Engaging with young people for social change
This training session is organised by the Education, Childhood and Youth (ECY) Pathway and is open to all ESRC and non-ESRC funded PhD and MA Social Research students within the WRDTP’s seven partner universities. Whilst this workshop is aimed at ECY Pathway students, PGRs from all seven interdisciplinary Pathways are welcome to attend.
This event will take the form of a conversation with two UNESCO chairs in youth and community engagement, Prof Mark Brennan and Prof Pat Dolan. They will share insights about how research with young people can make a difference in areas such as citizenship, youth activism and social justice. The conversation will cover different ways of engaging young people in research, and advice for doctoral students looking to work with young people to create positive change. The conversation will be followed by a Q&A session, in which attendees will be invited to ask questions to the two chairs.
After attending the course, students will
- Understand research and programming around youth voice
- Understand empathy as a foundational element to youth development and engagement
- Understand the intersection of community, youth engagement, and social justice
The event will be hybrid. In person attendance is available for those able to travel to York, or alternatively you can attend online.
Pre-reading
Attendees are recommended to read this 2022 special issue of Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, which was edited by the guest speakers:
https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/esja/17/3
Professor Mark Brennan
My research, teaching, writing, and program development concentrates on the role of community and leadership development in the community, youth, and rural development process. In this context, much of my work has focused on community action, civic engagement, youth development, locally based natural resource management, economic development, and social justice. This work has involved extensive comparative research throughout the United States, Europe, Central/South America, Africa, and Asia.
Prof Pat Dolan
Professor Dolan has worked with and for families as a practitioner, service manager, and academic for over 35 years. He has completed an extensive body of research on family issues including longitudinal research on adolescents, their perceived mental health, resilience and social support networks and has published in a wide range of academic publications. His major research interests are Civic Engagement in Children and Youth, Family Support, Reflective Practice and Service Development, Youth Mentoring Models, Empathy Education, Prevention of Youth Radicialisation, Adolescents Resilience and Social Networks.
This training session is being delivered in a hybrid format.
Part of this training session will be recorded.
