Prof Steven Roberts
Steven Roberts is a professor of Education & Social Justice in the School of Education, Culture and Society, and Associate Dean, Graduate Research at the Faculty of Education, Monash University.
Steven is a sociologist with particular interests in youth transitions and social class inequality, and change and continuities in contemporary masculinities.
Steve’s books include Young Working-Class Men in Transition; Youth and Social Class (with Alan France); Masculinity, Labour and Neoliberalism (with Charlie Walker), and the teaching text, Youth Sociology (with Alan France, Julia Coffee and Cathy Waite). He has received research funding from, among others, the ESRC (UK), the Australian Research Council, VicHealth, the Australian Government Dept of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and the Dept of Education, Skills and Employment.
Steve is also a director on the Board of Respect Victoria, a state government funded organisation dedicated to the prevention of family violence and violence against women in Victoria, Australia.