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Call for Applications: postdoctoral fellowships
. . Call for Applications Please circulate to colleagues and potential candidates The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies is currently accepting applications for two postdoctoral fellowships: the David E. Bell Fellowship and the Sloan Fellowship on Aging and Work. Selected candidates will enter these programs in September 2016. The deadline to apply…
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6 starter scholarships for doctoral candidates
. . The Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences (BAGSS) Germany invites applications for up to 6 STARTER SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DOCTORAL CANDIDATES The scholarships are available from April 1st, 2016, for one year. We welcome applications from graduates aiming to write their doctoral thesis at BAGSS. A scholarship will enable you to develop an…
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Youth and Inequality in Education. Global Actions in Youth Work
. . M. Heathfield, D. Fusco (Eds) ISBN: 978-1-13-880829-4 Routledge – 2016 The transition to adulthood for many is mediated by class, culture, and local/global influences on identity. This volume analyzes the global injustices that create inequities and restrict future opportunities for young people during this transitional time, including poverty, unemployment, human rights, race,…
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Youth Gangs, Violence and Female Delinquency (Registration for the Conference is Opened)
– – – International Conference on Outreach Work: Youth Gangs, Violence and Female Delinquency at the City University of Hong Kong, 3-5 December, 2015 Registration for the Conference is Opened Deadline of Abstract Submission: 31 August 2015 On behalf of Prof. Lo and Prof. Chui, the Co-chairs of the Conference, I would like…
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Call for Papers: “Youth and the Great Recession”
. . . Call for Papers A proposal for a special section in the International Journal of Psychology Youth and the Great Recession: are values, achievement orientation and health affected? Ingrid Schoon and Jeylan Mortimer, Guest Editors The recent global economic downturn has undermined employment prospects for young people and is likely to…
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“In Search of …” – New Methodological Approaches to Youth Research
A.-A. Allaste & K. Tiidenberg ISBN: 978-1-4438-7174-7 Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne – 2015 – This collection of fifteen methodological texts by a group of thirty international youth and social researchers is a polyphony of scholarly voices advancing the field of qualitative inquiry in youth studies. The book homes in on ways of adapting,…
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Ola Stafseng (In memoriam)
Ola Stafseng (27 February 1949- 5 June 2015) 1990-1994: RC34 Board member; 1994-1998- RC34 President Ola Stafseng was born on 27 February 1949 in Løten municipality close to the small town Hamar, Norway. Hamar is located on the shores of Mjøsa -Norway’s largest lake, and is the principal city of Hedmark county. Ola’s career as…
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ISA-RC34 and China Youth Research
Lecture seminar in Shanghai “Youth Science century youth research” by Songxing Su The following article is Songxing Su’s lecture on the Meeting in Commemoration of One Hundred Years of Chinese Youth Research held in Shanghai on June 10,2015. He recalled former Presidents of RC34, especially Jurgen, Sibylle, Ola and Lynne, separately joined the 1st to 6th conferences on Asian…
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Insecurity/Innovation/Insight
Meeting the challenges facing youth in Asia and the Pacific Hobart (Tasmania) 30–31 July 2015 The first-ever Centre for Applied Youth Research (CAYR) Symposium—Insecurity/Innovation/Insight: Meeting the challenges facing youth in Asia and the Pacific—will bring together Australian and Asian-Pacific youth researchers and practitioners to share research, policy and practice expertise for the benefit of young people throughout the Asia…
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Jürgen Hartmann (In memoriam)
Jürgen Hartmann, RC 34 President from 1986 to 1990, ISA Vice-President Finance from 1994 to 1998, passed away on 2 March 2015. Always in a good mood, cheerful and friendly, kind, open-minded, welcoming, positive, cooperative, helpful, warm-hearted, understanding, an internationally active scientist, a skilful organiser, an inspiring personality – this is how friends and…