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Citations
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World Ranking
5282
National Ranking
377

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Johanna Wyn is a researcher affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia specializing in social sciences with a focus on youth studies. Their academic work spans multiple intersecting domains including social sciences, health professions, and psychology. In particular, Johanna Wyn's research addresses topics such as youth education and societal dynamics, employment and welfare studies, youth development and social support, as well as rural development and sustainability.

Their recent scholarly contributions include research published in a variety of academic journals, reflecting a diverse but interconnected set of interests. These publications include:

  • "Liminality, COVID-19 and the long crisis of young adults' employment" (2023), published in the Australian Journal of Social Issues
  • "Young People's Mental Health" (2022), published in the Journal of Applied Youth Studies
  • "Dynamics of belonging amid geographical immobility: a longitudinal analysis of youth trajectories in rural Australia" (2024), published in the Journal of Youth Studies
  • "A sociology of youth: Defining the field" (2020), published in the Journal of Sociology
  • "Schooling, work and social division: a study of working class youth" (2021), published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Johanna Wyn has also contributed to book literature with the publication titled "Thinking about Belonging in Youth Studies" in 2021 under the series Studies in Childhood and Youth. This book has been cited 81 times, indicating its engagement within the scholarly community.

Their research is often conducted in collaboration with a number of frequent co-authors, suggesting active involvement in academic networks. These collaborators include Hernán Cuervo, Anita Harris, Quentin Maire, Julia Cook, and Jun Fu.

The researcher's work is regularly disseminated through established academic venues, including the Australian Journal of Social Issues, Journal of Applied Youth Studies, Journal of Youth Studies, Journal of Sociology, and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University).

Within their fields of study, Johanna Wyn predominantly focuses on sociology and political science, general health professions, safety research, general agricultural and biological sciences, and neuropsychology and physiological psychology.

Key topics that characterize their research output encompass:

  • Youth education and societal dynamics
  • Employment and welfare studies
  • Youth development and social support
  • Rural development and sustainability
  • Aging and gerontology research
  • Children's rights and participation
  • Identity, memory, and therapy

Johanna Wyn has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom, reflecting membership in a professional body dedicated to social science disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Beyond apathetic or activist youth ‘Ordinary’ young people and contemporary forms of participation

    Anita Harris;Johanna Wyn;Salem Younes

  • Generation, Youth and Social Change in Australia

    Johanna Wyn;Dan Woodman

  • Youth, Education and Risk: Facing the Future

    Peter Dwyer;Johanna Wyn

  • Youth and Society: Exploring the Social Dynamics of Youth Experience

    Rob White;Johanna Wyn

  • MindMatters, a Whole-School Approach Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing:

    Johanna Wyn;Helen Cahill;Roger Holdsworth;Louise Rowling

  • Changing times, changing perspectives: Reconciling ‘transition’ and ‘cultural’ perspectives on youth and young adulthood

    Andy Furlong;Dan Woodman;Johanna Wyn

  • Youth and Generation: Rethinking change and inequality in the lives of young people

    Dan Woodman;Johanna Wyn

  • New Directions in Research on Youth in Transition

    Johanna Wyn;Peter Dwyer

  • Youth and Society

    R. D. White;Johanna Wyn

  • Reflections on the use of spatial and relational metaphors in youth studies

    Hernán Cuervo;Johanna Wyn

  • The Making of a Generation: The Children of the 1970s in Adulthood

    Lesley Andres;Johanna Wyn

  • Beyond the 'transitions' metaphor: family relations and young people in late modernity

    Johanna Wyn;Sarah Lantz;Anita Harris

  • Constructing identities and making careers: young people’s perspectives on work and learning

    Helen Stokes;Johanna Wyn

  • Negotiating Social Change The Paradox of Youth

    Johanna Wyn;Rob White

  • Young People's Politics and the Micro-Territories of the Local

    Anita Harris;Johanna Wyn

  • Youth agency and social context

    Rob White;Johanna Wyn

  • Young people and citizenship: an everyday perspective

    Anita Harris;Johanna Wyn;Salem Younes

  • A Longitudinal Analysis of Belonging: Temporal, Performative and Relational Practices by Young People in Rural Australia

    Hernán Cuervo;Johanna Wyn

  • Class, gender and generation matter: using the concept of social generation to study inequality and social change

    Dan Woodman;Johanna Wyn

  • New patterns of youth transition in education

    Johanna Wyn;Peter Dwyer

  • Gendered embodiment and survival for young people with cystic fibrosis.

    Evan Willis;Evan Willis;Rosemary Miller;Johanna Wyn

  • Non-completion of school in Australia : the changing patterns of participation and outcomes.

    Stephen Lamb;Peter Dwyer;Johanna Wyn

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Wright
Jan Wright University of Wollongong
Doune Macdonald
Doune Macdonald University of Queensland
Sandra Acker
Sandra Acker University of Toronto
Andy Furlong
Andy Furlong University of Glasgow

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