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South Africa needs to improve efforts to increase student numbers at technical colleges.
This weekend sees a major youth climate rally in Washington DC. But do young people really hold the key to overcoming climate inaction, or are we wrong to put our faith in their ability to drive change?
Interviews with hundreds of unaccompanied minors in Los Angeles reveal that relationships with US sponsors can be complicated.
Indonesia has the region's highest rate of smoking among youths – one in five between the ages of 13 and 15 smoke. What should the government should do to stop youth from smoking?
Human Resources must adapt quickly to changes in the workplace to remain relevant and useful.
Most people think of entrepreneurship as a young person's game. But the highest-growth firms in the US come from entrepreneurs who are 45 years old.
The recent March for Our Lives showed just how unsatisfied American youth are with their leaders. Recent polls suggest the economic system may be the next item on their agenda.
Recent scientific studies have claimed that transfusions of blood from teenagers can help delay or reverse the ageing process. Do they stack up?
Youth participation in elections and governance processes in Zimbabwe is low.
Rather than telling young people not to sext, we should encourage them to think about sexting as part of a broader negotiation of intimate relationships.
Cyberbullying has become destructive and feels unstoppable. Here is a five-step technique for dealing with it.
In the 1990s, older Californians struggled to make way for a younger, more diverse generation. Here’s how that 'racial generation gap’ transformed the state – and what it means for the rest of the US.
A political scientist finds out about Indonesia's youth "political preferences".
When after-school clubs aren't properly monitored, they can become risky spaces.
New research suggests people who start volunteering before age ten will keep doing so as they grow up.
Unless the government is willing to increase taxes elsewhere to pay for tax cuts there will be longer-term costs for the budget and the economy. And younger Australians will wear these costs.
Greens Jordon Steele-John on being an ‘accidental’ senator.
New Greens senator Jordon Steele-John is the youngest person ever to sit in the Senate.
Entrepreneurship is a matter of society. Schools should be engaged to coach students, starting at an early age, by working on their perception of self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention.
Australia is becoming wealthier, but much of that wealth remains concentrated in the hands of older generations.
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Professor, Education Policy and Practice, Youth Studies & Deputy Dean, Faculty of Education, Monash University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Sociology, Monash University
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Lecturer in Youth Work, RMIT University
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PhD Candidate in Economic Sociology, University of Melbourne
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Dean of Faculty & Professor of Human Resource Management, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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Etudiante PhD, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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Sr Research Fellow/ Sr Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Peter Miller is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Violence Prevention and Addiction Studies, Deakin University
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor in School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Public Health, University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Swansea University
