Child Citizens: Young People and Australian Democracy since 1945

该项目从儿童和青年人的角度对澳大利亚民主进行了新的阐述。它追踪了自1945年以来儿童对公民身份的概念和实践的变化，以解释他们在当代政治中有争议的地位。该项目不仅是“等待中的公民”，还表明年轻人长期以来一直积极参与政治和公民生活，并揭示了他们的公民身份要求在这一时期如何与其他边缘化群体一起扩大。其研究结果将为当前关于儿童政治排斥的辩论增添细微差别，并通过开发在线研究门户网站和与澳大利亚民主博物馆合作，增强其社会影响。

This project provides a new account of Australian democracy from the perspective of children and young people. It tracks changes in children’s conceptions and practices of citizenship since 1945 to explain their contested status in contemporary politics. Far from simply being ‘citizens in waiting’, the project shows that young people have long been active participants in political and civic life and reveals how their citizenship claims have expanded across this period, alongside those of other marginalised groups. Its findings will add nuance to current debates about children’s political exclusion, with its social impact enhanced through the development of an online research portal and collaboration with the Museum of Australian Democracy.