Biography
Anita Harris is a Research Professor in the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation. She is a youth sociologist specialising in citizenship, mobilities and new forms of participation in a globalised world. Her current ARC projects include a 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/), and she is a former ARC Future Fellow. She is also undertaking 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, and the co-leader of the ADI stream 'Mobilities, Diversity and Multiculturalism'.
Read more on Anita's profileResearch interests
youth identities and cultures; citizenship, participation and new politics; mobilities, migration and multiculturalism; girls' studies
Affiliations
Adjunct Research Professor, Youth Lab, Wellington Faculty of Education, Victoria University, New Zealand.
Research Affiliate, the Centre for Urban Youth Research, Carleton University, Canada.
Adjunct Research Professor, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
Honorary Research Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland
Teaching interests
I welcome inquiries from prospective higher degree by research students on any aspect of my research interests.
Knowledge areas
My areas of expertise are:
youth studies, including youth identities and cultures; citizenship, participation and new politics; globalisation, mobility and multiculturalism.
girls' studies, including sociological and cultural studies of girlhood; young women and feminism; mediated femininities.
Expertise
- Youth/young people's issues
Professional activities
Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Deakin leader, Youth, Diversity and Wellbeing in a Digital Age research and program stream, Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies
Stream co-leader, Mobilities, Diversity and Multiculturalism stream, ADI
Director, Consortium for Youth, Generations and Culture
Member, Australian Sociological Association (Youth Thematic Group; Migration, Ethnicity & Multiculturalism Thematic Group)
Member, International Sociological Association (Sociology of Youth Research Committee; Sociology of Migration Research Committee; Racism, Nationalism & Ethnic Relations Research Committee); Cultural Studies Association
International Advisory Board member, 'Processes Influencing Democratic Ownership and Participation', European Commission FP7 project
International Advisory Board member, ‘Empowerment through liquid integration of Migrant Youth in vulnerable conditions’ (MIMY), Horizon 2020 project
Advisory Board member, 'Building Stronger Communities: the Status of Young People from CALD Backgrounds', ARC LP project
former Associate Editor, The Journal of Youth Studies; Journal of Intercultural Studies
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
Co-convenor of the 'Mobilities, Diversity and Multiculturalism' research stream in the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
member, 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
Awards
Elected Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA), 2022
ARC Future Fellow, 2011-2015
Certificate of Recognition, Vice Chancellor's Award for Social Inclusion, 2013
Projects
I facilitate a major research program as 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 (https://www.crisconsortium.org/youth-diversity-wellbeing#projects). I am also currently undertaking several major research projects:
- The Effects of Transnational Mobility on Youth Transitions (ARC Discovery Project, CIs Harris, Baldassar, Robertson). Young people increasingly migrate abroad for work and education, and Australia is a significant hub for sending and receiving. Migration and education policies encourage this mobility, which is expected to provide youth with enhanced life chances and competitive skills. However, very little research examines its effects on young people’s transitions. This longitudinal project thus investigates how transnational mobility affects young people’s ability to not only achieve desirable qualifications and livelihoods, but to be connected and engaged in their social and civic worlds as these become more dispersed spatially and less predictable temporally.https://www.ymapproject.org/
- Youth Global Digital Citizenship (ARC Discovery Project; CIs Johns, Walton, Caluya, Harris). This project aims to understand how young Australians think about and express their digital citizenship in secondary school classes and in their everyday digital and social media use. We investigate relationships between young people’s ‘everyday’ use of digital and social media and civic engagement, political activism, and anti-racist action that can provide a sense of belonging, global community and connectedness. (https://youthdigitalcitizenship.com/)
- Understanding Digital Participation Amongst Young People of Migrant and Refugee Backgrounds (VicHealth Impact grant; CIs Harris, Lam, Third, Collin, Idriss). This project investigates what helps and hinders young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds to participate in the digital world, focusing on work, study, connection and wellbeing. (https://www.crisconsortium.org/refugee-migrant-digital-participation)
