Carina Kraft
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Carina is a current PhD student in Political Sociology at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. Her research interest broadly lies in understanding why young people become politically (dis)engaged. In her PhD project, Carina investigates the shift towards social media platforms as news sources and social media influencers as news agents in relation to political socialisation of users on such platforms.
Carina has a Bachelor and Master in Psychology. Prior to pursuing her PhD, she worked as a research associate advising (non-)governmental organisations in Germany on programmes focusing on demographic change, promoting social cohesion and implementing youth participation and citizenship education.
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Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2022 University of Adelaide Australia Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Sociology 2017 - 2020 Lund University Sweden Master of Science (MSc), Psychology 2013 - 2016 Maastricht University Netherlands Bachelor of Science (BSc), Psychology -
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Journals
Year Citation 2021 Lundberg, T., Roen, K., Kraft, C., & Hegarty, P. (2021). How young people talk about their variations in sex characteristics: making the topic of intersex talkable via sex education. Sex Education, 21(5), 552-567.
Scopus23 WoS52019 Kraft, C., Jeske, D., & Bayerlein, L. (2019). Seeking diversity? Consider virtual internships. Strategic HR Review, 18(3), 133-137.
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2024 Kraft, C., & Manning, N. (2024). Youth Participation and Young People’s Democratic Inclusion. In J. Wyn, H. Cahill, & H. cuervo (Eds.), Handbook of Children and Youth Studies (pp. 1321-1335). Springer Nature Singapore.
DOI2023 Kraft, C., & Manning, N. (2023). Youth Participation and Young People’s Democratic Inclusion. In J. Wyn, H. Cahill, & H. Cuervo (Eds.), Handbook of Children and Youth Studies (2nd. ed., pp. 1-14). Australia: Springer Nature.
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