Youth & community research
Youth and community studies is a multidisciplinary area of inquiry focused on:
- the social inclusion of young people
- community development
- inclusive and transformational education and social justice.
The Youth and Community Research group encompasses academics from the youth and community teaching programs within the College of Arts, Business, Law, Education and IT. It also encompasses the Young People & Social Inclusion research group within ISILC.
Research areas
- Youth studies
- Youth policy
- Professional youth work
- Human rights and young people
- Community development studies
- Professional community work
- Informal, non-formal and community education
- Social pedagogy
- Community justice
- Criminal justice and young people
- Sociology of education
- Sociology of youth
- Social justice and social inclusion
- Inclusive education
- Exclusion – social, political, media, race
- Community resilience
- Critical disability
- Critical discourse
- Globalisation and culture
- Youth activism
- Intercultural relations
- Youth identities and belonging
- Participatory and creative research approaches
Research projects
Read about our current research into youth and community.
Researchers
Find out who's in our team, and read our researcher biographies via the links.
Partners, funders & collaborators
We collaborate with high-profile public and private organisations, as well as Australian universities.