Former projects include:
- Young People and Social Inclusion in the Multicultural City (ARC Future Fellowship). This project explored young people's negotiation of social cohesion and civic belonging in multicultural societies. It investigated the function of civic space and youth cultures in young people’s practices of social inclusion and exclusion and established how young people of diverse backgrounds create and contest productive intercultural relations. .http://www.deakin.edu.au/adi/our-research/projects/young-people-and-social-inclusion-in-the-multicultural-city
- The Civic Life of Young Australian Muslims: Active Citizenship, Community Belonging and Social Inclusion (ARC Discovery Project). This project investigated established and emergent forms of civic engagement amongst young Australian Muslims of migrant background. It ascertained the extent of their use of formal, informal, subcultural and everyday strategies for participation in civic life and belonging in community. http://http://www.deakin.edu.au/adi/our-research/projects/the-civic-life-of-young-australian-muslims-active-citizenship-community-belonging-and-social-inclusion
Publications
Making Whiteness and the Racialisation of Australian Youth Citizenship
A Harris
(2023), pp. 1-18, Journal of Intercultural Studies, London, Eng., C1
Toward Global Digital Citizenship
Anita Harris, Jessica Walton, Amelia Johns, Gilbert Caluya
(2022), pp. 133-155, Contestations of Citizenship, Education, and Democracy in an Era of Global Change, New York, N.Y., B1
Toward global digital citizenship: "Everyday" practices of young australians in a connected world
A Harris, J Walton, A Johns, G Caluya
(2022), pp. 133-155, Contestations of Citizenship, Education, and Democracy in an Era of Global Change: Children and Youth in Diverse International Contexts, B1
Italian youth mobility: The case for a Mediterranean model of 'family-centred' mobile transitions
G Marchetti, L Baldassar, A Harris, S Robertson
(2022), Vol. 22, pp. 108-127, Ethnicities, C1
Return mobilities and Italian youth transitions: new meanings around adulthood
Giulia Marchetti, Anita Harris, Loretta Baldassar, Shanthi Robertson
(2022), pp. 1-18, Journal of Youth Studies, London, Eng., C1
G Marchetti, L Baldassar, A Harris, S Robertson
(2022), pp. 1-19, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, London, Eng., C1
Social Cohesion and Participation in a Digital Age for Diverse Young Australians
Anita Harris, Kim Lam, Michael Hartup, Philippa Collin, Amanda Third, Soo-Lin Quek
(2022), Melbourne, Vic., A6
Thinking About Belonging in Youth Studies
Anita Harris, Hernan Cuervo, Johanna Wyn
(2021), Cham, Switzerland, A1
Lifeworlds and Cultures of Australian Youth in a Globalised World
Anita Harris, Sherene Idriss
(2021), pp. 77-95, Youth cultures in a globalized world : developments, analyses and perspectives, Cham, Switzerland, B1
A Harris, A Johns
(2021), Vol. 57, pp. 394-411, Journal of Sociology, C1
Migrant youth 'between mobilities': Sessility as a working concept
A Harris, R Raffaetà
(2021), Vol. 21, pp. 822-836, Global Networks, C1
S Idriss, R Butler, A Harris
(2021), Journal of Youth Studies, C1
Jo-Hanna Ivers, Anita Harris, Pauline McKeown, Joe Barry
(2021), Vol. 53, pp. 230-237, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Taylor & Francis, C1-1
Conscripts or volunteers? Young Muslims as everyday explainers
A Harris, S Hussein
(2020), Vol. 46, pp. 3974-3991, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, C1
S Koh, A Harris
(2020), Vol. 18, pp. 712-725, Children's geographies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Introduction: everyday multiculturalism in/across Asia
J Walton, A Harris, K Iwabuchi
(2020), Vol. 43, pp. 807-815, Ethnic and racial studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
1Malaysia? Young people and everyday multiculturalism in multiracialized Malaysia
A Harris, A Han
(2020), Vol. 43, pp. 816-834, Ethnic and Racial Studies, London, Eng., C1
A Harris, L Baldassar, S Robertson
(2020), Vol. 26, Population, Space and Place, C1
Young Muslims and Everyday Political Practice: A DIY Citizenship Approach
Anita Harris, Joshua Roose
(2019), Vol. 7, pp. 226-240, Young people and the politics of outrage and hope, Leiden, Germany, B1
A Harris, K Lam
(2019), Vol. 70, pp. 627-646, British Journal of Sociology, England, C1
Young Muslims, Stigma and the Work of Normality
A Harris, A Karimshah
(2019), Vol. 53, pp. 617-633, Sociology, C1
Youthful socialities in Australia's urban multiculture
A Harris
(2018), Vol. 55, pp. 605-622, Urban Studies, C1
Mobile transitions: a conceptual framework for researching a generation on the move
S Robertson, A Harris, L Baldassar
(2018), pp. 1-15, Journal of Youth Studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Sociology of youth and migration research
A Harris
(2017), pp. 221-234, Critical reflections on migration, 'race' and multiculturalism : Australia in a global context, Abingdon, Eng., B1
Young people and intercultural sociality after Cronulla
A Harris, M Herron
(2017), Vol. 38, pp. 284-300, Journal of intercultural studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
After Cronulla: 'where the bloody hell are we now?'
