Dr Dan Woodman is TR Ashworth Associate Professor of Sociology in the School of Social and Political Sciences and Assistant Dean (Advancement and Engagement) in the Faculty of Arts. He was previously a Research Fellow in the Research School of Social Science at the Australian National University (2009-2011) and a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne’s Youth Research Centre (2005-2009).
Prior to his academic career Dan spent a number of years as an intellectual disability support worker and did a short stint in the Victorian Public Service.
Dan’s primary research area is the sociology of youth, young adulthood, and generations and he uses this focus to also contribute to the sociology of work, and to sociological theory. His writing conceptualizing generational change and the new social conditions impacting on young adults is internationally recognized.
Dan is the current President of the The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) and was the founding convener of the Sociology of Youth Thematic Group within the Association. He is also Vice President for Australia, New Zealand and Oceania of the Research Committee on the Sociology of Youth (RC34) within the International Sociological Association (ISA). He is co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Youth Studies and on the Boards of the Journal of Sociology, Journal of Applied Youth Studies and Youth and Globalization. He is the Founding Chair of Social Sciences Week, Australia and Chair of the Local Organising Committee for the upcoming 20th World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne 2022.
His current research activity is focused on the Life-Patterns Project (he is a Chief Investigator with Prof. Johanna Wyn and others in the Graduate School of Education). Life Patterns is a 25-year and ongoing longitudinal study following approximately 1000 Australians from the end of secondary school into middle age. In particular he has been investigating the biographical consequences of young people's work and study patterns.
He gives regular presentations to teacher and student groups, business, government and community sector organizations and often appears in the print media and on radio, in Australia and around the world. His work has been used in submissions by various community organizations to numerous government bodies and inquiries, including Productivity Commission and Fair Work Commission reviews.
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Award for Best Paper in the Journal of Sociology 2011-2-12 (for 'Changing Times, Changing Perspectives')
Award for Doctoral Research 2011 (for best PhD thesis in field of education or higher education)
Research Committee on the Sociology of Youth’s 2nd Worldwide Prize for Junior Scholars (early-career researchers) in Youth Sociology
Credentials
Positions
Tr Ashworth Associate Professor In Sociology
Social And Political Sciences
Research Committee 34: Sociology Of Youth - General Member
International Sociological Association (RC 34 Sociology of Youth Vice President)
General Member
The Australian Sociological Association ( President)
Education
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne