Monique de Jong McKenzie
Senior Researcher at Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies. Looking at subjectivities of capitalism, assets, wealth, investing and fintech.
- Also while I was madly packing up my house, a new paper came out where we consider how housing ties together the Australian public and the Reserve Bank of Australia - adding a new layer of complexity to monetary policy making. www.ppesydney.net/content/uplo...
- Now that I am settled amongst the Cologne snow, I am delighted to share I have taken up a new position as Senior Researcher as @mpifg.bsky.social. Extremely excited for this new chapter!
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- Reposted by Monique de Jong McKenzieOur article on the politics of AI prompts is out now @econsocjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/n
- Reposted by Monique de Jong McKenzieJOB! Permanent Lecturer / Senior Lecturer position (education focused) in Political Economy at the University of Sydney.
- Had a great time penning some thoughts I have been having about what the mythology around the 'magic' of compound interest means for how young investors experience time. Thank you to the Journal of Applied Youth Studies for the opportunity to compile this idea into a brief commentary piece.
- I am heading over to the University of Birmingham on Saturday as a Visiting Research Fellow at @chasm-uob.bsky.social for the next 3 weeks! While I am there I am giving 2 talks, if you are in the UK it would be great to see you there! 🧵
- 📆 3 June - @chasm-uob.bsky.social 'The Role of the Family in Australia's Asset Economy' www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cha...
- 📆 9 June - @lseinequalities.bsky.social 'Banking on the Family' www.ticketleap.events/tickets/iiil...
- Reposted by Monique de Jong McKenzieWe are delighted to welcome Dr Monique McKenzie, School of Social and Political Sciences, @sydney.edu.au to CHASM to present our next CHASM Seminar on 3rd June. 'The Role of the Family in Australia's Asset Economy' www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cha... @kristianfuzi.bsky.social
- Reposted by Monique de Jong McKenzieJOB ALERT: I'm hiring a part-time research fellow to work with me @healthy-societies.bsky.social at @sydneyuni.bsky.social on my research program on migration, im/mobility and belonging, with a specific focus on healthcare worker migration. Applications close 27 April bit.ly/4iAohs3 #Academicsky
- New from me! Engaging with question of why young people are seeking security and stability by investing in financial markets. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 1/3
- Using the concept of precariousness as an affect, I argue that young people, seeking security through the same pathway as generations before them, are now investing in shares in a way that is referential to the now out of reach aspiration of homeownership that underpins the asset economy. 2/3
- So thrilled to have this published in one of my favourite journals @finandsoc.bsky.social! 3/3
- Registrations are now open for the hybrid event Generations and Housing on the 25 November in Perth (and online)! This event will examine the 'wicked problem' of housing by looking at the challenges (and some solutions) across generational groups. Link to register: www.tasa.org.au/content.aspx...
- If you are coming to the Congress of HASS or The Australian Sociological Association conferences, it is in the same week, so add it to your schedule! @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social
- Reposted by Monique de Jong McKenzieCome work with me and @wombatscholar.bsky.social at USYD! We have a 2-year postdoc for an early career anthropologist or STS scholar to conduct research on the social, political, and epistemic aspects of medical research and public health. See bit.ly/3XVvhsd. Applications close October 22.
