Professor Wojtek Tomaszewski

Professorial Research Fellow

Institute for Social Science Research
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
w.tomaszewski@uq.edu.au
+61 7 334 69305

Overview

Professor Wojtek Tomaszewski is Deputy Director (Research) and a Research Group Leader at the Institute for Social Science Research, and is also Chief Investigator in the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (the Life Course Centre). He holds a BSc and MSc in Mathematics, as well as an MA in Sociology from the University of Warsaw, Poland and a PhD in Social Sciences from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Wojtek joined UQ from the National Centre for Social Research in London and has specialist expertise in quantitative research methods and advanced statistical analysis.

Wojtek has a strong research interest in the impact of disadvantage on educational and labour market outcomes in young people. He has undertaken a number of research projects for the State and Commonwealth Governments in Australia, and previously for the British Government. He has published in high-profile international academic journals across the fields of social sciences, education, and beyond.

Research Interests

  • Educational inequalities
  • Employment
  • Poverty and social exclusion
  • Wellbeing
  • Methods for statistical analysis of survey data

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, European University Institute

Publications

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Supervision

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Available Projects

    • Socio-economic background, student engagement and academic performance in school
    • The links between disadvantage and educational and labour market outcomes over the early life-course
    • Pathways into higher education of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds
    • *NEW*: On-demand Dataset Builder - collaborative project with The Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Information Resilience (CIRES)

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Publications

Featured Publications

Book

Book Chapter

  • Zając, Tomasz and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2023). Relative influence of different markers of socioeconomic status on university participation. Australia’s welfare 2023 data insights. (pp. 193-214) Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. doi: 10.25816/43wp-h749

  • Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Perales, Francisco, Xiang, Ning and Kubler, Matthias (2022). Differences in higher education access, participation and outcomes by socioeconomic background: a life course perspective. Family dynamics over the life course: foundations, turning points and outcomes. (pp. 133-155) edited by Janeen Baxter, Jack Lam, Jenny Povey, Rennie Lee and Stephen R. Zubrick. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-12224-8_7

  • Dunstan, Laura, Hewitt, Belinda and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2021). Factors that influence affective engagement with school: evidence from Wave 6 of Footprints in Time. A decade of data: Findings from the first 10 years of Footprints in Time. (pp. 46-53) Canberra, ACT Australia: Department of Social Services.

  • Botha, Ferdi and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2021). Social determinants of subjective well-being. Australia’s welfare 2021: data insights. (pp. 23-39) Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. doi: 10.25816/zghn-md15

  • Tomaszewski, W., Perales, F. and Xiang, N. (2020). Schools and career guidance key to widening university participation. 25 Years of LSAY: Research from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth. (pp. 64-68) edited by Cameron Forrest and Charlotte Scobie. Adelaide, SA, Australia: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER).

  • Barnes, Matt and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2010). Lone parents and benefits: An obligation to look for work?. British social attitudes: The 26th report. (pp. 193-216) edited by Alison Park, John Curtice, Katarina Thomson, Miranda Phillips, Elizabeth Clery and Sarah Butt. London, U.K.: Sage Publications.

  • Tomaszewski, Wojtek and Barnes, Matt (2008). Investigating the dynamics of social detachment in older age. Living in the 21st century : Older people in England : The 2006 English longitudinal study of ageing. (pp. 150-185) edited by James Banks, Elizabeth Breeze, Carli Lessof and James Nazroo. London , U.K.: Institute for Fiscal Studies.

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Other Outputs

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

Completed Supervision

Possible Research Projects

Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.

    • Socio-economic background, student engagement and academic performance in school
    • The links between disadvantage and educational and labour market outcomes over the early life-course
    • Pathways into higher education of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds
    • *NEW*: On-demand Dataset Builder - collaborative project with The Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Information Resilience (CIRES)