Dr. Judith Bessant

Judith Bessant is a Professor at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia and an Adjunct Professor School of Justice, QUT, Australia. She publishes in policy, sociology, politics, youth studies, media-technology studies and history, and has worked as an advisor for governments and Non Government Organizations. She is widely published, and in 2017 was awarded an 'Order of Australia' (AM) for her or significant service to education as a social scientist, advocate and academic specialising in youth...See more

Judith Bessant is a Professor at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia and an Adjunct Professor School of Justice, QUT, Australia. She publishes in policy, sociology, politics, youth studies, media-technology studies and history, and has worked as an advisor for governments and Non Government Organizations. She is widely published, and in 2017 was awarded an 'Order of Australia' (AM) for her or significant service to education as a social scientist, advocate and academic specialising in youth studies research. Recent and forthcoming publications include The Precarious Generation: A Political Economy of Young People, Bessant, Farthing, Watts, 2017, Routledge; Young People Re-Generating Politics in Times of Crises, Pickard, S., & Bessant, J., 2017 (eds), Palgrave; Governing Youth Politics See less