Sponsored by The
Sociological Review Foundation
This event aims to bring together youth researchers to examine if youth opportunities and civic values are evolving in different ways in different parts
of the world. It is widely acknowledged that young people have been amongst the hardest hit by the global economic crisis and the subsequent austerity measures that many states instituted. Yet we also know that the challenges that young people experience are
not necessarily temporary or crisis-driven; youth opportunities, aspirations and values are also being affected by the changes that have been taking place in our social, economic and civic structures over the past three decades. Combined, these twin challenges
mean that for many young people the transition to adulthood has not simply been delayed; it has been fundamentally disrupted.
Against this backdrop, and through a series of inter-disciplinary and empirical research papers, this event will address key questions such as: what
does it mean to “grow up” in a time of increasing insecurity and austerity? How are youth opportunities
and expectations being changed and challenged by these developments? What impact are these changing opportunities having on youth civic values? And perhaps most importantly, how do youth opportunities, aspirations, and civic values vary in different regions,
cultures, and socio-economic strata?
Please see the conference
webpage for further details (https://t.co/H8k0tatwo3).