Dr Charlotte McPherson

Researcher of youth at the University of Melbourne. Passionate about young people, social justice, queer issues and animal rights 🐷🐮🐥🌈

[Dr Charlotte McPherson @char__mcpherson]

@Dr_Tre_Crew @JennyAThatcher This looks like a fascinating book and as both an ECR and WCA, I’d happily review if useful to you! :)

[Dr Jenny Thatcher @JennyAThatcher]

Majority of cultural activities are now far beyond the financial means of a working-class family. Whether it be watching a premier league football team, going to the theatre, watching your favourite rock or pop star live – the average cost for a family is more then a month’s rent

[Robert MacDonald @RFMacDonald]

Full house for papers on Youth Studies theory with Shane Blackman, John Goodwin & Charlotte McPherson.
Top stuff! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
#UUStopTheClock

[Dr Charlotte McPherson @char__mcpherson]

What a thought provoking keynote from @SteveRoberts_ this morning about the negativity that underpins many academic and public imaginings of working class masculinity and how this can distract from, and benefit, those who gain the most from patriarchy. #UUStopTheClock

[Dr Charlotte McPherson @char__mcpherson]

A fantastic presentation by my former colleague Alice Weavers about the reality of young people’s participation in policymaking, drawing on her PhD findings and data we collected together for @YoungLivesKCL 👏🏻👏🏻 #UUStopTheClock

[Dr Charlotte McPherson @char__mcpherson]

A beautiful and inspiring keynote by @tania_dsc on youth work as heartwork; the love and the heartbreak of this critical engagement between youth workers and young people, particularly in these turbulent times. #UUStopTheClock

[YRCunimelb @YRCunimelb]

"Research Handbook on Transitions into Adulthood", J. Chesters (ed.). Contributions by: J Wyn, A Harris, @CFeixa @saaltone @char__mcpherson H Cahill, H Cuervo, E Krzaklewska @valecuz @ericfu0922 @theodoridiskos D Everatt & many more. 👇
https://t.co/kvKaQ3n2J1

[Dr Charlotte McPherson @char__mcpherson]

@baresociologist Congrats Miriam! So pleased for you. 🙂

[Dr Charlotte McPherson @char__mcpherson]

An amazing photo of my niece caught eating marmite from the jar while dressed in marmite colours! @marmite - I think she should be your new brand rep 😎

[Dr Charlotte McPherson @char__mcpherson]

This is next level by the DWP. The usual pitting people against those on benefits. ‘Cheats’, ‘scroungers’, stuff we’ve been peddled forever. SO undermined by actual data, & so depressing but unsurprising to see it militaristically fronted by the Minister for Disabled People.

[Zoë Crowther @zoenora6]

For anyone who doesn’t have TikTok: there’s a trend at the moment where people are romanticising their lives by editing them like Wes Anderson and it’s honestly so creative and wholesome

🧵👇 Here are a few of my favourite ones

[Dr Charlotte McPherson @char__mcpherson]

Great paper, available on open access, by my colleagues that powerfully challenges the idea that the economic impacts of the Covid-19 crisis were 'unprecedented' for young people, who have been experiencing labour - and other forms of - insecurity for decades. ⬇️

[YRCunimelb @YRCunimelb]

New paper: "Liminality, COVID-19 and the long crisis of young adults' employment", by H. Cuervo, @qtmaire @julia_anne_cook & J. Wyn. Open access at: https://t.co/fK8sR3do32

[Dr Charlotte McPherson @char__mcpherson]

@MysteriousDrBex @wiasnofficial @rogermacginty @LucyGoBag @PriyamvadaGopal This frustrates me so much! I recently moved from the UK to Australia for a postdoc-they offered me $11k relocation but had to pay it up front and I haven’t had a penny back yet. Impossible without my partner’s savings/didn’t cover everything. Such a presumption of resources.

[Dr Charlotte McPherson @char__mcpherson]

@Ravn_Signe @JanepDyson Thank you! I will definitely reach out 🙂 - and thanks for the welcome.

[Dr Charlotte McPherson @char__mcpherson]

This paper is free to read and draws on research I did with young people during the height of the pandemic about their experiences of food insecurity. As ever, extremely thankful to young people for sharing their experiences with me.

[Journal Poverty & SJ @JPSJ_Journal]

In case you missed it, read 'Young and hungry in the United Kingdom: a qualitative study of youth food insecurity in Edinburgh and London' for 🆓
@char__mcpherson draws on qualitative interviews to provide insights into youth #FoodInsecurity in the UK 👇
https://t.co/0ZzUBLqflR

[Dr Charlotte McPherson @char__mcpherson]

@baresociologist @YRCunimelb Thank you Miriam!! ☺️

[Dr Charlotte McPherson @char__mcpherson]

This week I am taking up my new role as a McKenzie research fellow at @YRCunimelb - very excited to be back!

[Dr Charlotte McPherson @char__mcpherson]

@BeaHorn254 @YRCunimelb Thanks Sarah! It was glorious sunshine yesterday but pouring rain today - so not so different really! ☔️

[Dr Charlotte McPherson @char__mcpherson]

@matildakeynes @YRCunimelb Hi! 👋🏻

[Dr Charlotte McPherson @char__mcpherson]

@MelyssaF22 @YRCunimelb Thank you! 🙂