• Young Women in Post-Yugoslav Societies: Research, Practice and Policy

    M. Adamović; B. Galić; A. Gvozdanović; A. Maskalan; D. Potočnik; L. Somun Krupalija (Eds) ISBN 978-953-6218-56-1 (Institute for Social Research in Zagreb) ISBN 978-9958-541-12-4 (Human Rights Centre) Institute for Social Research – Human Rights Centre, University of Sarajevo, Zagreb and Sarajevo, 2014   The publication of the proceedings “Young Women in Post-Yugoslav Societies: Research, Practice and…

  • Call for papers : “Crossing Borders of Underground Music Scenes”

    KISMIF International Conference 2015 13-17 July 2015 (Porto, Portugal)     International Conference Keep It Simple, Make It Fast! Crossing Borders of Underground Music Scenes Summer School Gettin’ Underground Together CALL FOR PAPERS   Abstracts Submission: From 5th November 2014 to 15th February 2015. Dates: KISMIF International Conference: 15th – 17th July 2015 Summer School…

  • Call for papers: “Sociological Studies of Children and Youth”

    Deadline for initial submissions: December 31, 2014   Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, an annual series which focuses upon research on children and adolescents, is seeking manuscript submissions for its 2015 volume. The volume will focus on the theme of ‘Technology and Youth: Growing up in a Digital World.’ Advancements in communication and leisure…

  • ‘Cadjan – Kiduhu’. Global Perspectives on Youth Work

    Brian Belton (Ed.) ISBN: 9789462097650 Sense Publishers, Rotterdam 2014   In this book academics, practitioners and scholars from all over the planet present relatively heterogeneous perspectives to produce something of the homogenous whole that youth work might be understood to be. This promotes the understanding that to lock down youth work in notional stasis (bolt…

  • Call for Book Chapters: “GENDER AND YOUTH MIGRATION: A GLOBAL SURVEY”

    edited by Glenda Tibe Bonifacio, University of Lethbridge   I am accepting original submissions of research-based studies on gender and youth migration around the world. Young people, those under 35 years old, migrate with their families or on their own for various reasons — for example, education, work, asylum, and even as a consequence of…

  • YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE POLITICS OF OUTRAGE AND HOPE

    AN INVITATIONAL TWO (2) DAY CONFERENCE AND EDITED COLLECTION December 7 and 8, 2015 (Melbourne, Australia)   A society at war with its children is a society in deep crisis (Conway, 2012)   Hope is a way of dreaming up possible futures: an anticipatory virtue that permeates our lives and activates them (Braidotti, 2013) Co-convenors:…

  • Family troubles? Exploring changes and challenges in the family lives of children and young people

    Jane Ribbens McCarthy, Carol-Ann Hooper, Val Gillies (Eds) ISBN: 9781447304449 Policy Press, Bristol 2014   As the everyday family lives of children and young people come to be increasingly defined as matters of public policy and concern, it is important to raise the question of how we can understand the contested terrain between “normal” family…

  • Post – doctoral Fellowship at the University of Prince Edward Island (Canada)

    Applications Closing Date: November 24, 2014   Dr. Kate Tilleczek, Director of The Young Lives Research Lab at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada, requires a post-doctoral fellow to work across projects. The focus of the position will be qualitative data collection, analysis, and management, as well as the dissemination of findings through various…

  • Endeavour Journal of Youth Development: Call for Papers

    The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) CALL FOR PAPERS   The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, is an Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament under the of the Ministry of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India.   RGNIYD functions…

  • Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies (Child Studies Program): Applications for Assistant Professor

    Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies (Child Studies Program) – Assistant Professor (Applications Closing Date: January 15, 2015)   The Child Studies Program in the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies at Carleton University invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor, to commence on July 1st, 2015. The Child Studies Program at Carleton University,…