Paula Geldens

Prof Paula Geldens

Executive Dean, Justice and Society

School of Society and Culture

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences

I believe in the transformative opportunities afforded through access to quality education. I believe that quality education is achieved through the delivery of coherent programs of study that truly engage and empower stakeholders to think beyond the constraints of the day, to show courage and to take risks, and to act with reflexive integrity.
Paula is Executive Dean, UniSA: Justice & Society.
Paula has a PhD from the Univeristy of Melbourne and an honours and undergraduate degree from James Cook Univeristy. A sociologist, Paula's thesis examined the relationships between occupational aspiration and identity for young people living on family farms in Victoria. Paula's research interests sit at the intersections of scholarship about place, identity and youth.

Year Citation
2016 Savic, M., McCosker, A., & Geldens, P. (2016). Cooperative mentorship: negotiating social media use within the family. M / C journal, 19(2), 1-3.
2015 Geldens, P. M., & Marjoribanks, T. (2015). 'A few years ago I thought it was fairly dead in the water': newspaper printing, new media and job insecurity in Australia. Labour & industry, 25(2), 134-149.
DOI Scopus5
2014 Robinson, P., & Geldens, P. (2014). Stories from two generations of gay men living in the midst of HIV-AIDS. Journal of Australian studies, 38(2), 233-245.
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2011 Geldens, P., Lincoln, S., & Hodkinson, P. (2011). Youth: Identities, transitions, cultures. Journal of Sociology, 47(4), 347-353.
DOI Scopus13 WoS9
2008 Freestone, P., & Geldens, P. (2008). 'For more than just the postcard': student exchange as a tourist experience?. Annals of leisure research, 11(1-2), 41-56.
DOI Scopus19 WoS16
2008 Geldens, P. M., & Bourke, L. (2008). Identity, uncertainty and responsibility: privileging place in a risk society. Children's geographies, 6(3), 281-294.
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2007 Geldens, P. (2007). Out-migration: Young Victorians and the family farm. People and Place, 15(1), 80-87.
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2007 Bourke, L., & Geldens, P. M. (2007). Subjective wellbeing and its meaning for young people in a rural Australian center. Social Indicators Research, 82(1), 165-187.
DOI Scopus29 WoS24
2007 Bourke, L., & Geldens, P. M. (2007). Perceptions of reconciliation and related indigenous issues among young residents of Shepparton. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 42(4), 603-621.
DOI Scopus11 WoS5
  • Position: Executive Dean, Justice and Society
  • Email: paula.geldens@adelaide.edu.au
  • Alternative Contact: Cathy King (Cathy.King@unisa.edu.au,8302 4063)

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