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Youth Studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the social, cultural, economic, and political dimensions of youth experiences and identities. It focuses on the challenges and opportunities faced by young people, exploring their roles in society and the impact of various factors such as education, family, and community on their development.
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Youth Studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the social, cultural, economic, and political dimensions of youth experiences and identities. It focuses on the challenges and opportunities faced by young people, exploring their roles in society and the impact of various factors such as education, family, and community on their development.

Key research themes

1. How does spatiality reshape our understanding of youth experiences beyond traditional temporal transition models?

This research area challenges the traditional developmental models that conceptualize youth primarily through temporal frameworks such as life-course transitions. It foregrounds the importance of spatiality, emphasizing how youth experiences are embedded in, produced through, and shaped by physical and social spaces. Recognizing the role of space alongside time offers a richer, multidimensional insight into youth lives, particularly in the context of globalization, cultural flows, and place-based identities.

Key finding: This editorial identified that youth research has privileged temporal metaphors like 'transitions' but often overlooked the significance of spatiality. Drawing on social theory and critical geography, the authors argue for a... Read more

2. How do global risks and crises redefine youth conditions, agency, and intergenerational justice in contemporary societies?

This research stream addresses how multifaceted global crises—including climate change, pandemics, economic instability, and geopolitical conflicts—impact youth’s everyday lives, opportunities, and capacities for agency. It interrogates the shifting socio-political contexts of youth under conditions of uncertainty, vulnerability, and polycrisis, emphasizing structural inequalities and the often marginalizing nature of adult-centric governance responses. It also explores youth as actors of resilience and resistance, raising crucial questions about intergenerational justice and equity.

Key finding: This special issue introduction situates youth experiences within the context of escalating global risks and uncertainties characterized by climate disasters, pandemics, and geopolitical tensions. It identifies how these... Read more

3. What factors shape youth political participation and empowerment in developing countries, and how can youth roles in governance and social change be enhanced effectively?

This thematic cluster investigates the structural, socio-political, and institutional factors influencing youth engagement in governance, peacebuilding, and socio-economic development, particularly within developing country contexts like Nigeria and the Philippines. It examines both barriers—such as marginalization, inadequate mobilization, limited resources—and enablers such as training programs, policy frameworks, and grassroots initiatives. The focus is on actionable strategies for empowering youth, increasing their political agency, and integrating their voices meaningfully into governance processes.

Key finding: This article documents that despite the large youth population in Nigeria, government efforts have inadequately mobilized youth participation in governance and peace promotion. The study finds that youth are often... Read more
Key finding: This qualitative study evaluates the Philippine SK training programs designed to build young leaders' capacities in adaptability, communication, financial management, and strategic thinking. Findings indicate that while the... Read more
Key finding: Using a quantitative, descriptive-correlational design, this study surveyed diverse youth stakeholders in Marinduque, Philippines, to rank sectoral welfare priorities and analyze correlations with encountered challenges. The... Read more

4. How do transnational and digital practices influence migrant and refugee youth identities, social belonging, and political agency in multicultural contexts?

This theme encompasses research on migrant and refugee youth negotiating complex identities and social memberships through transnational practices and digital engagement. The works emphasize the fluidity of cultural identity, political attachments across borders, and social inclusion amid host-pathway challenges. They critically examine how these youth deploy everyday transnational connections and digital technologies to assert agency, redefine belonging, and resist exclusion in environments often shaped by securitization and hostile reception.

Key finding: This study integrates qualitative and quantitative data from migrant youth in multicultural Western cities to demonstrate that their transnational engagements enable dynamic, agentic articulations of cultural identity and... Read more
Key finding: Through interviews with 25 refugee youth with interrupted schooling histories, this research identifies language barriers, gendered experiences, trauma, and social attachments as critical determinants of settlement and... Read more
Key finding: This ethnographic paper reveals how unaccompanied young migrants and refugees in Europe employ humour as a subversive strategy to assert agency, build solidarity, and manage shame within an often hostile and exclusionary... Read more

All papers in Youth Studies

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This article follows efforts by a pirate taxi cooperative in Nicaragua to make themselves visible as Sandinista partisans in the hopes of being granted legal licenses to operate in a context where the dominant political logic of the state... more
El artículo analiza las aspiraciones y expectativas de adolescentes y jóvenes que egresan del cuidado residencial en Chile y enfrentan la transición a la vida independiente. A partir de un estudio cualitativo con participantes vinculados... more
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Family and work are institutions of obvious importance from the point of view of an individual and society. These institutions are connected by a network of complex interactions. On the one hand, work, the conditions in which it is... more
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In considering the spatialization of race and the racialization of space, this article explores dominant media representations of sports cages in the UK. To date, media interest in these cages, often found on social housing estates, has... more
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Comunicar, n. 40, v. XX, 2013, Scientific Journal of Media Education; ISSN: 1134-3478; pages 59-67 www.comunicarjournal.com ABSTRACT This contribution is justified by the necessity of analyzing the participative content that the... more
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