Carina Kraft

Research Interests

Citizenship Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies Social Change Social Policy Social Psychology Social Sciences Methods Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology

Ms Carina Kraft

School of Society and Culture

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Science

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.

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

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.
DOI Scopus25 WoS22
2019 Kraft, C., Jeske, D., & Bayerlein, L. (2019). Seeking diversity? Consider virtual internships. Strategic HR Review, 18(3), 133-137.
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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.
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2023 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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