CAPSTRANS RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Associate Professor Pam Nilan

Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Social Science, Education and Arts, University of Newcastle

Qualifications

1994 Doctor of Philosophy (Sociology) - The University of Newcastle 

1989 Master of Education with First Class Honours - The University of New England 

1988 Bachelor of Education - The University of New England

1982 Diploma in Dramatic Arts - The Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

1976 Diplôme de Langue et de Civilisation Française - Université de la Sorbonne, Paris IV

1975 Secondary Teacher’s Certificate - Nedlands College of Advanced Education, Western Australia.

Research Programs

Mobility and Exclusion

Australia in the Asia Pacific

Culture and Representation

Research Specialisation

Dr Pam Nilan has researched gender and education in Australia and gender, youth and popular culture in South East Asia and the Pacific.  She is currently a member of a research team for a funded project on sex work in Newcastle, and she also holds a grant to research the impact of popular culture on young people in Fiji.

Languages

Indonesian, French

Current Research Projects

• Indonesian Islamic masculinities (with Richard Howson and Mike Donaldson)

• Post-Colonial Education in Fiji

• Young People, Popular Culture, Identity and Social Change in Indonesia

• ARC Discovery Project (2006-2009) Ambivalent Adolescents in Indonesia -  University of Western Australia (with L. Parker, L. Bennett, and K. Robinson)

Recent Publications

• 2008 (forthcoming) with M. Donaldson and R. Howson, (eds) Indonesian Masculinities, Southeast Asian Studies Press, Monash University.
• 2008 (forthcoming) ‘Indonesian Male Youth and Contemporary Masculinities in Text and Context’, in M. Donaldson, P. Nilan & R. Howson (eds) Indonesian Masculinities, Southeast Asian Studies Press, Monash University.
• 2008 (forthcoming) ‘Young People and Media in Muslim Southeast Asia’, in Y. Kim (ed) Media Consumption and Everyday Life in Asia, Routledge.
• 2008 (forthcoming) ‘Indonesian Pesantren and the Spirit of Education’, RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs, 25 pp.
• 2008 (forthcoming) ‘Youth Transitions to Marriage in Indonesia: Faith, Family and Finances’, Journal of Youth Studies, 30 pp.
• 2008 (forthcoming) with S. Threadgold, ‘How do Young Australians View the Future? Habitus and Reflexivity’, Current Sociology, 35 pp.
• 2007 (forthcoming) with P. Utari, ‘Women in Indonesian Media Industries’, in M. Ford and L. Parker (eds) Indonesian Women and Work, Oxford University Press.
• 2007 (forthcoming September 2007) with M. Donaldson and R. Howson, ‘Indonesian Muslim Masculinities in Australia’, Asian Social Science, 30 pp.
• (2007) with R. Julian and J. Germov, Australian Youth: Social and Cultural Issues, Pearson Education, Melbourne.
• (2007) with M. Dunn, ‘Internationalisation of Higher Education in South Africa: A Development Challenge’, International Review of Education, Volume 53, Number 3, pp. 265-281.
• (2006) with C. Feixa, (eds) Global Youth? Hybrid Identities, Plural Worlds, London & New York: Routledge.
• (2006) with P. Utari, ‘Media and Communications Work in Indonesia: Transformations and Challenges’, in J. Burgess and J. Connell (eds) Globalisation and Work in Asia, Oxford: Chandos Publishing.
• (2006) ‘Youth Culture’, in J. Germov and M. Poole (eds) Public Sociology, Allen & Unwin.
• (2006) with P. Cavu, I. Tagicakiverata, and E. Hazelman, ‘White collar work: Career ambitions of Fiji final year school students, International Education Journal (online), Volume 7, Number 7, pp. 895-905.  ISSN 1443-1475 © 2006 Shannon Research Press. Available http://iej.com.au
• (2006) ‘Mediating the Entrepreneurial Self: Romance Texts and Young Indonesian Women’, in T.J.M. Holden and T. Scrase (eds) medi@sia, London & New York: Routledge.
• (2006) ‘The Reflexive Youth Culture of Devout Young Muslims in Indonesia’, in P. Nilan and C. Feixa (eds) Global Youth? Hybrid Identities, Plural Worlds, London & New York: Routledge.
• (2005) ‘The Viability of Aid Scholarship-Funded Study in Australian Universities: The Case of Indonesia’, Internationalizing Higher Education: critical explorations of pedagogy and policy, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 159-180.
• (2005) ‘Impacts of Aid Scholarship-Funded Study in Australian Universities:  The Case of Indonesia’ In P. Ninnes and M. Hellsten (eds) Internationalising Education: Critical Explorations of Pedagogy and Policy, Hong Kong: Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC) - University of Hong Kong and Springer Press.
• (2005) with P. Utari, ‘When There is no Equal Opportunity Legislation: Women as Media Workers in Indonesia’, Pandora’s Box: Special Issue – Women of the World, Annual Academic Journal of Women and Law Society, University of Queensland, pp. 27-37 .
• (2005) ‘Popular Music and Dance in Urgan Fiji: A Divided Cultural Landscape’ Perfect Beat: the pacific journal of research into contemporary music and popular culture, Volume 7, Number 2, pp. 20-35.
• (2005) with U. Prahastiwi, ‘When Discriminatory Employment Practices Persist: Female Media Workers in Indonesia’, Pandora's Box: Special Issue - Women of the world, N/A pp.27-37.
• (2004) ‘'Reality TV'? School Students and Popular Culture’, Sociology of Education - Possibilities and Practices, Social Science Press, Melbourne, 306-321.
• (2004) ‘Culturas Globales’ Revista de Estudios de Juventud, Volume 64, pp. 39-48.
• (2004) with U. Prahastiwi, ‘The lucky few: Female graduates of communication studies in the Indonesian media industry’ Asia Pacific Media Educator, Volume 15 pp.63-79.
• (2004) ’The risky future of youth politics in Indonesia’, RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs: a semi-annual survey of political, economic, social and cultural aspects of Indonesia and Malaysia, Volume 38, Number 1, pp. 173-194.
• (2004) with S. R. Threadgold, ‘Young People, Habitus and Opinions about Politics’, Melbourne Journal of Politics, Volume 29, pp. 96–113.
• (2004) ‘Culturas Juveniles Globales’, in C. Feixa (editing and translation) De Las Tribus Urbanas a Las Culturas Juveniles, Revista des Estudios de Juventud 64, Instituto de la Juventud. Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, Madrid, 2004.
• (2003) ‘The Social Meanings of Media for Indonesian Youth’, Globalisation, Culture and Inequality in Asia, Trans Pacific Press, Melbourne, 168-190.
• (2003) ‘Romance magazines, television soap operas and young Indonesian women’, Review of Indonesia and Malaysian Affairs, Volume 37, Number 1, pp.45–69.
• (2003) ‘Teachers' work and Schooling in Bali’, International Review of Education, Volume 49, Number 6, pp.563–584.
• (2003) ‘Young People, Politics and Religion in Indonesia’, The International Scope Review, Volume 4, Issue 8 (Winter) (online).
• (2003) ‘“Dangerous Fieldwork” Re-examined: The Question of Researcher Subject Position’, Qualitative Research, Volume 2, Number 3, pp.363-386.
• (2002) with N. Dantes, T.D. Komang, I. Gede Widja, ‘Current problems and future possibilities in secondary school education and teacher training in Singaraja, Noth Bali’, Jurnal Pendidikan Dan Pengajaran, Volume 3, Number 35, pp. 124-137.
• (2001) ‘Gendered Dreams: Women Watching 'Sinetron' (Soap Operas) on Indonesian TV’, Indonesia and the Malay World, Volume 29, Number 84, pp. 85-98.
• (2001) ‘Representing Culture and Politics (or is it just entertainment?). Watching Indonesian TV in Bali’, Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs, Volume 34, Number 1, pp. 119-154.
• (2000) ‘“You're Hopeless I Swear to God”: Shifting masculinities in classroom talk’, Gender and Education, Volume 12, Number 1, pp. 53-68.
• (2000) '"You're hopeless I swear to God": Masculinity on Task', Gender and Education, Volume 3, Number 2, pp. 61-76.
• (2000) ’I Was Never a Dress Person: Lesbian Stories from the Newcastle/Hunter Region’, Out in the Valley: Hunter Gay and lesbian Histories, Newcastle Region Public Library, Newcastle, 336.
• (2000) 'Classroom Politics and Popular Culture', in J. Allen (ed)  Sociology of Education: Possibilities and Practices, 2nd Edition, Social Science Press, Katoomba.