A Johns, G Noble, A Harris
(2017), Vol. 38, pp. 249-254, Journal of intercultural studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Young people, politics and citizenship
A Harris
(2016), pp. 295-300, Routledge Handbook of youth and young adulthood: new perspectives and agendas, Abingdon, Eng., B1
Belonging and the uses of difference: young people in Australian urban multiculture
A Harris
(2016), Vol. 22, pp. 359-375, Social Identities, C1
R Raffaetà, L Baldassar, A Harris
(2016), Vol. 23, pp. 422-437, Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, C1-1
A Harris
(2016), Vol. 37, pp. 501-516, Journal of Intercultural Studies, C1
At home/out of place: young people's multicultural belongings
A Harris
(2015), pp. 155-167, Cultural, religious and political contestations: the multicultural challenge, New York, N.Y., B1-1
From the subcultural to the ordinary: DIY girls since Grrrlpower
A Harris
(2015), pp. 151-160, Youth cultures and subcultures: Australian perspectives, Surrey, Eng., B1-1
Transitions, cultures, and citizenship: interrogating and integrating youth studies in new times
A Harris
(2015), pp. 84-98, Youth cultures, transitions, and generations: bridging the gap in youth research, New York, N.Y., B1-1
Muslim citizenship in everyday Australian civic spaces
J Roose, A Harris
(2015), Vol. 36, pp. 468-486, Journal of intercultural studies, London, Eng, C1
Peer research with young Muslims and the politics of knowledge production
A Vassadis, A Karimshah, A Harris, Y Youssef
(2015), Vol. 15, pp. 268-281, Qualitative research journal, Bingley, Eng., C1-1
Theorizing agency in post-girlpower times
A Harris, A Dobson
(2015), Vol. 29, pp. 145-156, Continuum, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Conviviality, conflict and distanciation in young people's local multicultures
A Harris
(2014), Vol. 35, pp. 571-587, Journal of intercultural studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
DIY citizenship amongst young Muslims: experiences of the 'ordinary'
A Harris, J Roose
(2014), Vol. 17, pp. 794-813, Journal of youth studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
On line cultures and future girl citizens
Anita Harris
(2012), Vol. 9, pp. 213-225, Feminist media : participatory spaces, networks and cultural citizenship, Bielefeld , Ger, B1-1
Beyond the 'transitions' metaphor: family relations and young people in late modernity
J Wyn, S Lantz, A Harris
(2012), Vol. 48, pp. 3-22, Journal of sociology, London, Eng., C1-1
A Harris
(2011), pp. 143-153, Keywords in youth studies: tracing affects, movements, knowledges, New York, N. Y., B1-1
Young people, everyday civic life and the limits of social cohesion
A Harris
(2010), Vol. 31, pp. 573-589, Journal of intercultural studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Pedestrian crossings: young people and everyday multiculturalism
M Butcher, A Harris
(2010), Vol. 31, pp. 449-453, Journal of intercultural studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Beyond apathetic or activist youth: 'ordinary' young people and contemporary forms of participation
A Harris, J Wyn, S Younes
(2010), Vol. 18, pp. 9-32, Young: Nordic journal of youth research, London, Eng., C1-1
Mind the gap: attitudes and emergent feminist politics since the third wave
A Harris
(2010), Vol. 25, pp. 475-484, Australian feminist studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Young people's politics and the micro-territories of the local
A Harris, J Wyn
(2009), Vol. 44, pp. 327-344, Australian journal of political science, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Shifting the boundaries of cultural spaces: young people and everyday multiculturalism
A Harris
(2009), Vol. 15, pp. 187-205, Social identities, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Young women, late modern politics, and the participatory possibilities of online cultures
A Harris
(2008), Vol. 11, pp. 481-495, Journal of youth studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Young people and citizenship: An everyday perspective
A Harris, J Wyn, S Younes
(2007), Vol. 26, pp. 19-27, Youth Studies Australia, Hobart, Tas., C1-1
D Kingsbury
(2005), pp. 1-8, Violence in between conflict and security in archipelagic Southeast Asia, Clayton, Vic. and Singapore, B1
A Harris
(2005), Vol. 15, pp. 39-43, Feminism and psychology, London, Eng., C1-1
Vocation, vocation: a study of prisoner education for women
C Spark, A Harris
(2005), Vol. 41, pp. 143-161, Journal of Sociology, London, Eng., C1-1
Young femininity : girlhood, power and social change
Sinikka Aapola, Marnina Gonick, Anita Harris
(2005), Basingstoke, Eng., A7-1
Youth research in Australia and New Zealand
J Wyn, A Harris
(2004), Vol. 12, pp. 271-289, Young, London, Eng., C1-1
