Lara McKenzie

Lara McKenzie is a Research Associate in the Discipline of Anthropology and Sociology at The University of Western Australia. Her research has focused on Australia, particularly in relation to gender, age, love, kinship, autonomy, relatedness, and cultural change. She has an emerging interest in the intersections of personal life and finance. Lara's recent book, Age-dissimilar couples and romantic relationships: Ageless love? (2015, Palgrave Macmillan, Studies in Family and Intimate Life Series), explores age-dissimilar couples in Australia. She has also undertaken research on inequality and cultural difference in education. Lara is currently conducting a study on recent PhD graduates' experiences of looking for stable academic work, and her writing here addresses the themes of gender, age, personal life, precarity, and audit practices. This includes a chapter in the recent volume Being an early career feminist academic: Global perspectives, experiences, and challenges (2017, Palgrave Macmillan, Studies in Gender and Education).