Call for a special issue of Comparative Cultural Studies: European and Latin American Perspectives on Youth and participation: Good practices in socio-educational research and intervention. Deadline: 21 July 2025.
Issue editors: Itahisa Pérez-Pérez and David Pérez Jorge (Universidad de La Laguna, Spain).
The monograph Youth and participation: Good practices in socio-educational research and intervention aims to make visible, dignify and reflect on scientific and professional experiences related to socio-educational research and intervention from an international perspective, focusing on youth participation and sustainability as key drivers of social change.
In this edition, editors invite the scientific community to contribute with theoretical works and research studies that promote youth participation and leadership, community development and socio-educational interventions aimed at young people, contributing to the development of critical knowledge that promotes the creation of fairer and more inclusive societies.
Questions to be answered:
- How do youth contribute to community development through socio-educational initiatives?
- What socio-educational or cultural policies have proven to be most effective in fostering youth inclusion and well-being?
- How do migration processes affect the socio-educational life and development of young people?
- How does cultural diversity influence youth education and participation in socio-educational activities?
- Which gender-sensitive socio-educational strategies have had the greatest impact on gender equity among young people?
- How are human rights, ethical values and the management of emotions being promoted in the education of young people?
- How are young people participating in decision-making within socio-educational, political or community processes?
- What models of socio-educational health intervention have proven to be most effective in improving the physical and mental well-being of young people?
- What are the main challenges facing youth in formal educational settings and how can they be overcome?
- How are youth contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how can socio-educational interventions enhance their participation in the 2030 Agenda?
- How do non-formal education spaces influence young people’s active participation and personal development?
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