Lucas Walsh is Associate Dean (Berwick) and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. He was previously Director of Research and Evaluation at The Foundation for Young Australians. He has held four research fellowships and been invited to advise local, state and federal governments.

• Introduction PART I: NAVIGATING SEAS OF UNCERTAINTY: THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND BEYOND ON YOUNG PEOPLE 1. Young People, Precarity and a Workforce in Transition 2. The Big Four: Structural Marginalization, Globalisation, Demographic Change and Technology 3. Neo-Liberal Policy and Precarity PART 2: YOUNG PEOPLE, TEACHING AND SCHOOLING IN TRANSITION 4. Adversity Capital 5. Teachers in Transition: Current Challenges 6. Beyond the School Gates: Are Our Education Institutions Obsolete? Conclusion: Where to for Young People?