Q Maire
Biographic Data
| ID | 67871 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Q Maire |
| GIVEN NAMES | Q |
| FAMILY NAME | Maire |
| SIGNATURE | MAIRE Q |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9761-1531 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
On global citizenship education in a new conjuncture
Education that considers global social relations in their multiple forms, often identified under the umbrella term ‘global citizenship education’ (GCE), is experiencing a contradictory moment. While its leading models and practices are being challenged as not befitting the present times, GCE researchers and practitioners are reworking the resources at their disposal to confront the very shifting educational and social terrains that are emerging. …
One Is Not Born, But Rather Becomes, a Fighter
Research on gender stereotypes and gender‐based discrimination is central to the sociological literature on the slow feminization of military recruitment. Both have been identified as important causes of women's persistent underrepresentation in the military. They help explain macro‐level patterns of gender inequality but are insufficient to understand the aspirations and service of military women who do engage in the armed forces, especially tho…
Life Satisfaction and Work-Life Balance
Conventionally, issues connected to work-life balance have been thought to concern women more than men - not least through the promotion of a strongly gendered discourse about the imperative to become a 'balanced woman'. In this article, however, we draw on interview data from both men and women (in Australia, occupying broadly middle-class social positions) to show the complexities of gender patterning. Specifically, we demonstrate that the cult…
Dynamics of belonging amid geographical immobility
Our analysis of young people who have stayed in rural communities contributes to a 'relational turn' in youth studies that rejects substantialist approaches to make visible the range of relationships beyond simply educational qualifications and employment that inform youth life projects. This relational turn recognises that 'youth' is a product of classificatory struggles that become routinised into taken for granted concepts. Our analysis challe…
Who is receiving financial transfers from family during young adulthood in Australia
Parents are increasingly providing financial support to their adult children. At the same time, it is often taking young people into their 30s to convert educational credentials into career outcomes, establish independent households, and marry or form partnerships. While the role of the so-called 'bank of mum and dad' in assisting with entry into home ownership is well established, its effects are potentially far wider, for example affecting youn…
Mobility and the Social Differentiation of Rural Youth in Australia
Geographical mobility has become an integral element of the biographical trajectories of young people from rural areas. In this paper, we contend that theories of rural-urban inequality tend to unduly homogenise rural social groups and are insufficient to understand rural youth out-migration as a selective rather than universal practice. We draw on a statistical analysis of the social differentiation of rural youth mobility in Australia to argue …
Cultural capital on the move
Asian migrant students are typically considered as educational paragons in the West. They have been shown to surpass other students in standard indicators of educational success. However, viewing this success with a purely ethnic framework is inadequate and essentialising. It conflates the experiences of various groups into a homogenised 'Asian' category and ignores the crucial role played by other properties and processes, such as social class a…
Towards an historical sociology of global citizenship education policy in Australia
‘Global citizenship’ has gained traction as a policy objective across school systems in recent decades. It has been defined as education for the development of a sense of cosmopolitan moral virtue, planetary identification and ‘global competencies’. In this paper, I argue that historical sociology can help explain why this goal has gained prominence in citizenship education policy since the late twentieth century. Focussing on the Australian case…
Liminality, Covid ‐19 and the long crisis of young adults' employment
The COVID‐19 crisis has brought into sharp relief the precarious employment situation of young people, precipitating a raft of academic and public claims of an unprecedented crisis that has disrupted young lives. Our study contributes to research on youth labour and transitions with new longitudinal empirical analysis. Our analysis challenges the “newness” of the precarity highlighted by COVID‐19, focussing on employment. It draws on longitudinal…
The contribution of the International Baccalaureate Diploma to educational inequalities
International education options have expanded in most school systems around the world with promises of curricular innovation. However, there has been limited attention given to the consequences of this shift for social inequalities embedded in pre-existing institutional hierarchies. The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, a two-year high school curriculum, has been prominent among recent private curricula, centred on notions of internationa…
International capital and social class
The internationalisation of educational trajectories has emerged as a new form of cultural capital in education systems. Research suggests that the ‘international capital’ offered by language enrichment programs has become appropriated primarily by middle- and upper-class families investing in new forms of educational distinction. However, little is known about the appeal of international capital to different class fractions. In this paper, I dra…
Moral cosmopolitanism, civic action and ethical consumption
The relationship between global citizenship identity and actions remains an unsettled issue. In this article we use the PISA 2018 survey to explore whether global citizenship identity is associated with a greater likelihood of engaging in ‘globally minded’ practices among young Australians. Descriptive analysis reveals that self-reported global citizenship identity is associated with higher levels of moral cosmopolitanism, more so than with great…
