With our next webinar around the corner, let's take a moment to introduce the speakers who will lead the discussion. 👉 Meet @fromagehomme.bsky.social and @sarahpickard2.bsky.social 🗓️ 23 Sep, 4PM CEST 🔗 Register now: forms.gle/N58E28T7hapM... #YouthDemocracyCohort #KnowledgeSharing

Because not everyone demonstrating in London was being nasty - understatement - and violent (and despite what much of the media + plenty politicians + others would want you to think) - here are some peaceful pics from Russell Square I took during the counter march, to show more balance and hope ...

This #InternationalYouthDay, see how young people are shaping (or shut out of) public life. The Global Youth Participation Index tracks youth engagement in: - Education & work - Civic freedoms - Elections - Politics & leadership 🔍 Check your country’s score: www.gypi.epd.eu

🌍 Over half the world is under 30, how many shape the decisions that affect their lives? Today EPD launches the first Global Youth Participation Index (GYPI), measuring how youth engage in public life worldwide. 🔍 Explore it here: www.gypi.epd.eu #YouthParticipation #GYPI

📊 Key findings: – The average GYPI score is just 61/100 – Norway ranks highest with 84/100 – Authoritarian states rank at the bottom – Youth participation barriers are structural, not individual Explore the full index and see how your country performs 👉 www.gypi.epd.eu #GYPI #YouthParticipation

🔎 Youth exclusion isn’t apathy, it’s a global design flaw. The GYPI is the first tool to systematically measure young people’s participation in political, civic, and economic life in 141 countries.

Delighted to see this published - this article is based on my PhD @unistrathclyde.bsky.social and started as a humble draft in the @psayoungpol.bsky.social "Paper to Publication" workshop. Maybe also interesting to researchers in @rc34youth.bsky.social @uofgussp.bsky.social & @johnsmithcentre.com.

The UK government proposes to lower the voting age to 16 #vote16 This is a landmark moment for all the young people (+ some older ones) who campaigned for this for years. It's been a privilege to work & do research with young people on #VotesAt16 in Scotland and Wales www.jrrt.org.uk/evidence-and...

And what a (huge) team effort it has been to produce the first ever Global Youth Participation Index (GYPI) - thank you to the GYPI Youth Panel, on the ground consultants and @epd.eu people in Brussels. See you at the launch soon ... that countdown clock ⬇️is motivating and inspiring: gypi.epd.eu

Meet the team behind the Global Youth Participation Index CEDAR at @unibirmingham.bsky.social explores democracy & authoritarianism worldwide. Their research grounds GYPI in rigour & global insight. 🌍 Launch: 18 June - gypi.epd.eu @fromagehomme.bsky.social

Les Rencontres de la Recherche #RR2025 @sorbonnenouvelle.bsky.social auront lieu jeudi 5 juin 2025 à la maison de recherche (USN) 4 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris @sarahpickard2.bsky.social @crew-ur4399-usn.bsky.social parlera de l'écriture sur les pancartes de la jeunesse engagée programme ⬇️

And what a (huge) team effort it has been to produce the first ever Global Youth Participation Index (GYPI) - thank you to the GYPI Youth Panel, on the ground consultants and @epd.eu people in Brussels. See you at the launch soon ... that countdown clock ⬇️is motivating and inspiring: gypi.epd.eu

@sarahpickard2.bsky.social & @britanlar.bsky.social

Thanks to those who could take part in Young People's Politics specialist group panels at Political Studies Association (PSA) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social annual conference #PSA25 in Birmingham- we're sorry that not everyone could make it. So ... let's be loud, proud and numerous in Oxford #PSA26 !

Jeune, européen, propriétaire. On peut toujours rêver ! Podcast de Joseph Siebenaler IDHEAL avec Sébastien Grobon @sorbonne-universite.fr @pmadec.bsky.social @scpo-research.bsky.social Benedetta Scuderi @greens-efa.eu Diana Yordanova @housingeurope.bsky.social + moi : ) idheal.fr/etudes-actio...

