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The Newcastle Youth Studies Centre is a collaborative group of researchers with expertise in the social, political/economic and cultural dimensions of youth. Based at University of Newcastle, Australia.

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Wednesday November 18, 3pm: ‘Intergenerational Dialogues and Activism’ with Newcastle Youth Studies Centre
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Intergenerational Dialogues and Activism
How is activist knowledge created and transferred across generations?
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December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Wednesday October 14, 3pm: ‘Youth Side-Hustles: Entrepreneurship and Employment in Enterprise Culture’ with David Farrugia (Deakin), Brendah Churchill (UniMelb), and Stephanie Patouras (Deakin)
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Youth Side-Hustles
Entrepreneurship and Employment in Enterprise Culture
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December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Wednesday September 16, 3pm: ‘Lived Experiences of LGBTQ+ Religious Youth in a hostile policy landscape: Digital Media, Wellbeing, and Visual Methods’ with Anna Hickey-Moody (Maynooth), James Gardiner (RMIT) and Taghreed Al-Deen (La Trobe)
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Lived Experiences of LGBTQ+ Religious Youth in a hostile policy landscape
Digital Media, Wellbeing, and Visual Methods
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December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Wednesday August 19, 3pm: ‘Fintech Futures: Young People, Fintech Use and Future Financial Security’ with Newcastle Youth Studies Centre
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Fintech Futures
Young People, Fintech Use and Future Financial Security
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December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Wed July 22, 3pm: ‘Scholarship Disabled: Crip research, crip scholars’ with Peta Cook (UTAS), Elizabeth Humphrys (UTS) and Nicole Asquith (QUT)
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Scholarship Disabled: Crip research, crip scholars
A discussion designed to increase awareness but also provoke conversations on the place(lessness) of crip scholars in Australian high
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December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Wed June 17, 6pm: ‘From Resisting AI to Decomputing’ with Dan McQuillan (Goldsmiths)
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From Resisting AI to Decomputing
Dan McQuillan talks critical AI politics
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December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Wed May 13, 3pm: ‘Maternal Secrets: Shame, Silence, and the Materiality of Mothering’ with Giverny Lewis (University of Newcastle), Eva Neely (Victoria University, NZ) and Briony Lipton (UNSW)
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Maternal Secrets: Shame, Silence, and the Materiality of Mothering
This seminar brings together three explorations of what often remains hidden in maternal experiences.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Wed April 8, 3pm: ‘Gambling and the Financialisation of Everyday Life’ with Aino Sumi (ANU), Alex Russell (CQU) and Sam Kirwan (University of Bristol)
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Gambling and the Financialisation of Everyday Life
A deep dive into the world of gambling and finance.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Tuesday March 17, 2pm: ‘Born to Rule’ with Sam Friedman (LSE)
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Born to Rule
The Making and Remaking of the British Elite
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December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Wed March 11, 3pm: ‘Class and Friendship’ with Rose Butler (Deakin) and Sam Friedman (LSE)
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Class Diplomacy: Cross-Class Friendship and Social Mobility
Negotiating class based tensions and the politics of friendship
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December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Wed March 4, 2pm: “The Debt Cycle’ with Sam Kirwan (University of Bristol)
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The Debt Cycle
Presents work from Sam Kirwan's forthcoming book
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December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Wed Feb 11, 3pm: ‘Algorithmic Dwelling’ with Roger Burrows (University of Bristol), Lina Przhedetsky (UniMelb) and Sophia Maalsen (USyd)
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Algorithmic Dwelling
Digital Technologies as Intermediaries in Housing Access and the Enactment of Home
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December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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The book also has an open to anyone support site, with support materials, videos and discussion questions. If you would like multiple choice questions to set quizzes for each chapter, please email me.
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Subculture in the 21st Century
A book for teaching and learning about subculture as a sociological concept
subcultureinthe21stcentury.wordpress.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM