Biography
My career in education spans almost 40 years. During that time, I have worked as a teacher, a policy officer, a teacher educator and a researcher. I have worked in professional contexts that include the school, higher education, government and nonprofit sectors.
Read more on Ros's profileCareer highlights
My most recent career highlights include the following.
Within Deakin University:
- Being awarded a Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) Fellowship to lead a new research project, Imagined academic futures: the temporalities of the move to online teaching, with Margaret Bearman and Rola Ajjawi
- Leading a new research project, Critical times: producing the global graduate in a pandemic, with Kerri Garrard, Matthew Krehl Edward Thomas and Margaret Bearman (Deakin University), Bronwyn E. Wood (Victoria University of Wellington), Lucas Walsh (Monash University) and Juliana Ryan (La Trobe University) and in collaboration with Nadia Infantes
- Winning an Arts and Education Faculty Teaching and Learning Award as part of a team with Dr Lihua Xu, A/Prof Bonnie Yim, Dr Matthew Thomas, Dr Shirley Spiteri, Dr Gary Levy, Dr Tao Bak and Library Liaison team members Amy Sellers, Dominique Coorey, Chrissy Freestone and Lisa Grbin
- Co-leading REDI's Engagement and Impact committee
Within the wider scholarly community, nationally and internationally:
- Serving as Co-Editor of a new two-volume collection published by Rowman and Littlefield: Young People and Thinking Technologies for the Anthropocene and Young People and Stories for the Anthropocene
- Winning the 2021 British Educational Research Journal Editors’ Choice Award for my paper with Eve Mayes: see https://www.bera.ac.uk/news/berj-announces-winners-of-its-2021-editors-choice-award and https://www.deakin.edu.au/redi/our-impact/redi-researchers-win-award-for-best-berj-article
- Serving as Section Editor with Lucas Walsh of the Handbook of Children and Youth Studies published by Springer
- Joining the international editorial board for the Journal of Youth Studies
- Serving as Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Applied Youth Studies
- As part of my editorial role with the Journal of Applied Youth Studies, serving as managing editor for a special issue of the journal: Making Sense of Intersecting Crises: Promises, Challenges & Possibilities of Intersectional Perspectives in Youth Research
- With Amanda Keddie and Claire Charles, having our paper shortlisted for the Springer/Australian Educational Researcher Award for Best Paper of 2020: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13384-019-00322-6
- Serving as a Visiting Scholar at the Sorbonne University (France) and Canterbury Christ Church University (UK)
Research interests
My research and supervision interests meet at the intersection of the sociologies of education and youth. They include the production of the global citizen and graduate within schools and universities; and the geographies and temporalities of young people’s present lives and imagined futures in critical and precarious times and places. My research draws on poststructuralist perspectives to critically analyse these issues and to deepen understanding and inform policy and practice within education and other sectors.
I have held Visiting Scholar roles at a number of international universities. I have been funded to present keynote addresses at national conferences and invited to review for Australian and international journals and grant applications. I have also appeared in the media in relation to my research.
My most recent books with colleagues are Rethinking Youth Citizenship after the Age of Entitlement, Imagining Youth Futures: University Students in Post-Truth Times and Young People in Digital Society: Control Shift. My many other publications have appeared in numerous edited books, high-ranking journals and monographs.
I am available to supervise Higher Degree Research students as well as students undertaking Research Pathways units.
Affiliations
Centre for Research for Educational Impact (REDI)
Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE)
Centre for Regenerating Futures
Journal of Youth Studies, Editorial Board
Units taught
In 2023, I chair or co-chair these units within the School of Education's Research Pathways program:
- EDX701: Research Design Development and Method
- EDX703: Research Paper A
- EDX704: Research Paper B
- EDX705: Minor Thesis A
- EDX706: Minor Thesis B.
Conferences
My recent or upcoming conference and seminar presentations include the following:
Black, R. (2023). ‘Academic voices in critical times: education as resistance for social justice’. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference, Melbourne
Black, R. & Garrard, K. (2023). 'Education for global citizenship: three metaphors of academic identity'. Melbourne Graduate School of Education workshop: The opportunities and quandaries of youth global citizenship: education, identities and practices
Black, R. (2023). ‘Youth volunteering in Australia: some reflections’. Invited speaker, Australian Sports Commission YOUth In-Focus Seminar
Black, R., Garrard, K. & Thomas, M. (2023). 'Educating for social justice: academic resistance in critical times'. Deakin University School of Education Research Conference
Black, R., Wood, B.E. & Walsh, L. (2022). ‘Resisting neoliberalism: teacher education academics navigating the pandemic’. The Australian Sociological Association Conference, Melbourne
Black, R., Wood, B.E. & Walsh, L. (2022). ‘Resisting neoliberalism: teacher education academics navigating the pandemic’. Deakin University School of Education Research Snapshots Seminar
Black, R. & Thomas, M. (2022). ‘Critical Times: Producing the Global Graduate in a Pandemic’. Deakin University Centre for Research for Educational Impact (REDI) seminar
Walsh, L. & Black, R. (2020). ‘Belonging to the Future: Beyond Homo Promptus’. Newcastle Youth Studies Network seminar: Hierarchies of Belonging: Youth and the subjectivity of civic life
Walsh, L. & Black, R. (2019). ‘Reacting to uncertainty: The university student as homo promptus’. Young People’s Well-being, Resilience and Enterprise: Critical Perspectives for the Anthropocene, September, Bilbao
Black, R. (2018). ‘Enacting rights: educating for a socially just citizenship’. Human Rights and Political Feeling in Education, November, Melbourne
Black, R., Charles, C. & Keddie, A. (2018). ‘Inciting youth mobilities: insights from an elite university excellence program’. REDI conference, August, Melbourne
Black, R. & Walsh, L. (2017). ‘Democracy in austerity: researching young people’s citizenship in economically risky places’. Reforming Education and the Imperative of Constant Change: Ambivalent roles of policy and the role of educational research, European Educational Research Conference, 21-25 August, Copenhagen
Walsh, L. & Black, R. (2017). ‘Off the radar democracy: Insights from abroad of young people’s alternate acts of citizenship’. Young People as Active EU Citizens? Challenges and Visions on a Renewed Project for Europe, First CATCH-EyoU Conference, 2-4 March 2017, Athens, Greece
Halse, C., Black, R., Charles, C. & Hartung, C. (2016). ‘Young people on asylum seekers: The ‘dirty work’ of boundary making in the politics of belonging’. Interrogating Belonging in Education, 30-31 May 2016, Melbourne
Kelly, P., Black, R., Walsh, L. & Howie, L. (2016). ‘How could resilient cities promote marginalized young people’s resilience?’ Cities and Successful Societies, The Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, 28 November-1 December, Melbourne
Wood, B.E. & Black, R. (2016). ‘Belonging and place: the geographies of young people’s citizenship’. Interrogating Belonging in Education, 30-31 May 2016, Melbourne
Professional activities
Reviewer, Faculty of Arts and Education HEAG (Human Ethics Advisory Group)
Academic Mentor, Deakin Alliance (Mooroolbark Alliance)
Media appearances
I am approached by the media and other agencies in relation to my expertise. Examples include:
- New curriculum teaches cultural diversity, dumps ‘Christian heritage’. The Age 2021: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/new-curriculum-teaches-cultural-diversity-dumps-christian-heritage-20210429-p57nh9.html
- Generation lost: Young people’s futures are suspended in limbo, dark optimism prevails. Education HQ 2020: https://educationhq.com/news/generation-lost-young-peoples-futures-are-suspended-in-limbo-dark-optimism-prevails-85573/#
- Year 12s look towards university after disrupted year. The Age 2020: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/year-12s-look-towards-university-after-disrupted-year-20201009-p563j5.html
- Creating a climate of viable hope. UNEVOC RMIT 2020: https://unevocrmit.org/2020/10/11/creating-a-climate-of-viable-hope/
- The ‘student voice’ in practice: who gets to speak? Education Review 2019: https://www.educationreview.com.au/2019/08/the-student-voice-in-practice-who-gets-to-speak/
- What will my students like? Ask them! Primary Learning 2019: https://primarylearning.com.au/2019/01/21/what-will-my-students-like/
- Generation Z taking over the world’s population. Daily Telegraph 2019: https://thewest.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/generation-z-taking-over-the-worlds-population-ng-b4cb1fb2fc5de92eeb0c4685554218fc
- Experts defend youth civic engagement’. JMISSC 2018: https://www.jmissc.com/single-post/2018/01/10/Experts-defend-youth-civic-engagement
Research groups
I am a member of the Children, Young People and their Communities strand of the Research for Educational Impact (REDI) strategic research centre at Deakin University and the international Young People and the Anthropocene research group: see https://youngpeopleanthropocene.org/.
Projects
- Young people and micro-credentials for sustainable, regenerative and just futures: Developing a business case. With Peter Kelly, Luke Howie, Seth Brown, James Goring & Eve Mayes. Supported by REDI Small Grants Program (2023-2024)
- Imagined academic futures: the temporalities of the move to online teaching. Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) Fellowship with Margaret Bearman and Rola Ajjawi (2022-2024)
- Critical Times: Producing the Global Graduate in a Pandemic. Australia-New Zealand research project with Kerri Garrard, Matthew Krehl Edward Thomas, Bronwyn E. Wood, Lucas Walsh, Margaret Bearman and Juliana Ryan and in collaboration with Nadia Infantes. Supported by REDI Small Grants Program (2020-2023)
- Teach the Teacher: Ignite and Primary School Engagement Evaluations. Consultancy for VicSRC with Eve Mayes and in collaboration with Rachel Finneran (2017-2020)
- Citizenship, Hope and the Future of Youth: Young People Navigating a Post-Truth World. Supported by REDI Small Grants Program (2017-2019)
- Educating the Global Citizen or Fostering Assured Optimism? Elite Higher Education Programs in Australia. With Claire Charles and Amanda Keddie. Supported by REDI Small Grants Program (2017-2018)
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Young People, Technology and Wellbeing Research Facility.
Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (LP100100837) with Amanda Third, Lucas Walsh and Philippa Collin (2010-2016)
Publications
Student Voice, Inequalities, and Class
Rachel Finneran, Eve Mayes, Ros Black
(2023), pp. 1-1, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education, Oxford, Eng., B1
Pride and privilege: the affective dissonance of student voice
R Finneran, E Mayes, R Black
(2023), Vol. 31, pp. 1-16, Pedagogy, Culture and Society, C1
Producing the global graduate: academic labour and imagined futures in critical times
Ros Black, Matthew Thomas, Margaret Bearman
(2023), pp. 1-18, Pedagogy Culture and Society, London, Eng., C1
Negotiating senses of belonging and identity across education spaces
C Waite, L Walsh, R Black
(2023), pp. 1-16, The Australian Educational Researcher, Berlin, Germany, C1
Preface: Young People and Stories for the Anthropocene
Peter Kelly, Peter Kraftl, Diego Carbajo Padilla, Rosalyn Black, Deborah Macdonald, Meave Noonan, Ana Robiero
(2022), pp. ix-xxviii, Young People and Stories of/for the Anthropocene, Lanham, MD, B1
Reacting to Uncertainty, Seeking Hope: The University Student as Homo Promptus
Lucas Walsh, Ros Black
(2022), pp. 97-110, Young People and Stories for the Anthropocene, Lanham, Md., B1
Peter Kraftl, Peter Kelly, Diego Padilla, Ros Black, Seth Brown, Anoop Nayak
(2022), pp. ix-2, Young People and Thinking Technologies for the Anthropocene, B1
Joanne Gleeson, Ros Black, Amanda Keddie, Claire Charles
(2022), pp. 1-9, Pedagogy Culture and Society, London, Eng., C1
In their own words: 41 stories of young people's digital citizenship
Rosalyn Black, Lucas Walsh, Catherine Waite, Philippa Collin, Amanda Third, Sherene Idriss
(2022), pp. 1-13, Learning, Media and Technology, London, Eng., C1
Living the dream? University students in mobile times
R Black, L Walsh
(2021), Vol. 24, pp. 426-440, Journal of Youth Studies, C1
'Flexible ongoing': the young university student as homo promptus
L Walsh, R Black
(2021), Vol. 24, pp. 499-514, Journal of Youth Studies, C1
C Charles, R Black, A Keddie
(2021), Vol. 42, pp. 869-880, Discourse, C1
E Mayes, R Black, R Finneran
(2021), Vol. 51, pp. 195-212, Cambridge Journal of Education, C1
The problem of empowerment: the social ecologies of indigenous youth leadership
L Walsh, R Black
(2021), pp. 1-18, Pedagogy, culture and society, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Negotiating Vulnerabilities in Space and Time in the Twenty-First Century
Rosalyn Black, Lucas Walsh
(2021), Vol. 4, pp. 329-343, Journal of Applied Youth Studies, C1
Exploring students' feelings of place
Susan Webb, Elizabeth Knight, Ros Black, Reshmi Roy
(2021), Vol. 31, pp. 43-60, Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W., C1
Education for Youth Civic and Political Action in Australia
A Peterson, R Black, L Walsh
(2020), pp. 905-919, The Palgrave Handbook of Citizenship and Education, Cham, Switzerland, B1
Conceptions of performativity, responsibility and care within a University excellence program
A Keddie, R Black, C Charles
(2020), Vol. 47, pp. 95-111, Australian Educational Researcher, C1
Inciting youth mobilities: insights from an elite university scholarship program
Rosalyn Black, Claire Charles, Amanda Keddie
(2020), Vol. 23, pp. 340-355, Journal of youth studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Feeling voice: the emotional politics of 'student voice' for teachers
R Black, E Mayes
(2020), Vol. 46, pp. 1064-1080, British educational research journal, Chichester, Eng., C1
VicSRC Teach the Teacher Ignite evaluation: Final Report
Eve Mayes, Rosalyn Black, Rachel Finneran
(2020), Melbourne, Vic., A6
Imagining youth futures: university students in post-truth times
Rosalyn Black, Lucas Walsh
(2019), Singapore, A1
Young people in digital society control shift
Amanda Third, Philippa Collin, Lucas Walsh, Rosalyn Black
(2019), London, Eng., A1
Making the hopeful citizen in precarious times
R Black
(2019), Vol. 7, pp. 123-139, Young people and the politics of outrage and hope, Leiden, The Netherlands, B1
Bronwyn Wood, Rosalyn Black
(2019), pp. 78-93, Migration, borders and education : international sociological inquiries, London, Eng., B1
Making the Future: Homo Promptus and the Political
Rosalyn Black, Lucas Walsh
(2019), Vol. 9, pp. 115-133, Imagining youth futures : university students in post-truth times, Singapore, B1
Reacting to the Future: The University Student as Homo Promptus
Rosalyn Black, Lucas Walsh
(2019), Vol. 9, pp. 95-113, Imagining youth futures : university students in post-truth times, Singapore, B1
Harnessing student voice and leadership: a study of one Australian Indigenous leadership program
L Walsh, R Black, D Zyngier, V Fernandes
(2019), Vol. 27, pp. 383-401, Pedagogy, Culture and Society, C1
Lucas Walsh, Rosalyn Black
(2019), Vol. 13, pp. 293-309, Citizenship teaching and learning, Bristol, Eng., C1
E Mayes, R Finneran, R Black
(2019), Vol. 63, pp. 157-172, Australian Journal of Education, C1
Off the radar democracy: young people's alternative acts of citizenship in Australia
L Walsh, R Black
(2018), pp. 217-232, Young people re-generating politics in times of crises, Cham, Switzerland, B1
Education for youth civic and political activism in Australia
A Peterson, R Black, L Walsh
(2018), pp. 1-15, Palgrave handbook of citizenship and education, Cham, Switzerland, B1
Young people on asylum seekers: the 'dirty work of boundary making' in the politics of belonging
Christine Halse, R Black, Claire Charles
(2018), pp. 117-139, Interrogating belonging for young people in schools, Cham, Switzerland, B1
Bronwyn Wood, R Black
(2018), pp. 165-185, Interrogating belonging for young people in schools, Cham, Switzerland, B1
L Walsh, R Black, H Prosser
(2018), Vol. 21, pp. 218-234, Journal of youth studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Reflections on youth citizenship after the age of entitlement: problems and possibilities
L Walsh, R Black
(2018), Vol. 36, pp. 4-14, Social educator, West Melbourne, Vic., C1
E Mayes, Rachel Finneran, Rosalyn Black
(2018), Melbourne, Vic., A6
R Black
(2017), Vol. Volume 4: policy and practices, pp. 192-212, Education policy: major themes in education, [Abingdon, Eng.], B1
Zombies, monsters and education: the creation of the young citizen
R Black, E Gray, D Leahy
(2016), Vol. 4, pp. 159-172, Generation Z : zombies, popular culture and educating youth, Singapore, B1
Active citizenship and the 'making' of active citizens in Australian schools
R Black
(2016), pp. 119-132, Civics and citizenship education in Australia: challenges, practices and international perspectives, London, Eng., B1