Young People's Politics 💙 panels #PSA25 💙 1) Young People's Politics - Political Socialisation & Digital Engagement Tues 15 April 2025, 3:30pm 2) Young People's Politics - Elections & Voting Wed 15 April 2025, 1:30pm 3) Young People's Politics - Activism & Participation Wed 15 April 2025, 3:30pm

I'm so grateful to have been part of the European Commission & Council of Europe's Symposium on Young People, Democracy and Climate Action, and you can now read the final report here: go.coe.int/hy0aL Thank you to co-authors @poojakishinani.bsky.social, Marion Smith, @sarahpickard2.bsky.social

I am excited to present (online) to the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. Unfortunately, I cannot be in Paris today but I’m sure it will be a great event, nonetheless! Thanks to @sarahpickard2.bsky.social for the invitation to present!

Welcome to Bluesky @rc34youth.bsky.social . Research Committee 34 (Sociology of the Youth) of the @isa-sociology.bsky.social is the major international grouping of youth studies scholars, so if you're in the field or interested in the latest social science concerning young people, do follow along.

'Digital effects on political participation over time and countries: UK, USA, Canada and France' next research seminar pôle 3 @crew-ur4399-usn.bsky.social Sorbonne Nouvelle Shelley Boulianne @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social @sotonpolitics.bsky.social 4 February 2025 4-6pm (Fr time) online only 🔽

Venez me voir, faire coucou et parler un peu de musique queer !

"Des marges au mainstream, ou comment le 'queer' a transformé la musique pop entre 1970 et 2024" Conférence de Maëlyn Marliere doctorante @crew-ur4399-usn.bsky.social USN "Université des Cultures Ouvertes de la Sorbonne Nouvelle" 30 janvier 2025, 14-16h Campus Nation www.paris.fr/evenements/d...

"Young people’s climate and environmental activism in Britain: Cooperation, confrontation and fragmentation in intersectional prefigurative politics" That's the title of a new publication from Dena Arya and me about the 'do-ability' of activism for young 'non-stereotypical' climate activists 1/3

Here they are! Young People's Politics panels & workshop #PSA25 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social -Citizenship & Political Education -Political Socialisation & Digital Engagement -Workshop on Intersectionality & Participatory Arts-based Research with YP -Elections & Voting -Activism & Participation

What? A CREW seminar session with Karl Pike (QMUL) on cumbersome political legacies. Where? at Sorbonne Nouvelle University and online. When? Tomorrow (3 December) at 3pm UK time (4pm Paris time). See you then!

Hello Bluesky. We will be posting links to new online early articles, new journal issues and other youth studies related news. Please follow and share us!

Thank you for the many proposals we received for Young People's Politics specialist group sessions at the Political Studies Association (PSA) annual conference in Birmingham, 14-16 April 2025💙 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social will be notifying authors about 'abstract status' before the end of month

"Disruptive Do-It-Ourselves politics: young climate and environmental activists" chapter written by me and published in Research Handbook on the Sociology of Youth edited by fab team Judith Bessant, Philippa Collin and Patrick O'Keefe @elgarpublishing.bsky.social 2024 www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...

"The disruptive power of recognition and young environmental activists" written by Judith Bessant and me is just out here: doi.org/10.4337/9781... in: Handbook on Youth Activism, edited by marvellous Jerusha Conner published by Elgar Publishing doi.org/10.4337/9781...

'Jeunesses et engagements citoyens' est le thème du numéro d'hiver de la Revue France Forum Parmi plusieurs articles on trouve mon texte sur "Les jeunes à l'heure de la politique « Do-It-Ourselves » Jeunesses et engagements citoyens : au-delà des malentendus" ⬇️ www.franceforum.eu/product-page...

“Radical kindness”: the young climate activists transforming democracy an intergenerational collaborative chapter by Ben Bowman, Pooja Kishinani, Marion Smith, Sarah Pickard 'Youth Political Participation' Youth Knowledge Books series Council of Europe now online ⬇️ pjp-eu.coe.int/documents/42...