ProfessorPeter Kelly
Professor of Education
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact
Orcid identifier0000-0003-4030-8301 (opens in a new tab)
- Professor of EducationFaculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact
- +61 3 522 78003 (Work)
- Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216
RESEARCH INTERESTS
As a Professor of Education in the School of Education my research focuses on
young people, their education, training and employment pathways, and their
health and well-being, at a time of profound planetary crises that have been
identified as the convergence of the 6th Mass Extinction and the 4th
Industrial Revolution. The [Young People's Sustainable Futures Lab
](https://young-people-futures-lab.org)is a repository for our current
research project collbaorations.
Knowledge Areas
Sociologies of youth, education and training, work, young people's well-being,
the Anthropocene, the 4th Industrial Revolution
Projects
[Creative Industries Pathways to Youth Employment in the COVID-19
Recession](https://vital-arts.org). ARC Linkage Project (2021-2024)
[COVID-19 and Young People's Education and Employment Aspirations: A 3 Year
Study in Geelong](https://young-people-futures-lab.org/projects-3/costa-
foundation-project-young-people/). Anthony Costa Foundation (2021-2023)
young people, their education, training and employment pathways, and their
health and well-being, at a time of profound planetary crises that have been
identified as the convergence of the 6th Mass Extinction and the 4th
Industrial Revolution. The [Young People's Sustainable Futures Lab
](https://young-people-futures-lab.org)is a repository for our current
research project collbaorations.
Knowledge Areas
Sociologies of youth, education and training, work, young people's well-being,
the Anthropocene, the 4th Industrial Revolution
Projects
[Creative Industries Pathways to Youth Employment in the COVID-19
Recession](https://vital-arts.org). ARC Linkage Project (2021-2024)
[COVID-19 and Young People's Education and Employment Aspirations: A 3 Year
Study in Geelong](https://young-people-futures-lab.org/projects-3/costa-
foundation-project-young-people/). Anthony Costa Foundation (2021-2023)
GRANTS
- GRANTCreative industries pathways to youth employment in the COVID-19 recession6 Jun 2022 - 3 Apr 2025People funded by this grant:
- Hickey-Moody A,
- Kelly P,
- Brook S,
- Hulbert T,
- Khan R
- GRANTCOVID-19 and Disadvantaged Young Peoples Education and Employment Aspirations: A Longitudinal Study of Young Peoples Transitions in Geelong1 Apr 2022 - 31 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- Peter Kelly