QUT Centre for Justice member, Dr Helen Berents and PhD student Dr Ingrid Valladares have recently published an article in Australian Institute of International Affairs titled, “Seeing ‘Youth’ Issues as Shared Issues.”
Youth activism is a global phenomenon and is not confined to one single issue. Nor is it confined to impacting youth, but it is young people who are making a stand for the betterment of all.
In the weeks leading up to Australia’s recent federal election, young Australians made it very clear that climate change and cost of living topped the list of the issues of most concern to them. This is on top of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic that were most deeply felt by younger demographics, and rising frustrations amongst youth with political discourse on sexism and gender violence.
Ingrid Valladares is a PhD Candidate affiliated with the Centre for Justice at the Queensland University of Technology. She holds Bachelors degrees in Economics and in Education from Ecuador and France, and a Masters of International Relations from the University of Queensland. Her research explores the role of intergenerational dialogue in youth-led social movements, youth’s political agency and participation, especially in Latin America.
Dr Helen Berents is currently an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow in the School of Justice at the Queensland University of Technology, a Chief Investigator in the QUT Centre for Justice, and Affiliated Investigator in the Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC) at QUT. Her DECRA Fellowship examines youth peace advocacy and leadership in the context of the UN’s emergent Youth, Peace and Security Agenda. Helen’s research is interested in children and youth, peace and conflict, and local responses to violence and insecurity.
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