RC34 General Meeting Agenda - ISA Congress 2010

General Meeting of Research Committee 34 in Gothenberg

AGENDA
1. To consider and endorse the report of activities of the Board (2006-2010)
2. To receive and endorse the financial report (2006-2010)
3. To receive and endorse the election results of the Board of the Committee (2010-2014)
4. To discuss the directions and plans of activities for the work of the Committee
5. Any Other Business

Youth Constructing Worlds: Capacities and Limits of Action for Change: Madrid October 14 & 15, 2010

The Youth and Society Postgraduate Studies of the Spanish Distance University (UNED) organize the International Congress “Youth Constructing Worlds. Capacities and Limits of Action for Change”. The Congress will be held on October 14 and 15th 2010 in the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. The objective of the Congress is to discuss about the capacities and limits that young people face when the try to transform the world in which they live. For this aim the different sessions are designed as a space for experts, youth workers and young people bringing together their reflections.  Read more

Youth (Sub)cultures in Changing Societies

Rapid technological developments, structural changes in the society and economic uncertainty influence lifestyles of young people. One of the possibilities for identification and belonging is participation in different youth cultures. Youth (sub)cultures are oriented towards choices in music, style, sports or politics, but at the same time determined by structural circumstances. As the media tends to focus on their negative aspects, distinctive youth lifestyles have often been associated with deviance. The latter is especially the case in Eastern Europe, where the society has for a long time been understood as homogeneous, and where a plurality of lifestyles has only recently began to surface.  Read more

Dan Woodman Wins Worldwide Competition for Junior Scholars Engaged in Youth Research

The Research Committee 34 (RC34) – Sociology of Youth of the International Sociological association (ISA) has successfully completed its 2nd worldwide competition for junior scholars engaged in youth research. A total of 15 entries competed for the award. After stringent assessment by a adjudicating panel of 5 members, Dan Woodman with his paper titled “the Post Secondary School Transition and the Desynchronisation of Everyday Life” was chosen as the award winner. Dan will be invited to participate in the ISA World Congress on July 11-17, 2010 in Goteborg, Sweden. His conference registration fee will be paid by our RC34 and a travel grant at US$500 will be awarded.

ESA Youth and Generation Network Midterm Conference: September 9th– 12th 2010 Disley (nr. Manchester) UK

ESA Youth and Generation Network Midterm Conference: September 9th– 12th Disley (nr. Manchester) UK

Youth, Economy and Society
*Deadline for abstracts extended until 26th March 2010*

The ESA Youth and Generation Network third mid-term conference will address the core challenge facing young people in Europe today as the region confronts a period of extreme economic uncertainty. Young people – like women and migrant workers – are particularly vulnerable in times of recession and market realignment as economic activity contracts and employers reduce investment in training and seek to minimize ‘risk’ in their employment practices. Economic recession affects young people not only in terms of their employment opportunities but has significant impacts also on their educational aspirations, political engagement, social solidarities, leisure and cultural practices, ‘transition’ trajectories and family and emotional relationships. Focusing on how young people experience and negotiate economic recession thus provides the opportunity to compare and contrast experience across Europe as well as to consider how major economic dislocation affects young lives as a whole. Read more