We are happy to present a new video with findings from the STUDACT project.
We explored how young people in six countries – UK, US, Italia, Germany, Australia and Poland – perceive, make sense of, and take up activism – treating them as partners rather than merely research subjects.
We began the project by conducting a series of systematic literature reviews on youth activism in the context of global citizenship education (GCE). These reviews capture changing forms of youth participation, but they also reveal major gaps: the evidence base is heavily concentrated in the Global North, other contexts remain under-examined, and the field presents a fragmented picture that varies across contexts and educational settings. This video brings these observations together into a shared frame.
List of publications:
Inguaggiato, C., Yemini, M., & Khavenson, T. (2025). A scoping review of research on school-age youth activism in global citizenship education. Prospects. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11125-025-09728-w
Elerian, M., Yemini, M., Khavenson, T., & Jasikowska, K. (2025). Systematic literature review of school-age youth activism in post-socialist countries. Educational Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2025.2451091
Sperduti, V. R., Yemini, M., & Khavenson, T. (2025). Collective voices making change: a literature review of Black youth activism in the United States. Educational Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2025.2520246
Yemini, M., & Bauer, U. (2026). Navigating Normativity: How German Youth Discuss Activism in a Global Context. Youth & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X251345081
Bartlett, T., & Yemini, M. (2025). Exploring extracurricular clubs in high schools as third spaces for developing youth activism and critical engagement. Journal of Research on Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.70034
Inguaggiato, C., & Yemini, M. (2025). Local narratives, global connections: Modes of action and coordination among Italian youth activists. Sociology Compass. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.70058
