Professor Dan Woodman
@drdanwoodman.bsky.social
Sociologist of young adulthood & generations at UniMelb; Exec Board of International Sociological Association (ISA); President of Research Committee 34 (Sociology of Youth) in the ISA; co-EiC Journal of Youth Studies.
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The 6th ISA Council of National Associations Conference in FLAME University (Pune, India) has gathered 37 delegates from 34 countries, with 28 National Associations represented.
December 2025
December 2025
The International Sociological Association - Sociology of Youth Research Committee is editing a special issue of Youth and Globalization. If this is your thing, consider submitting an abstract (by January 15, 2026).
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See the full call here
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Social Studies: Is cancelling plans the new cancel culture? - ABC listen
You've got dinner plans with a group of friends, and you've been looking forward to it for weeks.
But in the days -or hours- leading to the catch-up... you get one... maybe several texts.
Sorry, I c...
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Cancel your weekend plans and listen to ABC Listen instead.
Sorry to say this is my last spot on ABC Life Matters for 2025. Pleased to say I will back as the 'resident sociologist' for another year in 2026.
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Sorry to say this is my last spot on ABC Life Matters for 2025. Pleased to say I will back as the 'resident sociologist' for another year in 2026.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Sociology In Podcast - Australia (Episode 11)
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🎙️ Sociology In Podcast is back!
Episode 11: Sociology in Australia with Sally Daly, Alphia Possamai-Inesedy, Morgan Carter and Rhys Gower.
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Episode 11: Sociology in Australia with Sally Daly, Alphia Possamai-Inesedy, Morgan Carter and Rhys Gower.
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Is Schoolies travel still the rite of passage it used to be? - ABC listen
This Friday, another generation of school leavers will walk out of the school gates for the last time.
Schoolies travel has been a rite of passage for Aussie teenagers since the 1970s, but the event ...
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My latest on ABC Radio National Life Matters - this week I was chatting about 'Schoolies' (Australian tradition of celebrating the end of high school with a week of partying or other activities with mates) and how it has changed over time.
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Assistant Professor in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
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What happens when intensive forms of parenting extend into young adulthood?
@juliacook.bsky.social @drdanwoodman.bsky.social @rachelbrooks.bsky.social take a look at intergenerational support, independence and the risk of downward mobility.
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@juliacook.bsky.social @drdanwoodman.bsky.social @rachelbrooks.bsky.social take a look at intergenerational support, independence and the risk of downward mobility.
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Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
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LAST CALL! #Sociology Professorships in Copenhagen, Denmark!
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
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We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
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Congratulations, Frank. And congratulations to Uni Canberra.
Social Studies: Why do we still bother with weddings? - ABC listen
Recently, 600 couples from the South American nation of Paraguay were married simultaneously in a gym.
Is this a genius way to get around the financial strain of throwing a wedding? Or is it somehow ...
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My latest on ABC Life Matters
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Social Studies: Why are young adults lonelier than older people? - ABC listen
If you're a fan of 90s sitcoms, you'll know that the friendship depicted in the sitcom Friends isn't necessarily representative of real life. People in their mid to late-twenties, seemingly working ve...
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For your weekend (footy long weekend in Victoria) listening - here is my latest as resident sociologist on ABC Life Matters:
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Celebrate Social Sciences Week
Every September Social Sciences Week celebrates and showcases the diverse range of social sciences disciplines and research in Australia.
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Happy Social Sciences Week to all who celebrate.
Get along to an event if you can.
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Get along to an event if you can.
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The relevance of beauty pageants in 2025 - ABC listen
This week, Miss Universe Australia was crowned - 21-year-old Lexie Brant will represent us in Thailand in November.
Lexie admits there's a stigma around pageants, and she prefers to call the Miss Uni...
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My latest on ABC Life Matters
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Why we're being targetted by the "Gen Z stare" - ABC listen
When you were a kid, your parents probably told you "don't stare, it's rude!"
But, if you've been on social media the last couple of weeks ... it seems that life lesson might be getting left behind.
...
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My latest on Life Matters
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The declining rate of cousins
Fewer children being born means those that are grow up with fewer cousins. Sociologist Dan Woodman joins Emile Donovan to explain this little-discussed shift in our family structures.
