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Lucas Walsh

Professor, School of Education Culture and Society; Director, Monash Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice
Lucas.Walsh@monash.edu

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Core expertise

Education training

Biography

Lucas is exploring responses to questions such as, what does the world beyond school look like for young people, and what types of education and training do they need to navigate it? He has been chief investigator on projects for the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership, the Australian Flexible Learning Framework, South Australian government, Western Australian government, federal Department of Education, and National Curriculum Board (ACARA).
He was formerly director of research and evaluation at the Foundation for Young Australians.

Strike action is just the beginning: Principals are at breaking point post image

Strike action is just the beginning: Principals are at breaking point

Victoria’s school reports are set to change. What does this mean for teachers and families? post image

Victoria’s school reports are set to change. What does this mean for teachers and families?

‘I had a recurring dream I was shot in the head’: School principals say violence is normal in their jobs post image

‘I had a recurring dream I was shot in the head’: School principals say violence is normal in their jobs

‘Like juggling 10 chainsaws’: School principals under life-altering strain post image

‘Like juggling 10 chainsaws’: School principals under life-altering strain

Housing, insecure work and mental health – Australia’s young people are losing faith in the future post image

Housing, insecure work and mental health – Australia’s young people are losing faith in the future

Is this Australia’s climate wake-up call? Official report reveals a looming hotter, harder future post image

Is this Australia’s climate wake-up call? Official report reveals a looming hotter, harder future

‘I’m not going to give up’: How to help more disadvantaged young people go to uni and TAFE post image

‘I’m not going to give up’: How to help more disadvantaged young people go to uni and TAFE

The generational shift in election ’25: A tremor or a quake? post image

The generational shift in election ’25: A tremor or a quake?

Homing in on Australia’s housing crisis post image

Homing in on Australia’s housing crisis

Youth barometer paints a bleak picture of young Australians in 2024 post image

Youth barometer paints a bleak picture of young Australians in 2024

What’s going on behind the headline figures for principals in Australia? post image

What’s going on behind the headline figures for principals in Australia?

What are young Australians most worried about? Finding affordable housing post image

What are young Australians most worried about? Finding affordable housing