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International Bulletin on Youth Research 2/2015
The new issue of IBYR is now online. You can download it clicking on the image below:
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Adolescence, Youth and Gender: Building Knowledge for Change
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS 8-9 September 2016, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford ‘Adolescence’ has risen high on the global agenda, with a particular focus on girls. Researchers, policymakers and practitioners are increasingly interested in the second decade of life as a newly recognised ‘window of opportunity’ to reduce poverty and inequality…
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End of Year, and some dates for 2016: a message from Ani Wierenga (RC34 President)
Dear RC34 members, colleagues and friends, as we end the year, warm greetings to all, and thanks all for your excellent scholarly company through 2015. A couple of notes and dates for 2016: ISA registration grants for the Third ISA Forum of Sociology are open. Applications can be submitted by participants until January 31, 2016. Rules for Registration Grants Allocation are…
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Handbook of the Life Course (Vol. 2)
M.J. Shanahan, J. T. Mortimer and M. Kirkpatrick Johnson (Eds) ISBN 978-3-319-20879-4 (hardcover) – 978-3-319-20880-0 (ebook) Springer International Publishing, Switzerland – 2016 Building on the success of the 2003 Handbook of the Life Course, this second volume identifies future directions for life course research and policy. The introductory essay and the chapters that make…
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Call for Applications: Better Evidence for Children and Youth
Deadline for submission: January 15, 2016 The Campbell Collaboration’s Education and Crime & Justice Coordinating Groups and the Jacobs Foundation are pleased to announce grants to support the development and publication of systematic reviews that address important issues in child and youth development. Grants between $25,000 and $50,000 USD are available following this Call…
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Opportunity for publishing book reviews on youth related issues
IJSE – Italian Journal of Sociology of Education is a peer-reviewed academic journal published three times a year (February, June, October) and sponsored by the Educational Section of the Italian Sociological Association (AIS-EDU). The journal aims at presenting up-to-date, state of the art theoretical and empirical studies concerning socialization, education, and educational institutions, enlarging and…
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Life Patterns. Ten years following Generation Y
Jessica Crofts, Hernán Cuervo, Johanna Wyn, Graeme Smith & Dan Woodman ISBN 9780734051844 – 9780734051851 Youth Research Centre, The University of Melbourne – 2015 The Life Patterns research program is designed to follow patterns in young people’s lives over time in order to gain a longitudinal and holistic understanding of the ways in which two…
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PhD Studentships in Demography/Population Studies at the London School of Economics
The Population Studies group at the London School of Economics is now welcoming applications for studentships in Demography/Population Studies for entry in October 2016. Career prospects: Recent graduates from the Demography/Population Studies PhD programme are pursuing academic careers, postdoctoral fellowships, senior consultancy roles, and INGO and government jobs in the UK and overseas. Research environment:…
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Child Poverty in Times of Crisis
Call for Papers Salzburg, 25. & 26. August 2016Keynote speakers: Mario Biggeri (Florence) & Lucinda Platt (LSE)The aim of this conference is threefold: (1) to discuss how different crises (like the recent economic downturn, political instability, natural disasters or (civil) war) affect child poverty; (2) to reveal the consequences such crises have on children living in…
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Exploring Childhood Studies in the Global South
Tuesday 19th – Thursday 21st January 2016 Venue: The University of Sheffield, Conference Room, ICOSS, University of Sheffield 219 Portobello, S1 4DP The ‘Exploring Childhood Studies in the Global South’ project seeks to bring together researchers exploring childhood and children’s lives in diverse contexts in the Global South to engage in theory development using the…