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Sikora, Dr Joanna Mgr Wroclaw PhD ANU
Lecturer in Sociology

 

Office: Haydon-Allen 2167
Contact Number:
6125 4574
Email:
Joanna.Sikora@anu.edu.au

 

 

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Research Interests:

Education and attitudes
Occupational expectations of high school students
Comparative education
Transition from education to work
Public opinion and government regulation of the economy

Selected Publications:

Evans M.D.R, Jonathan Kelley, Joanna Sikora and Donald J. Treiman.forthcoming in 2010. "Scholarly Culture and
Educational Success in 27 Nations" Research in Social Stratification and Mobility.

Sikora, Joanna and Lawrence J. Saha.2009. “Gender and Professional Career Plans of High School Students in Comparative Perspective” Educational Research & Evaluation , Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 387-405

Sikora, Joanna and Lawrence J. Saha.2009. “Vocational Education, Self-Employment and Burnout among Australian Workers” Australian Journal of Social Issues,Vol. 44 (1), pp. 53-70

Sikora, Joanna.2009."Religion and attitudes concerning euthanasia: Australia in the 1990s". Journal of Sociology, Vol. 45 (1), pp.31-54

Saha, Lawrence J. and Joanna Sikora.2008."The Career Aspirations and Expectations of School Students: From Individual to Global Effects". Education and Society, Vol. 26 (2), pp. 5-22.

Sikora, Joanna and Lawrence J. Saha.2007."Corrosive inequality? Structural determinants of educational and occupational expectations in comparative perspective". International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, Vol. 8 (3), pp. 57-78. Based on the OECD's PISA 2000 and 2003 data/ click here for pdf file

Sikora, Joanna and Frank Lewins. 2007. “Attitudes concerning euthanasia: Australia at the turn of the 21st Century”. Health Sociology Review. Vol. 16 (1) pp. 68-78

Sikora, Joanna 2005. "Public Attitudes to Economic Policy in East and West: Efficiency, Subsidies and Public Ownership." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. Vol. 23, Pp. 229-276

Sikora, Joanna. 2004. "Global Inequality: Moral Obligation of the Wealthy? Attitudes in 29 countries in 1999-2000." Pp. 279-289 in Australian Economy and Society 2002: Religion, Morality and Public Policy, edited by M. D. R. Evans and J. Kelley. Annandale, N.S.W.: Federation Press.

Evans, M. D. R. and Joanna Sikora. 2004. "Self-employment in Australia 1980-1999." Pp. 203-244 in The Re-emergence of Self-Employment: A Comparative Study of Self-Employment Dynamics and Social Inequality, edited by R. Arum and W. Müller. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Sikora, Joanna.2003. "Tastes for privatisation and tastes for subsidisation: Have Australians been getting cold feet?" Australian Social Monitor 6:34-40.

Kelley, Jonathan and Joanna Sikora. 2002. "Australian Public Opinion on Privatisation, 1986-2002." Pp. 54-73 in "Growth: Privatisation: The Australian Experience", edited by M. Mead. Canberra: CEDA (Committee for the Economic Development of Australia):.

Evans M.D.R, Jonathan Kelley, Joanna Sikora and Donald J. Treiman "Scholarly Culture and Educational Success in 27 Nations" accepted for publication in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility.