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Steven Threadgold

Steven Threadgold is Associate Professor of Sociology at University of Newcastle. His research focuses on youth and class, with particular interests in unequal and alternate work and career trajectories, underground and independent creative scenes, and cultural formations of taste. Steve is Co-Director of the Newcastle Youth Studies Network, an Associate Editor of Journal of Youth Studies, and on the editorial boards of The Sociological Review and Journal of Applied Youth Studies. His books include Class in Australia and  Bourdieu and Affect: Towards a Theory of Affective AffinitiesYouth, Class and Everyday Struggles won the 2020 Raewyn Connell Prize for best first book in Australian sociology.


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  • Class in Australia

    Steven Threadgold and Jessica Gerrard

Events

Ian Lowe at the Woodford Folk Festival

Woodford Folk Festival 87 Woodrow Rd, Woodford QLD 4514, Arbour, Queensland, Australia

Join Professor Ian Lowe as he explores why environmental laws are falling short, from loopholes and weak enforcement to economic pressures. This insightful discussion will highlight the challenges in current...