D Zyngier, R Black, N Brubaker, M Pruyn
(2016), Vol. 7, pp. 178-197, International journal of child, youth and family studies, Victoria, BC Canada, C1
Educating the risky citizen: young people, vulnerability and schooling
R Black, L Walsh
(2015), Vol. 2, pp. 181-194, Interrogating conceptions of 'vulnerable youth' in theory, policy and practice, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, B1-1
The ambiguous mobilities of young Australians
L Walsh, R Black
(2015), pp. 70-86, A critical youth studies for the 21st century, Leiden, The Netherlands, B1-1
R Black
(2015), Vol. 23, pp. 369-388, Pedagogy, culture & society, London, Eng., C1-1
Geographical and place dimensions of post-school participation in education and work
S Webb, R Black, R Morton, S Plowright, R Roy
(2015), Adelaide, S.Aust., A6
Performing citizenship down under: educating the activist citizen
B Wood, R Black
(2014), Vol. 13, pp. 56-65, Journal of social science education, Koln, Germany, C1-1
D Zyngier, R Black, N Brubaker, M Pruyn
(2014), Clayton, Vic., A6-1
Student leadership : a review of effective practice
R Black, L Walsh, J Magee, Hutchins L, N Berman, S Groundwater-Smith
(2014), Canberra, A.C.T., A6-1
S Webb, R Black, S Plowright, R Morton, R Roy
(2014), pp. 1-20, Refereed proceedings, annual meeting of the Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association, Cairns, E1-1
Not done and dusted: agency and structure in youth participation
R Black
(2014), pp. 1-12, TASA 2013 : Proceedings of the Conference on Reflections, Intersections and Aspirations - 50 years of Australian Sociology, Caufield, Victoria, E1-1
Walking the talk: youth research in hard times
L Walsh, R Black, N Berman
(2013), pp. 43-54, Negotiating ethical challenges in youth research, Abingdon, Eng., B1-1
Civic participation for community capacity-building
R Black
(2011), pp. 173-183, Schools, communities and social inclusion, Basingstoke, Eng, B1-1
Student participation and disadvantage: limitations in policy and practice
R Black
(2011), Vol. 14, pp. 463-474, Journal of youth studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Young people on the margins: What works in youth participation
R Black, L Walsh, F Taylor
(2011), Vol. 30, pp. 42-48, Youth Studies Australia, Hobart, Tasmania, C1-1
In their own hands: can young people change Australia?
L Walsh, R Black
(2011), Camberwell, Vic., A7-1
Promise or practice? Student participation in low-socioeconomic communities
R Black
(2010), Vol. 29, pp. 9-15, Youth studies Australia, Melbourne, Vic., C1-1
Schools and the city: Engaging middle years students in learning
R Black, H Stokes, M Turnbull
(2010), Vol. 30, pp. 28-36, Curriculum Perspectives, Deakin West, A.C.T., C1-1
Corporate Australia and schools : forming business class alliances and networks
R Black, L Walsh
(2009), Melbourne, Vic., A6-1
L Walsh, R Black
(2009), Melbourne, Vic., A6-1
R Black, E Celata
(2008), Melbourne, Vic., A6-1
H Stokes, M Turnbull, R Black
(2008), pp. 1-14, AARE 2008 : Changing climates : education for sustainable futures. Proceedings of the 2008 Australian Association for Research in Education Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, E1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Industry and Other Funding
Teach the Teacher: Ignite and Primary School Engagement Evaluations 2017-2020
Dr Eve Mayes, Dr Ros Black
Victorian Student Representative Council
- 2021: $18,040
- 2019: $7,966
- 2018: $7,966
- 2017: $15,932
Supervisions
Catherine Smith
Thesis entitled: Care practices in different Australian school contexts
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Md Tariqul Islam
Thesis entitled: Education for Global Citizenship: The lived and imagined mobilities of Bangladeshi higher education students in Australia
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Rachel Finneran
Thesis entitled: Student voice in advantaged communities: feeling ahead of the game
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education