gURL scenes and grrrl zines: the regulation and resistance of girls in late modernity
A Harris
(2003), Vol. 75, pp. 38-56, Feminist review, London, Eng., C1-1
Multiple economies and youth livelihood
L McDonnell, A Harris, R White
(1998), Vol. 33, pp. 37-58, Australian Journal of Social Issues, C1-1
If I had a hammer. Violence as a feminist strategy in Helen Zahavi's Dirty Weekend
A Harris, D Baker
(1995), Vol. 18, pp. 595-601, Women's Studies International Forum, C1-1
If I had a hammer - Violence as a feminist strategy in Helen Zahavi's Dirty Weekend
A Harris, D Baker
(1995), Vol. 18, pp. 595-601, WOMENS STUDIES INTERNATIONAL FORUM, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
A/Prof Anita Harris transfer in - Young People and Social Inclusion in the Multicultural City
Prof Anita Harris
ARC Fellowships - Future Fellowships
- 2016: $78,298
The Civic Life of Young Australian Muslims: Active Citizenship, Community Belonging and Social Inclusion
Prof Anita Harris
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2016: $36,066
Understanding the Effects of Transnational Mobility on Youth Transitions
Prof Anita Harris, Dr Shanthi Robertson, Prof Loretta Baldassar
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2022: $47,383
- 2021: $20,699
- 2019: $110,653
- 2018: $87,332
- 2017: $138,950
Understanding social cohesion and digital resilience amongst young people aged 12 to 17
Prof Anita Harris, Dr Amelia Johns
Office of the Children's eSafety Commissioner
- 2016: $35,000
Fostering Global Digital Citizenship: Diaspora Youth in a Connected World
Dr Amelia Johns, Dr Gilbert Caluya, Prof Anita Harris, Dr Jessica Walton
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2021: $42,800
- 2020: $58,000
- 2019: $56,000
Other Public Sector Funding
Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS)
Prof Michele Grossman AM, Prof Fethi Mansouri, Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh, Prof Anita Harris, Dr Vanessa Barolsky, Dr Amanuel Elias, Prof Greg Barton, A/Prof Anna Halafoff, Dr Vivian Gerrand, Prof Amanda Keddie, Prof Yin Paradies, A/Prof Matteo Vergani, Dr Jessica Walton, Prof Chad Whelan, Dr Ana-Maria Bliuc, Dr Philippa Collin, Dr Hass Dellal, Dr Nida Denson, Prof Kevin Dunn, Dr Liam Magee, Dr Liam McGarty, A/Prof Amanda Third, Dr Michael Ungar, Dr Sherene Idriss
Department of Premier and Cabinet Vic
- 2019: $1,824,753
- 2018: $1,065,362
Understanding and Enhancing Digital Participation amongst Young People from Refugee and Migrant Backgrounds
Prof Anita Harris, Dr Kim Lam, Dr Sherene Idriss, A/Prof Amanda Third, Dr Philippa Collin
VicHealth Impact Research Grant
- 2023: $20,000
- 2022: $25,561
- 2021: $90,000
CRIS 2.0 ¿ The future of the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies
Prof Michele Grossman AM, Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh, Mr Mark Duckworth, Prof Anita Harris, Dr Josh Roose
Department of Premier and Cabinet Vic
- 2024: $62,500
Other Funding Sources
Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS)
Prof Michele Grossman AM, Prof Fethi Mansouri, Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh, Prof Anita Harris, Dr Vanessa Barolsky, Dr Amanuel Elias, Prof Greg Barton, A/Prof Anna Halafoff, Dr Vivian Gerrand, Prof Amanda Keddie, Prof Yin Paradies, A/Prof Matteo Vergani, Dr Jessica Walton, Prof Chad Whelan, Dr Ana-Maria Bliuc, Dr Philippa Collin, Dr Hass Dellal, Dr Nida Denson, Prof Kevin Dunn, Dr Liam Magee, Dr Liam McGarty, A/Prof Amanda Third, Dr Michael Ungar, Dr Sherene Idriss
Victoria University, Western Sydney University
- 2023: $152,089
- 2022: $152,089
- 2020: $163,325
- 2019: $112,204
CRIS 2.0 ¿ The future of the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies
Prof Michele Grossman AM, Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh, Mr Mark Duckworth, Prof Anita Harris, Dr Josh Roose
Western Sydney University
- 2024: $47,500
Supervisions
Rouven Link
Thesis entitled: Narratives of cultural diversity among older white people in rural Australia
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Sarah Williams
Thesis entitled: Young South Sudanese Australians building political voice to resist racialising discourses through Hip Hop.
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Laura Janice Gobey
Thesis entitled: Constructions of Migrant Youth in Australian Youth Policies
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Carole Ford
Thesis entitled: Still Invisible: The Myth of the Woman-Friendly State
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Social Inquiry
Alison Brookes
Thesis entitled: THE IMPACT OF PRENATAL GENETIC SCREENING ON WOMEN: A FRAMEWORK FOR DECISION-MAKING.
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Social Inquiry