To strengthen the societal impact of research, researchers increasingly seek ways to actively involve children and youth in their projects, but how do you design youth participation projects in such a way that is meaningful to both researchers and youth? To explore this question and learn from each other, Dynamics of Youth and Healthy Start…

Youth participation in research is a rich, exciting, and challenging topic. In order to delve into this topic, a special session on youth participation will take place on Wednesday 31st May from 13.00-17.00 in Utrecht city centre. This is both for those with experience, and for those who would like to get started with involving…

What does it mean and what does it take to become an adult in our changing world? How do we best support young people at this phase of their lives? These are, of course, deep, complex, and multifaceted questions. To give some structure and focus to the work of the community we have identified sixteen…

On 13 December 2022 we held a kick-off event for the Becoming Adults in a Changing World Community. Some 100 participants including youth, professionals, policy makers and researchers came together in Tivoli Utrecht to explore together some of the major questions facing youth. Exchange across the boundaries between scientists, practitioners and youth was a defining…