Julia Cook & I on the risks of intergenerational financial transfers through the lack of protection offered to parents by banks & the legal system & the presumption that financial transfers are “gifts”. doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.3… & theconversation.com/the-bank-of-mu… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

New paper with Quentin Maire & Julia Cook in Journal of Sociology. We look at which young adults receive financial transfers from family. It's not just about houses. Some transfers are to reduce precarity, others to pursue high reward but speculative futures.
doi.org/10.1177/144078…

We're proud to be hosting the 'Shaping the Future' youth policy roundtable today with AYAC + Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice. Opened by Minister for Youth, the Hon Dr Anne Aly MP, the day will cover the themes of belonging, wellbeing and security.

You can read more of ⁦Julia Cook⁩ on housing #inequalities in our forthcoming ⁦AFS Journal⁩ special issue on Wealth. #wealth #housing abc.net.au/news/2023-11-1…

Super week visiting the Life Patterns research team at YRCunimelb 😊Thanks to Professor Dan Woodman Quentin Maire Eric Fu Julia Cook, Jenny Chesters & Johanna Wyn for your warm welcome!

Our first autumn CHASM online Seminar is on Tuesday 3rd October 1-2pm (UK)

Join CHASM Associate and University of Newcastle Senior Lecturer in #Sociology Dr Julia Cook for 'Migration, culture and family financial assistance with home ownership'

birmingham.ac.uk/research/chasm…

Mind the gap - in this (open access) commentary I argue that significant 'gaps' still remain in citizenship youth studies that distort our understandings toward elite, White and Global North youth. Thanks Julia Cook Benjamin Hanckel for the invite! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Thank you to Steven Threadgold who is presenting today's seminar titled 'The Consumption of Credit and the Financialisation of Youth People’s Futures'. We are thrilled to have you.
Shout out to respondent Benjamin Hanckel and chair Greg Noble

Check this out featuring Emma Power

CHASM Seminar!

'Migration, culture and family financial assistance with home ownership'

Julia Cook, University of Newcastle considers how family experiences of migration may shape the types of financial assistance provided & how they are understood.

eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-cu…

ARC DECRA fellow Dr Julia Cook from University of Newcastle is working to understand how intergenerational financial assistance with home ownership impacts both donors and recipients.

For more on Dr Cook’s research and Social Sciences Week Australia: arc.gov.au/news-publicati…

#SSW2023

Steven Threadgold ABC Newcastle Breakfast promoting tonight's Fintech Futures Social Sciences Week Australia seminar with Dr Julia Coffey Julia Cook Roger Burrows, Beverley Skeggs and Jonathan Curtis
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Check out these great #socialscienceweek events - hosted by Newcastle Youth Studies Centre! Newcastle Youth Studies Centre Steven Threadgold Julia Cook

The second is a public lecture by Roger burrows called The Superrich, Digital Technologies and the Politics of Exit. Details and rego here: eventbrite.com.au/e/public-lectu…
Both will be in person at NuSpace and on Zoom.
Please come along!

Have you read any interesting books in the field of #youth studies lately? Consider writing a book review for the Journal of Applied Youth Studies 👉springer.com/journal/43151 See👇 for topics we are accepting reviews on & DM me to suggest a book.

Very excited that this article with James Bennett - 'Resurgent prejudice: Responses to marriage equality in Australia' - is available now at Australian Journal of Social Issues! It's open access, and you can check it out here:

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Sneak peek into our special issue on ' #Wealth '.

Super excited that my new article 'The Role of Housing Wealth in Young Adults’ Imagined Futures: Investor Subjectivities in the Minskian Household' is out today in AFS Journal! it's open access, and you can check it out here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

'Grow A Star' has proved to be small but mighty! 💫

Assoc Prof Kathy Mee & Dr Julia Cook found the program's small-scale nature allows quick responses to applications, giving participating families important opportunities.

Read the full story👇 bit.ly/3rRhJAk

As part of Social Sciences Week Australia, we are running two exciting events. The first is a seminar called Fintech Futures featuring Beverley Skeggs, Roger Burrows, Julia Cook Dr Julia Coffey Steven Threadgold and Jonathan Curtis. Details and rego here: eventbrite.com.au/e/fintech-futu…