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FELLOWSHIPS & JOBS
Fellowships Post-doctoral Position in Science Studies/Sociology of Health Université Grenoble Alpes, France Applications: July 15, 2018 PhD program in Politics, Public Policies and Globalization Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy Applications: August 1, 2018 6 Doctoral Scholarships for Internationals Bielefeld University, Germany Applications: September 30, 2018 4 Doctoral Scholarships 2018 Fondation Médéric Alzheimer, France Applications:…
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Between Cultures and Transitions: Gender Perspectives in Youth Studies
We are happy to inform you that the last issue of “AboutGender” has been just published. The issue, edited by Sebastiano Benasso, Helena Helve and Maurizio Merico, deals with “Between Cultures and Transitions: Gender Perspectives in Youth Studies”, and contains papers by – Dan Woodman – Clarence M. Batan – Simon Moses Schleimer – Gabriella…
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Voting is open
Dear RC34 Members, Voting is open in the RC34 Elections for the ISA RC34 Executive Board 2018-22. You can find the Confirmed nominations for positions on the Executive Board 2018-2022 here: http://www.rc34youth.org/nominations-and-elections-for-rc34-executive-board-2018-2022/ You can find Candidates’ credentials and bio-notes here: http://www.rc34youth.org/elections-for-rc34-executive-board-2018-2022/ You can download the Voting form, including the list of candidates, here: Elections…
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New publication from YRC
Please find below the news about two publications by the Youth Research Centre of the The University of Melbourne (Australia): Cook, J., & Cuervo, H. (2018). A longitudinal analysis of residential mobility from 1991-2017: Understanding generational patterns and inter-relationships. Melbourne, Australia: Youth Research Centre, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne. Source: https://education.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/2783965/life-patterns-residential-mobility-report.pdf…
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Handbook of the Sociology of Youth in BRICS Countries
Tom Dwyer, Mikhail K Gorshkov, Ishwar Modi, Chunling Li, Mokong Simon Mapadimeng (Eds) ISBN: 978-981-3148-38-3 (hardcover) -ISBN: 978-981-3148-40-6 (ebook) World Scientific, 2018 Youth are, by definition, the future. This book brings initial analyses to bear on youth in the five BRICS countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which are home…
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Elections for rc34 Executive Board 2018-2022
‘Campaign’ credentials President Ana Miranda I have been working in youth studies from the moment I graduated. In 1995, I became part of the Youth Research Program at the Latin American School of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Argentina. Since then, I have intensely developed academic…
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Nominations and elections for rc34 Executive Board 2018-2022
International Sociological Association – Research Committee 34 Confirmed nominations for positions on the Executive Board 2018-2022: President Ana Miranda Sharlene Swartz Organisational Secretary & Treasurer No nomination – to be appointed by the incoming President Co-ordinator IBYR Maurizio Merico Vice-Presidents Europe (2 positions) Airi-Alina Allaste Sarah Pickard Ilaria Pitti …
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Oxford Handbook of Global South Youth Studies
An invitation to contribute The volume editors of the Oxford Handbook of Global South Youth Studies (forthcoming 2020), Sharlene Swartz, Adam Cooper, Clarence Batan and Rosa-Maria Camarena-Cordova, invite contributions and partnerships towards this important and exciting new project. Please feel free to circulate this call to other colleagues who you think will have a…
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Making Space for Youth in Contemporary Italy
Special issue of “Journal of Modern Italian Studies” (23/1, 2018) Barbara Giovanna Bello and Valentina Cuzzocrea, guest editors When it comes to youth, can we talk about an Italian case? How is the national societal landscape changing in relation to the factors that put youth in hard conditions? Are existing categories useful for studying…
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Aesthetico-Cultural Cosmopolitanism and French Youth The Taste of the World
Vincenzo Cicchelli & Sylvie Octobre ISBN 978-3-319-66311-1 Palgrave Macmillan, 2018 By examining cultural consumption, tastes and imaginaries as a means of relating to the world, this book describes the effects of globalization on young people from an aesthetic and cultural perspective. It employs the concept of aesthetico-cultural cosmopolitanism to analyse the emergence of an…