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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.

‘I was putting, like, 20 resumes in a month’: Research tracks young Australians’ precarious work and study lives after Year 12 post image

‘I was putting, like, 20 resumes in a month’: Research tracks young Australians’ precarious work and study lives after Year 12

A matter of principals: ‘No improvement’ in the challenges facing school leaders post image

A matter of principals: ‘No improvement’ in the challenges facing school leaders

Food insecurity hits international students as the cost of living bites hard post image

Food insecurity hits international students as the cost of living bites hard

In 2022, 90% of young people had financial troubles, and 27% used ‘buy now, pay later’ services post image

In 2022, 90% of young people had financial troubles, and 27% used ‘buy now, pay later’ services

Protecting Australian politics in the school curriculum post image

Protecting Australian politics in the school curriculum

‘Thinking about my future is really scary’: School-leavers aren’t getting the careers support they need post image

‘Thinking about my future is really scary’: School-leavers aren’t getting the careers support they need

What does equity in schools look like? And how is it tied to growing teacher shortages? post image

What does equity in schools look like? And how is it tied to growing teacher shortages?

Queer youth deserve safer schools and better health support post image

Queer youth deserve safer schools and better health support

Coalition’s Super Home Buyer Scheme benefits property developers, not the young post image

Coalition’s Super Home Buyer Scheme benefits property developers, not the young

‘We get the raw deal out of almost everything’: A quarter of young Australians are pessimistic about having kids post image

‘We get the raw deal out of almost everything’: A quarter of young Australians are pessimistic about having kids

The Oscars slap raises important moral questions about civility and incivility post image

The Oscars slap raises important moral questions about civility and incivility

Taking the temperature of Australian youth amid the pandemic post image

Taking the temperature of Australian youth amid the pandemic