Visions of global citizenship
The advent of global citizenship agendas marks a transformation in citizenship education policy and practice internationally. However, research has revealed a highly diverse collection of visions and models for global citizenship. This article seeks to make two main contributions to the study of global citizenship in education. Empirically, it aims to identify the kind of global citizenship proposed in state-led Australian citizenship education p…
Beyond the global city
The global middle class (GMC) is a theoretical construct that seeks to globalise a set of attributes identified in studies of school choice in the global north, and to a lesser extent in developing nations in Asia. As theorised by Ball a mobile middle class with cosmopolitan sensibilities drives international education options in global cities. This proposition is challenged through analysis of the histories of curriculum and class relations in t…
Doctoral theses
Liminality, Covid ‐19 and the long crisis of young adults' employment
The COVID‐19 crisis has brought into sharp relief the precarious employment situation of young people, precipitating a raft of academic and public claims of an unprecedented crisis that has disrupted young lives. Our study contributes to research on youth labour and transitions with new longitudinal empirical analysis. Our analysis challenges the “newness” of the precarity highlighted by COVID‐19, focussing on employment. It draws on longitudinal…
Dynamics of belonging amid geographical immobility
Our analysis of young people who have stayed in rural communities contributes to a 'relational turn' in youth studies that rejects substantialist approaches to make visible the range of relationships beyond simply educational qualifications and employment that inform youth life projects. This relational turn recognises that 'youth' is a product of classificatory struggles that become routinised into taken for granted concepts. Our analysis challe…
Who is receiving financial transfers from family during young adulthood in Australia
Parents are increasingly providing financial support to their adult children. At the same time, it is often taking young people into their 30s to convert educational credentials into career outcomes, establish independent households, and marry or form partnerships. While the role of the so-called 'bank of mum and dad' in assisting with entry into home ownership is well established, its effects are potentially far wider, for example affecting youn…
Visions of global citizenship
The advent of global citizenship agendas marks a transformation in citizenship education policy and practice internationally. However, research has revealed a highly diverse collection of visions and models for global citizenship. This article seeks to make two main contributions to the study of global citizenship in education. Empirically, it aims to identify the kind of global citizenship proposed in state-led Australian citizenship education p…
Beyond the global city
The global middle class (GMC) is a theoretical construct that seeks to globalise a set of attributes identified in studies of school choice in the global north, and to a lesser extent in developing nations in Asia. As theorised by Ball a mobile middle class with cosmopolitan sensibilities drives international education options in global cities. This proposition is challenged through analysis of the histories of curriculum and class relations in t…
Mobility and the Social Differentiation of Rural Youth in Australia
Geographical mobility has become an integral element of the biographical trajectories of young people from rural areas. In this paper, we contend that theories of rural-urban inequality tend to unduly homogenise rural social groups and are insufficient to understand rural youth out-migration as a selective rather than universal practice. We draw on a statistical analysis of the social differentiation of rural youth mobility in Australia to argue …
Towards an historical sociology of global citizenship education policy in Australia
‘Global citizenship’ has gained traction as a policy objective across school systems in recent decades. It has been defined as education for the development of a sense of cosmopolitan moral virtue, planetary identification and ‘global competencies’. In this paper, I argue that historical sociology can help explain why this goal has gained prominence in citizenship education policy since the late twentieth century. Focussing on the Australian case…
International capital and social class
The internationalisation of educational trajectories has emerged as a new form of cultural capital in education systems. Research suggests that the ‘international capital’ offered by language enrichment programs has become appropriated primarily by middle- and upper-class families investing in new forms of educational distinction. However, little is known about the appeal of international capital to different class fractions. In this paper, I dra…
Doctoral theses
Beyond the global city
The global middle class (GMC) is a theoretical construct that seeks to globalise a set of attributes identified in studies of school choice in the global north, and to a lesser extent in developing nations in Asia. As theorised by Ball a mobile middle class with cosmopolitan sensibilities drives international education options in global cities. This proposition is challenged through analysis of the histories of curriculum and class relations in t…
Moral cosmopolitanism, civic action and ethical consumption
The relationship between global citizenship identity and actions remains an unsettled issue. In this article we use the PISA 2018 survey to explore whether global citizenship identity is associated with a greater likelihood of engaging in ‘globally minded’ practices among young Australians. Descriptive analysis reveals that self-reported global citizenship identity is associated with higher levels of moral cosmopolitanism, more so than with great…
Visions of global citizenship
