Led by Deakin Distinguished Professor Anita Harris from the Alfred Deakin Institute (ADI), the project aims to investigate what helps and hinders the social and economic integration of young people after living abroad.

Through surveys and interviews conducted over 10 years, it will track the integration of 800 mobile youth as they age, face decisions about remaining or returning and seek to settle. The unique longitudinal mobile youth dataset will be used to generate important new theories linking mobility, integration and ageing. This will assist governments and businesses to design programs and policies to help Australian society benefit from youth mobility, including resettling young expats and retaining talented migrant youth.

The research team includes Professor Loretta Baldassar.

This project is funded by the Australian Research Council under the 2025 Discovery Projects scheme. Funding amount ($822,191)