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Some young people are taken to immigration detention as they approach their 18th birthday.
The Conversation has access to top academic experts, and we want them to use their knowledge to answer questions from teenagers.
Young people can make big savings living with their parents, but it throws up some thorny issues.
Knife crime is a symptom of the toxic environments that adults create around children.
Former young offenders can be uniquely well-equipped to support teenagers at risk of getting caught up in crime.
Young people are being put off claiming benefits – and it's costing both them, and society.
Values – and capital – are clearly passed down from one generation to the next.
Last week's hearing with Brett Kavanaugh raised questions about how responsible we are for our youthful actions. A legal scholar says that youthful inexperience doesn’t let us off the hook.
Society teaches young people to avoid saying 'no', so they need more support to navigate the awkwardness of sex.
Social media can be a great tool to keep in touch with friends – but if you are already lonely, it could make things worse.
Drug users aren't the problem – the current 'war on drugs' is.
Over the course of two years, a sociologist studied a group of affluent, white kids to see how they made sense of sensitive racial issues like privilege, unequal opportunity and police violence.
Dangerous, vulnerable or just plain stupid – these are some of the stereotypes which young people face when they come in contact with the law.
Research shows that 80% of medical students come from just 20% of the UK's secondary schools.
Beat exam stress with these top tips.
Interviewees report being told their identity is just a 'phase'.
Research shows that young women are more ambivalent than young men when it comes to employment opportunities and other reasons to relocate to rural communities.
The move may be welcomed by politicians and youth workers, but by focusing on future outcomes, Labour's plans repeat a well-worn pattern.
Go beyond the corporate jargon to really understand the freedom and challenges that come with being a digital nomad.
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PhD Candidate in Economic Sociology, University of Melbourne
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Professor, Education Policy and Practice, Youth Studies & Deputy Dean, Faculty of Education, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology
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Chancellor’s Fellow (Social Policy), University of Edinburgh
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Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW
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Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Engagement, Australian Catholic University
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Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics, UNSW
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Scientia Fellow, Associate Professor of Criminology, Western Sydney University
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Professor, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University