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Was invited on to the Nights program on Radio New Zealand this week to chat with Emile Donovan about the shrinking number of cousins people have now compared to previous generations.
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The death knell sounds for nightclubs - ABC listen
In news that might make you feel more ancient than ever - today's young folks' idea of a good time isn't what it used to be.
Less dancing, less drinking, and it means some of our favourite hotspots a...
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My regular spot on ABC Life Matters with Tegan Taylor- this time we are taking about how young people's idea of a good time is shifting (and a booze fuelled night out is less popular).
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Afternoons - ABC listen
Afternoons will have you smiling and thinking as you get through your day.
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Big week on the radio this week and I will share a few things. Yesterday I was on ABC Radio Sydney chatting with James O'Loghlin about changing family sizes and fewer young people having cousins (from the 37 minute mark).
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Hear me chatting about generational differences on 5AA talk-back radio in Adelaide on Mornings with Graeme Goodings, last Friday. From the 45.30 minute mark.
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What makes an awkward silence... awkward? - ABC listen
Sometimes you're chatting away, swapping gossip and stories ... and then the conversation just .... stops.
Suddenly, there's a lull ... and nobody knows what to say.
So, why do we jump to fill awkwa...
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Bit of an awkward conversation - my latest as the 'resident sociologist' on ABC Life Matters.
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A New Australian Politics: Rupture or Realignment
We explore the outcomes of the 2025 Australian federal election and consider whether it signals a fundamental rupture or realignment in the political landscape
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On the evening of Tue 23rd Sep join George Megalogenis, @frankbongiorno.bsky.social, @bspiesbutcher.bsky.social, @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social & I for our public event at UTS.
Registration is free & we'd love to see you there!
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Registration is free & we'd love to see you there!
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Effie Karageorgos
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· Jul 16
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MEDIA RELEASE: A National Crisis in HASS
The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has issued a public call for urgent action in response to widespread cuts to staff, programs and entire disciplines across Australian universities.
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The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has issued a public call for urgent action in response to widespread cuts to staff, programs and entire disciplines across Australian universities.
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Thanks for your wonderful work as our unofficial social media leader at the Forum, Alina!
Are we living in an "inheritocracy"? - ABC listen
The average price of an Australian house has officially surpassed $1 million. Does that mean only the people who inherit money from their parents can actually get onto the property ladder now?
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My latest on ABC Life Matters with Tegan Taylor. We talk about the return of the 'inheritocracy'. Listen out for mentions of Jane Austen's Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy Esquire and mysterious great aunts with even greater fortunes.
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Is the university sector in terminal decline? - ABC listen
Many experts fear the university sector is the grip of an identity crisis.
Once proud institutions of knowledge and debate… now accused of becoming sausage factories... with declining funding, academ...
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My latest as the resident sociologist on ABC Life Matters. It's on a topic that is close to home. Plenty of challenges, but proclamations of the death of the university are premature.
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The generation being hit hardest by cossie lives - ABC listen
Our resident sociologist has crunched the numbers of how different generations are experiencing the cost of living crisis.
The data suggest that it's younger Australian's that are feeling the pinch t...
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My latest chat on ABC radio Life Matters - talking 'Cossie Livs' (cost of living)
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The landslide Labor win that's ousted two party leaders - ABC listen
For the first time over the weekend, Gen Zs and millennials outnumbered baby boomers at the polls.
The results were called by 8pm - a landslide win for Labor, which left two of Australia's major par...
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For your weekend listening - Here is my latest on Life Matters on ABC Radio National, joining all the other 'Sunday morning quarterbacks' in giving my take on the election results. Very happy that I'm now introduced as the 'Resident Sociologist'!
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Is nightclubbing still a rite of passage? - ABC listen
As Gen Z are said to embrace the 'joy of missing out' aka JOMO — where does that leave Melbourne's nightlife? In this edition of The Conversation Hour we ask just how significant the generational shif...
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For your weekend listening - I was on the ABC Radio Melbourne Conversation Hour today talking with Richelle Hunt about the decline of nightclubbing and changing youth culture. Hope my sociological insights are better than my dance moves.
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