Youth research, as a specialist area of social scientific inquiry, covers the life-phase ‘youth’ in all its facets. We try to mirror it’s growing diversity, its multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach and the various theoretical traditions, epistemological perspectives and methodological approaches in our selected introductions to research findings.
With our new youthpolicy podcast “Stirring up the grounds” we want to look beyond and behind the high-flying rhetorics of youth policies and politics. With our guests we discuss and
Here, just for you, is a list of the key participation models and resources discussed throughout the Youth Participation Symposium in Leon, Mexico. Topics include decision-making, participation, youth research, facilitating
As of January 2013, of 198 countries, 99 (50%) have a current youth policy. A further 56 (28%) are revising their existing or, in a few cases, developing their first
This, the third edition of Development Needs Youth!, aims to provide more facts and examples on initiatives and processes that youth organisations are undertaking at various levels, from the grassroots
Authored by Perla Sofía Vázquez Díaz, “What is a youth perspective?” is the newest edition of Guidelines for Debate, a series of publications by Mexican NGO Espolea, aimed at influencing
We seek young youth researchers to support our policy reviews in Colombia, the Czech Republic, Guinea, Hungary, Mongolia, Swaziland and Tunisia as research team members. Do you like looking at
The latest United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report, ‘Youth and Skills: Putting Education to Work’, highlights the importance of investing in the skills of youth. Too often
The British Youth Council aim to compliment the policy research led by Youthpolicy.org and the mapping documents already produced by the Open Societies Foundation. Our expertise is on national participation
Kyrgyzstan has developed a raft of youth policies over the past decade, but few of these seem to genuinely improve young people’s access to information, rights, and opportunities. Too many
Serbia has made significant strides in developing policies that are cognizant of and responsive to the concerns of Serbia’s youth. But young people continue to face obstacles on the road
