Lecturer in Sociology, University of Newcastle
Dr Julia Cook is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Newcastle. Her research interests include the sociology of youth, time and housing, and her most recent research addresses Australian young adults' pathways into home ownership, focusing particularly on the role of intergenerational transfers in facilitating entry into the property market. She co-convenes the Sociology of Youth thematic group in The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) and is on the editorial board of the journals Time & Society and Journal of Applied Youth Studies. She recently published her first book Imagined Futures: Hope, Risk and Uncertainty (Palgrave, 2018).

Dec 26, 2023 23:16 pm UTC| Business
Much has been made of the increasing presence of the bank of mum and dad in the lives of Australians. We know financial support from parents to adult children is increasingly used for entering the housing market. But...