Current Research Students

• Maureen Bruce, PhD, “Competing Discourses Of Female Empowerment - Michel Foucault'S Analyties Of Power As A Theoretical Framework”. (Co-supervisor). Expected submission 2010.
• Sharifah Zahhura SyedAbdullah, PhD, “Cultural Rules and Patterning in Food Systems and Nutrition of Indigenous People of Malaysia”. (Co-supervisor). Expected submission 2011.
• Emma Rachel Kirby, PhD, “The meaning(s) of marriage: Young people's views, intentions and expectations in Newcastle and the Lower Hunter Region.” (Co-supervisor). Expected submission 2009.
• Mel Dunn, Masters, “The Role of Non-Formal Education in Development and its Contribution to Poverty Reduction”. (Principle supervisor). Expected submission 2010.
• Izak Morin, PhD, “Factors Influencing Translation Work in Indonesia”. (Co-supervisor). Expected submission 2012.

Past Research Students

• Lisa Coraline Milne, PhD, “The Complexity of Labour Market Inequalities: Gendered Subjectivity, Material Circumstances and Young Women's Aspirations”. Completed studies June 2007.
• Lyndal Coan, PhD, “Lesbian Mothers:  A Case for Examination’. Graduated 2006.
• Prahastiwi Utari, PhD, “The Gap between Indonesian Media Training and the Profession: Factors Affecting Young Women in Communication Studies and Media Careers”. (Principle supervisor), Completed studies March 2005.
• Marian Frances Bland, PhD, “All the comforts of home? A critical ethnography of residential aged care in New Zealand”. (Co-supervisor). Completed studies May 2004.
• Sandra Darab, PhD, “Women Workers and the Informal Economy”. Graduated 2003.
• Paula Conaty, Masters, “Young People and Citizenship”. Graduated 2001.

Organisational Affiliations

• 2005-2007 member of the AusAID Indonesian scholarship team since 2005, advising on Australian Development Scholarships and Australian Partnership Scholarships for Indonesia.
• 2002-ongoing Member: Asian Studies Association of Australia
• June 2002-ongoing Vice-President, Asia-Pacific Sociology Association
• 2001–ongoing International Sociology Association, Section RC34 – Youth
• 1995–ongoing Asia-Pacific Sociology Association
• 1991-ongoing The Australian Sociological Association TASA