Associate Professor Philippa Collin

Youth, diversity and Wellbeing in a digital age

Western Sydney University

Philippa Collin is Principal Research Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University (WSU) where she co-directs the Young and Resilient Research Centre with Amanda Third. She is also a Stream Lead for the Wellbeing, Health and Youth Centre of Research Excellence (2017 - 2022) where she established and leads the WH&Y Commission: a platform for the participation of young people in the design, delivery and translation of youth health research in a digital age.

Philippa is an interdisciplinary social scientist who works at the intersections of youth studies, digital cultures, health promotion and political sociology with a focus on the role of the digital for youth citizenship, health and wellbeing and methodological innovations in youth-centred research. Her current major research initiatives are investigating: the mechanisms, ethics and modalities of youth-engaged health research in the digital society (NHMRC Wellbeing, Health and Youth Centre of Research Excellence); student climate action and democratic renewal; the mental health and wellbeing of young people in the Asia-Pacific and the role of digital technologies (Third, Lala, Hanckel, Moody and Cortesi. Funded by UNICEF); and enhancing digital participation amongst migrant and refugee background youth (Harris, Lam, Third, Collin, Idriss. Funded by VicHealth).

She has published widely in these areas, including the monographs Young people and political participation in digital society (2015) and Young people in digital society (2019 with Amanda Third, Lucas Walsh and Rosalyn Black).