RC 34 gearing up for the ISA World Congress 2010 (Sweden)
On-going Ireland youth conference
(Click to view the official conference website)
Welcome to all conference participants! Enjoy the academic exchange and experience!
Theme: “All change for Young People?: Mobility, Markets, Media, Models of Practice”
An international youth studies conference at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM)
Thursday 25th - Sunday 28th June, 2009
Organized by the Department of Applied Social Studies, NUIM in association with the
Research Committee on Youth of the International Sociological Association (RC34) &
Youth Studies
Note: (Maynooth is less than an hour from Dublin airport.)
Conference in Latin America
RC 34 will have a regional meeting in Buenos Aires between 31st of August to 4th of September 2009 during the bi-annual meeting of Latin Sociological Association. A working group has been formed to bring together sociologists of youth and childhood from all over Latin America. The working languages of the conference are Spanish and Portuguese.
Deadline for proposal is extended until April 30, 2009.
For further information refer to the conference’s webpage at www.alas.fsoc.uba.ar.
New updated program now available
4th conference: Young People and Societies
in Europe and the Mediterrenean
Forli (Italy)
26th - 28th March 2009
Click here download the program.
Upcoming international conferences
International symposium
Theme: Higher Vocational Education & Youth Development
Shijiazhuang City, China
17- 18 October 2009
Organisers: China Youth University for Political Science
Research Committee 34 - Sociology of Youth, ISA
Shijiazhuang Informational Technology Institute
Click here to download invitation and conference details.
International conference
Education and Demography
Vienna, Austria
30 November - 1 December 2009
Organiser: Vienna Institute of Demography/IIASA
Click here for details.
Call for papers for the XVII ISA World Congress
RC 34 session
Click here to download complete descriptions of RC 34 sessions.
Should you be interested, please email the session organizer.
Looking forward to seeing everyone in Sweden on 2010!
Second edition of youth book: Already available
Youth and Society. The Long and Winding Road
(Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press, 2008)
Click for further info: https://www.womenspress.ca/
The book is comparative (Canada, UK, USA).
RC34 Members in Beijing Conference 2008
RC34 members – Maurice Delvin, Steven Sek-yum Ngai, Marc Molgat, Vinod Chandra and Fang Wei – participated in the “International Symposium on Youth Employment: Preparation, Opportunities and Challenges”, organized by the China Youth University for Political Science in Beijing, China on October 30, 2008. The photos were taken together with Lu De-ping, Deputy Director for the
ISA-RC34 Barcelona Forum on Youth: A Success
The success of this RC 34 activity would not be possible if not for the hard work and dedication of Carles Feixa and Carmen Leccardi, our Vice-Presidents from
I look forward to having another successful international conference like this in the coming years where we shall continue learning from each other, making sure that the discourse on the sociology of youth around the world will continue to flourish.
Dr. Ngan-pun Ngai
President
More photos of Barcelona 2008 ISA Forum click here.
Minutes of Rc34 2nd Executive Board Meeting at Barcelona, September 6, 2008
Announcements
- 4th conference “Young People & Societies in Europe and around the Mediterranean” at Forli, Italy (March 26-28, 2009) Click here to view the announcement
- Call for proposals “Connecting Now for the Future” at Montreal, Canada (June 4-5, 2009)
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Announcement: Junior Scholar(s) in Youth Sociology & Youth Research Competition (2006-2010)
- Doctorate Program in Social Sciences: Childhood and Youth at Colombia
Do you want to be a member of RC34- Sociology of Youth?
Click this link and apply online through the ISA website.
Join us!
Meet our RC 34 Board
RC 34 Board of Directors (2006-2010)
From left: Natalie Watcher (Treasurer), Howard Williamson (Secretary), Ngan-pun Ngai(President), Tom Dwyer (VP-Latin America), Helena Helve (Ex-president), Carmen Leccardi (VP-Europe), Ani Wierenga (VP– Australia), Charles Ukeje (VP-Africa), Vinod Chandra (VP-Asia), Carles Feixa (VP-Europe), Clarence M. Batan (IBYR editor). Not in picture James Côté (VP-North America) & Shen Jie (VP-Asia).
From the editor 
Bringing together salient information about young people for youth researchers’ consumption is a daunting task. This is the challenge I faced in bringing forth a new fresh look to our website. For its design, I used a combination of playful fonts and pictures embedded in subtle earth colors, aimed at highlighting the “academic” as well as the “youth” in us. I look forward to receiving articles, news and other related information from you or from other online visitors. This maybe the fastest and the most efficient way to inform the world’s academics, researchers and policy-makers about your youth projects and initiatives. So keep me updated and if you request, I will upload it to this website.
Submit comments/inquiries to clarencebatan@gmail.com.
Updated: December 16, 2008






