI), Stanley Koh (CI)
Health, teachers and influencer pedagogies 2020-2024   Natalie Hendry (CI)
Our (photo)Voice: Children and Young People’s Joint Action Research on Student Wellbeing for All 2022-2023 SEAMEO-Australia Education Annie Gowing (CI)
Digital citizenship practices of Chinese international students in Melbourne 2023 University of Melbourne Early Career Researcher Grant Eric Fu (Lead CI)
Education for a good life: Rethinking education and work transition 2023 Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne Seeds Faculty of Education Seed Funding Scheme, University of Melbourne Eric Fu (Lead CI), Quentin Maire (CI)
Respectful Relationships Education in Secondary Schools 2020-2023 Department of Education, Victoria Helen Cahill (Lead CI),  Anne Farrelly (CI)
A social network analysis and implementation study of an intervention designed to advance social and emotion learning and respectful relationships in secondary schools 2020-2023 Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) Helen Cahill (Lead CI),  Anne Farrelly, Natalie Calleja
Experiences of Higher Education for Regional, Rural and Remote Youth in a Metropolitan University 2022-2023 Faculty of Education Seed Funding Scheme, University of Melbourne Hernan Cuervo (Lead CI), Quentin Maire (CI), Melyssa Fuqua (CI), Nadishka Weerasuriya
BMX for Life - Social and mental wellbeing and Creativity in BMX riders 2022 Faculty of Education Seed Funding Scheme, University of Melbourne Dave Camillieri (Lead CI)
Young adult investors, digital finance cultures & uncertainty 2021-2022 With support from RMIT University Vice Chancellor's Post Doctoral Fellowship and Western Sydney University Natalie Hendry (Lead CI)
A better time abroad: rethinking the possibilities of care for promoting international students’ well-being 2021-2022 Faculty of Education (UoM) Eric Fu (CI), Annie Gowing (CI)
Everyday Citizenship and Belonging of Mobile Chinese Students in Melbourne and Beijing 2021 Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Melbourne Eric Fu (Lead CI)
The Learner’s Journey 2020-2021 Foundation for Young Australians Suzanne Rice (CI)
Analysis of Experience and Outcomes of Connect With Respect Violence Prevention Programme in Countries in Eastern and Southern Africa and Asia-Pacific Regions 2020-2021 UNICEF Helen Cahill (Lead CI),  Anne Farrelly (CI)