Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Steve Roberts is Professor of Education & Social Justice in the School of Education, Culture and Society. Steve is an internationally recognised expert in research on youth, social class inequality and young people’s transitions to adulthood, and also on the changing nature of men and masculinities. The latter includes men’s engagement with risky drinking; sexting; emotionality; computer gaming; violence; domestic labour; compulsory and post-compulsory education; employment. He has published widely in a variety of esteemed international journals, including The Sociological Review, Sociology, British Journal of Sociology of Education, Continuing Studies in Education, Boyhood Studies, British Educational Research Journal, Journal of Youth Studies, and New Media and Society. He is also (co)author of three research monographs, (co)editor of five edited volumes, and co-author of the teaching text book 'Youth Sociology' (Palgrave, 2020).
Steve is currently Associate Editor of Journal of Youth Studies, an International Advisory Editor of Men and Masculinities and a member of VicHealth's inaugral Research Expert Advisory Panel. He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Group of the Australian Institute for Family Studies ‘Ten to Men’ study from 2019-2021.
Steve has been awarded competitive research funding from the UK's ESRC, the Australian Research Council, VicHealth, ANROWS, Dept. of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Dept. of Education, Skills and Employment, among others. Notably, he was lead CI for the much publicised and prize winning 'Men’s Risky Drinking' project, funded by VicHealth.
Steve joined Monash University in February 2015, and was based in the School of Social Sciences for seven years before moving to the Faculty of Education. Prior to joining Monash he held ongoing academic positions at the School of Education, University of Southampton, and then at the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent. Steve obtained an MA in Social Research Methods, a PhD in Social Policy (both funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council) and his teaching qualifications all at University of Kent.
Supervision interests
Steve is keen to hear from prospective research students who are interested in projects focussing on some aspect of either (broadly speaking):
1) men, masculinity, inequality and social change – this might be changes and continuities in masculinity, men's employment, men's education trajectories, men’s risk taking, men’s friendships, homophobia, sexuality, drinking practices.
2) young people’s transition to adulthood and their experience of the contemporary world - this might be gender identities (especially masculinity), housing, family formation, leisure lives, risk taking, cultural consumption, education or work, for example.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Research Expert Advisory Panel, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (trading as VicHealth) (Victoria)
2021 → 2024
Co-editor, Emerald Advances in Masculinities, Emerald Publishing
2020 → …
Associate Editor, Journal of Youth Studies
Jan 2018 → …
International Advisory Editor, Men and Masculinities
2018 → …
Co Editor in Chief, Sociological Research Online
Jan 2016 → Jan 2020
Research area keywords
- Masculinities
- Youth transitions
- Social Class
- Young People
- Digital culture
- Men and masculinity
- Social Change
- Higher education and lifelong learning
- Precarity
- Sexting
- Alcohol
- Men's Behaviour Change
- Education and Work
- Education aspirations
Network
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Alcohol consumption practices in crisis
Savic, M., Roberts, S., Elliott, K., Robards, B. & Dwyer, R.
12/05/21 → 30/03/24
Project: Research
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Barriers and drivers into young people aged 15-24 years utilising the National Careers Institute’s School Leavers Information Service
Roberts, S., Lyall, B., Smith, J., Robards, B., Trott, V., Wright, B., Waite, C. & Smith, J.
30/06/21 → 31/10/21
Project: Research
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Adolescent family violence in Australia: A national study of prevalence, use of and exposure to violence, and support needs for young people
Fitz-Gibbon, K., Meyer, S., Maher, J., Roberts, S. & Benier, K.
1/02/21 → 28/02/22
Project: Research
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Happy times: An exploration of how Australian young adults define happiness
McMillan, N., Laughland-Booÿ, J., Roberts, S. & Smith, J., 2022, In: Journal of Applied Youth Studies. 5, p. 37-53 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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“Looking after yourself is self-respect”: The limits and possibilities of men’s care on a night out
Duncan, T., Roberts, S., Elliott, K., Ralph, B., Savic, M. & Robards, B., 1 Mar 2022, In: Contemporary Drug Problems. 49, 1, p. 46-63 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus) -
Absences, presences and unintended consequences in debates about masculinities and social change: a reply to Christofidou
Roberts, S., Elliott, K. & Ralph, B., 2021, In: NORMA. 16, 3, p. 190-199 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Exploring legacies of the baby boomers in the twenty-first century
Martin, G. & Roberts, S., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Sociological Review. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Gendered stereotypes and norms: A systematic review of interventions designed to shift attitudes and behaviour
Stewart, R., Wright, B., Smith, L., Roberts, S. & Russell, N., Apr 2021, In: Heliyon. 7, 4, e06660.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Dean's Award for Excellence in Honours Supervision, Faculty of Arts, 2019
Roberts, Steven (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Monash Graduate Association Supervisor of the Year Award, 2020
Roberts, Steven (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Special Commendation, Faculty of Arts Dean's Awards for Research Excellence 2021, Excellence for Research Enterprise
Robards, Brady (Recipient), Roberts, Steven (Recipient), Lyall, Ben (Recipient), Barbosa Neves, Barbara (Recipient), Ghazarian, Zareh (Recipient), Trott, Verity (Recipient), Lindsay, Jo (Recipient), Smith, J. (Recipient) & Laughland-Booy, J. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Special Commendation, Faculty of Arts Dean’s Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research Supervision, 2020
Roberts, Steven (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Winner - 2019 VicHealth Awards, Research into Action Category
Roberts, Steven (Recipient), Ralph, B. (Recipient), Elliott, Karla (Recipient), Robards, Brady (Recipient), Savic, Michael (Recipient), Lindsay, Jo (Recipient), O'Brien, Kerry (Recipient) & Lubman, Dan (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Press / Media
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No, Prime Minister, not good enough: Scott Morrison’s tone-deaf response to Will Smith’s Oscars’ slap
Steven Roberts & Rebecca Stewart
31/03/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Academy Awards drama: Chris Rock and Will Smith expose all that’s wrong with masculinity today
28/03/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Bumble dating app up against tradition in ’empowering’ women mission
Meg Young & Steven Roberts
14/12/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Online dating where women make the first move: A step towards equality, or enforcing new standards of femininity?
Meg Young & Steven Roberts
13/12/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Blogs
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Millennials, milestones and who gets to own a home
2/08/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment