Associate ProfessorDavid Farrugia

ARC Future Fellow

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact

  • ARC Future Fellow
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact
  • +61 3 924 46586 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Knowledge Areas
Youth identities; work and employment; citizenship; rural and regional youth;
service employment.

Projects
"Young Workers and the Future of Service Employment." This ARC Future
Fellowship examines the micro-politics of service employment for young
workers, and how precarious work impacts on young people's capacity for social
and political participation.

"Youth, Labour and Value in the service Economy." Funded by an ARC Discovery
Project, this project explores the role of youth identity in the creation of
value in the hospitality industry.

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Side-Hustles: Young People and Employment-Adjacent Entrepreneurship
    1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Farrugia D,
    • Churchill B,
    • Allen K
    ARC - Discovery Projects - DP240100886 - $383,448.00
  • GRANT
    Young Workers and the Future of Service Employment
    1 May 2023 - 30 Apr 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • David Farrugia
    ARC Fellowships - Future Fellowships - FT2201000737 - $940,000.00