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Research on the everyday lives of Indonesian young people and their religious interactions may help shed light on why they are becoming more conservative.
Young people are often seen as lacking but research shows they’re motivated by their concern for future generations.
A new report offers data on mental health in young people.
It’s a surprisingly common question. Here’s what you need to know.
‘Problematic smartphone use’ has similar features to a behavioural addiction – and may potentially lead to poorer mental health.
Few teens use MDMA and scare tactics, like those we’ve seen recently, are unlikely to reduce existing drug use further.
Loneliness is a bigger cause of death than a poor diet, obesity, alcohol consumption, and lack of exercise, and it’s on a par with heavy smoking. So let’s get talking about it.
A person’s drug experience can be influenced by many different things, such as heat, access to water and dosage.
Music for pleasure, self-expression and emotional regulation.
One in four New Zealanders are living with a disability. Non-disabled people think they know what disability “looks like”, and often how to help. And that can be a problem.
From media coverage to story books, children are consistently represented as prophets or puppets in the midst of climate emergency. It’s time for that to change.
Conscripting young volunteers to combat climate change is not necessary. Australians aged 15-17 already have the highest rates of volunteering in the country.
A new survey looked at who young Russians trust.
Four ways to teach children about consent.
Of all the news stories examined in a snapshot study, only 11% included the views or experiences of young people. And that inclusion was usually via adults.
The UK is facing a population crisis with birth rates at an all-time low.
In 2017, 56% of men aged 18 to 29 lived with one or both parents, up from 47% in 2001. And over the same period, the proportion of women aged 18 to 29 living with their parents rose from 36% to 54%.
New research looked closely at the lives of thousands of 14 year olds to discover that fewer are having oral sex and intercourse than previous generations.
At a recent constitutional convention, high school students from across the country designed a new preamble to the Constitution to bring it into line with their idea of how Australia should be.
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Monash University
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Lecturer in Government, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Surrey
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Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Researcher and PhD Candidate in Education, Monash University
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Professor of IT Ethics and Digital Rights, Bournemouth University
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Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in the Specialty of General Practice, University of Sydney
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Research Officer at Medical School, Swansea University
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Associate Professor in Law, Australian National University
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Research Fellow – Quantitative Data/Statistics, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, The University of Edinburgh
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Science, University of Bedfordshire
