Professor Peter Kelly

Profile

Peter Kelly is a Professor of Education in the School of Education at Deakin University. Peter’s current research interests include a critical engagement with young people, their well-being, resilience and enterprise, and the challenges associated with the emergence of the Anthropocene. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, these interests are framing the development of a research agenda titled: COVID-19 and Young People’s Well-being, Education, Training and Employment Pathways: Scenarios for Young People’s Sustainable Futures. Peter's previous books include: Social Justice in Times of Crisis and Hope: Young People, Wellbeing and the Politics of Education, Re-thinking Young People’s Marginalisation: Beyond Neo-Liberal Futures?, Young People and the Politics of Outrage and Hope, A Critical Youth Studies for the 21st Century; The Self as Enterprise: Foucault and the Spirit of 21st Century Capitalism, and Working in Jamie’s Kitchen: Salvation, Passion and Young Workers.

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Re-thinking Young People’s Marginalisation: Beyond Neo-Liberal Futures? https://www.routledge.com/Rethinking-Young-Peoples-Marginalisation-Beyond-neo-Liberal-Futures/Kelly-Campbell-Howie/p/book/9781138120976

Young People and the Politics of Outrage and Hope - https://brill.com/view/title/34216

A Critical Youth Studies for the 21st Century - https://brill.com/view/title/23794?rskey=1Ph5jM&result=1

The Self as Enterprise: Foucault and the Spirit of 21st Century Capitalism - https://www.routledge.com/The-Self-as-Enterprise-Foucault-and-the-Spirit-of-21st-Century-Capitalism/Kelly/p/book/9780754649632

Working in Jamie’s Kitchen: Salvation, Passion and Young Workers - https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230245013#otherversion=9781349353934 

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