ProfessorAnita Harris

Anita Harris is a Distinguished 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 10 year 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/). She is a former ARC Future Fellow, investigating everyday multiculturalism amongst young people in diverse neighbourhoods. She has recently completed 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.

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

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