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Hi All,
Apologies for cross posting. Please see below/attached the CFP for Youth Matters 2016.
Best wishes,
Leigh Ingham
Doctoral Researcher
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology
Newcastle University
Room W2.39
40-42 Great North Road
Newcastle
NE1 7RU
Skype:
leigh.ingham1
Twitter:
@genoleigh
Call for papers: Youth Matters: Moving from the Margins
June 8-9 Newcastle University
Deadline for abstracts: 4th April 2016
Keynote Speakers:
Rob MacDonald (Teeside University)
Bryony Hoskins (University of Roehampton)
To officially launch Newcastle University’s Youth Research Network we are excited to announce our first conference -
Youth Matters: Moving from the Margins hosted alongside the Political Studies Association’s Young People’s Politics Specialist Group and Newcastle University’s School of Geography, Politics and Sociology.
The conference will facilitate an interdisciplinary conversation on youth by bringing together scholars from multiple fields researching young people’s
lives and experiences of the social world. We will also explore the methodological, theoretical and epistemological challenges, strategies and innovations in contemporary youth research. To achieve this we will be hosting a hands on pre-conference methods
workshop day.
We call for papers that speak to an interdisciplinary audience and will invite discussants to comment on each paper and explore the interdisciplinary links.
By establishing links between various fields of youth research, we aim to highlight issues which are often side-lined in both academic and public debates, and move youth research in from the margins.
We invite scholars to send a 250 word abstract for consideration. Please share this call widely in your networks, PGR applications encouraged.
Abstracts are submitted through
this form by **4th April 2016**
Successful applicants will be notified by April 15th.
We
encourage, but are not limited to, contributions which engage with the following issues:
1). Economies of Youth
Young people as economic actors; Transitions and establishment in the labour market(s); Entrepreneurship, Education and training; Austerity policies and
impact; Night-time economies.
2). Youth Voices & Agency
Engagement and political participation and agency; Youth citizenship and rights; Political education; spaces, Places and strategies for youth engagement
and influence; Innovations in youth engagement.
3). Youth Identities, Embodiment & Everyday life
Contemporary experiences of youth; Embodiment and disability; Peer ethics and morality; Imagined futures and adulthoods; Everyday spaces of belonging;
Intersectionality; Migrant youth identities.
4). Youth Spaces, Mobilities and Cultures
Young people’s mobility in and across contemporary society; Digital and new spaces; Contemporary youth cultures and subcultures; Identity across borders;
Informal spaces and encounters.
Registration information:
Submit abstracts
here
, deadline for abstracts
by **4th April 2016**
Successful abstract applicants will be informed by 15th April 2016
Conference is
free, but spaces are strictly limited so please register ASAP to guarantee a place. We have fewer spaces for the methods workshop. Due to the limited spaces we will confirm your place by April 15th.
For more details and updates see our website.
PGR bursaries
To ensure the inclusivity of PGR students, we will be reserving one paper on each panel for postgraduate students to present their work.
We also have two travel bursaries of up to £100 for PGRs who are not funded by Research Grant or Scholarship to attend. To apply please send a 500 word supporting statement detailing how you would benefit
from the conference and workshop to [log in to unmask] by 4th April.