The advent of global citizenship agendas marks a transformation in citizenship education policy and practice internationally. However, research has revealed a highly diverse collection of visions and models for global citizenship. This article seeks to make two main contributions to the study of global citizenship in education. Empirically, it aims to identify the kind of global citizenship proposed in state-led Australian citizenship education p…
The contribution of the International Baccalaureate Diploma to educational inequalities
International education options have expanded in most school systems around the world with promises of curricular innovation. However, there has been limited attention given to the consequences of this shift for social inequalities embedded in pre-existing institutional hierarchies. The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, a two-year high school curriculum, has been prominent among recent private curricula, centred on notions of internationa…
International capital and social class
The internationalisation of educational trajectories has emerged as a new form of cultural capital in education systems. Research suggests that the ‘international capital’ offered by language enrichment programs has become appropriated primarily by middle- and upper-class families investing in new forms of educational distinction. However, little is known about the appeal of international capital to different class fractions. In this paper, I dra…
Cultural capital on the move
Asian migrant students are typically considered as educational paragons in the West. They have been shown to surpass other students in standard indicators of educational success. However, viewing this success with a purely ethnic framework is inadequate and essentialising. It conflates the experiences of various groups into a homogenised 'Asian' category and ignores the crucial role played by other properties and processes, such as social class a…
Towards an historical sociology of global citizenship education policy in Australia
‘Global citizenship’ has gained traction as a policy objective across school systems in recent decades. It has been defined as education for the development of a sense of cosmopolitan moral virtue, planetary identification and ‘global competencies’. In this paper, I argue that historical sociology can help explain why this goal has gained prominence in citizenship education policy since the late twentieth century. Focussing on the Australian case…
Liminality, Covid ‐19 and the long crisis of young adults' employment
The COVID‐19 crisis has brought into sharp relief the precarious employment situation of young people, precipitating a raft of academic and public claims of an unprecedented crisis that has disrupted young lives. Our study contributes to research on youth labour and transitions with new longitudinal empirical analysis. Our analysis challenges the “newness” of the precarity highlighted by COVID‐19, focussing on employment. It draws on longitudinal…
Dynamics of belonging amid geographical immobility
Our analysis of young people who have stayed in rural communities contributes to a 'relational turn' in youth studies that rejects substantialist approaches to make visible the range of relationships beyond simply educational qualifications and employment that inform youth life projects. This relational turn recognises that 'youth' is a product of classificatory struggles that become routinised into taken for granted concepts. Our analysis challe…
Who is receiving financial transfers from family during young adulthood in Australia
Parents are increasingly providing financial support to their adult children. At the same time, it is often taking young people into their 30s to convert educational credentials into career outcomes, establish independent households, and marry or form partnerships. While the role of the so-called 'bank of mum and dad' in assisting with entry into home ownership is well established, its effects are potentially far wider, for example affecting youn…
Mobility and the Social Differentiation of Rural Youth in Australia
Geographical mobility has become an integral element of the biographical trajectories of young people from rural areas. In this paper, we contend that theories of rural-urban inequality tend to unduly homogenise rural social groups and are insufficient to understand rural youth out-migration as a selective rather than universal practice. We draw on a statistical analysis of the social differentiation of rural youth mobility in Australia to argue …
One Is Not Born, But Rather Becomes, a Fighter
Research on gender stereotypes and gender‐based discrimination is central to the sociological literature on the slow feminization of military recruitment. Both have been identified as important causes of women's persistent underrepresentation in the military. They help explain macro‐level patterns of gender inequality but are insufficient to understand the aspirations and service of military women who do engage in the armed forces, especially tho…
Life Satisfaction and Work-Life Balance
Conventionally, issues connected to work-life balance have been thought to concern women more than men - not least through the promotion of a strongly gendered discourse about the imperative to become a 'balanced woman'. In this article, however, we draw on interview data from both men and women (in Australia, occupying broadly middle-class social positions) to show the complexities of gender patterning. Specifically, we demonstrate that the cult…
On global citizenship education in a new conjuncture
Education that considers global social relations in their multiple forms, often identified under the umbrella term ‘global citizenship education’ (GCE), is experiencing a contradictory moment. While its leading models and practices are being challenged as not befitting the present times, GCE researchers and practitioners are reworking the resources at their disposal to confront the very shifting educational and social terrains that are emerging. …
Sociology (13 works) · Political science (10 works) · Social science (8 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (5 works) · Psychology (5 works)