Finland has a well-developed youth work education system. Youth work education became a formal part of the country’s education system in 1945, and it has expanded ever since. It currently involves all...
Read moreThe word barometer means a weather gauge, an instrument for forecasting weather. Young people are often regarded as certain types of forerunners and heralds of the future. The notion of taking a peek...
Read moreHave you written a thesis on young people or youth, or do you know someone who has? The Finnish Youth Research Society is looking for high-quality theses and will reward the best ones with the Youth R...
Read moreFinnish Youth Work and studies of it are well represented in the SAGE Handbook of Youth Work Practice. The handbook, published in July 2018, contains two chapters dealing with Finland in the part call...
Read moreThe new researchers chosen for the Centre of Expertise (left to right): Teemu Vauhkonen, Leena Haanpää and Tiina Hakanen. Research at the Centre of Expertise for Youth Research, which operates within...
Read moreHave you written a thesis on young people or youth, or do you know someone who has? The Finnish Youth Research Society is looking for high-quality theses and will reward the best ones with the Youth R...
Read morePress release, Finnish Youth Research Society & State Youth Council Young Finns have a positive attitude towards learning and education. The 2017 Youth Barometer examined young people’s values an...
Read moreSince 2014, Europe has seen a sharp rise in the number of asylum seekers from the Middle East, Africa and East Asia. According to Eurostat estimates, there were approximately 1 820 000 refugees in Eur...
Read moreYouth Wiki database (https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/en/youthwiki) was launched on 12th of December 2017 in Brussels after a two year writing period. At that time 27 EU member states desc...
Read moreThe Board of the Finnish Youth Research Society convened on 4 December and appointed Docent Sinikka Aapola-Kari as Research Director of the Finnish Youth Research Network. Aapola-Kari has been serving...
Read moreThe Finnish Youth Research Network carried out a unique study into the views of young people between the ages of 15 to 29 who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). The 117 interviews co...
Read moreThe Youth Barometer is an annual publication that studies the values and attitudes of young people aged 15–29 years who live in Finland. The Youth Barometer has been carried out every year since 1994...
Read moreThe research director is in charge of the work of the Finnish Youth Research Society to influence youth research and youth policies, and functions as the supervisor of the staff at the Society. We off...
Read moreStudying the Impact of International Youth Work – Towards developing an evaluation tool for youth centres focuses on the international youth work of youth centres in three European countries: Finland...
Read moreHave you written a thesis on young people or youth, or do you know someone who has? Once again the Finnish Youth Research Society is looking for high-quality theses and will reward the best ones with...
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