Professor
Anita HarrisProfile page
Deakin Distinguished Professor
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences/Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
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- Deakin Distinguished ProfessorFaculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences/Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
- +61 3 924 45476 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
BIO
Anita Harris is a Professor in the Sociology Program, School of Humanities and Social Sciences. She is a youth sociologist specialising in
citizenship, mobilities and new forms of participation in a globalised world. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.
Her current ARC projects include a longitudinal study of transnational mobility and youth transitions (https://www.ymapproject.org/); and a project
on global digital citizenship amongst diasporic youth (https://youthdigitalcitizenship.com/), and she is a former ARC Future Fellow.
She is also undertaking a VicHealth-funded project on digital participation amongst migrant background youth. She is the Deakin leader of the 'Youth, Diversity and Wellbeing in a Digital Age' research and program stream of the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies, and the co-leader of the Alfred Deakin Institute stream 'Mobilities, Diversity and Multiculturalism'.
Research Groups
Deakin leader of the 'Youth, Diversity and Wellbeing in a Digital Age' research and program stream in the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive
Societies
Co-convenor of the 'Mobilities, Diversity and Multiculturalism' research stream in the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
member, Sociology and Social Change Collective, Deakin; International Sociological Association ('Sociology of Youth', 'Sociology of Migration', & 'Racism, Nationalism & Ethnic Relations' committees); Australian Sociological Association ('Youth', 'Migration, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism' & 'Indigenous Sociology' thematic groups); Cultural Studies Association; Asia Pacific Sociological Association
citizenship, mobilities and new forms of participation in a globalised world. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.
Her current ARC projects include a longitudinal study of transnational mobility and youth transitions (https://www.ymapproject.org/); and a project
on global digital citizenship amongst diasporic youth (https://youthdigitalcitizenship.com/), and she is a former ARC Future Fellow.
She is also undertaking a VicHealth-funded project on digital participation amongst migrant background youth. She is the Deakin leader of the 'Youth, Diversity and Wellbeing in a Digital Age' research and program stream of the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies, and the co-leader of the Alfred Deakin Institute stream 'Mobilities, Diversity and Multiculturalism'.
Research Groups
Deakin leader of the 'Youth, Diversity and Wellbeing in a Digital Age' research and program stream in the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive
Societies
Co-convenor of the 'Mobilities, Diversity and Multiculturalism' research stream in the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
member, Sociology and Social Change Collective, Deakin; International Sociological Association ('Sociology of Youth', 'Sociology of Migration', & 'Racism, Nationalism & Ethnic Relations' committees); Australian Sociological Association ('Youth', 'Migration, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism' & 'Indigenous Sociology' thematic groups); Cultural Studies Association; Asia Pacific Sociological Association
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT
- Deakin Distinguished ProfessorDeakin University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
DEGREES
- Doctor of PhilosophyUniversity of Melbourne
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours)University of Melbourne
FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)
- Sociology
- Sociology of migration, ethnicity and multiculturalism
- Sociology of the life course
- Social change
AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION
- Masters by Research and PhD supervision
AREA/FACULTY
- Faculty of Arts and Education
DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences
STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE
- Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation