About Us
The Centre for Youth Research and Dialogue was established in 2021 with the aim of conducting and sharing youth research as a means of enhancing practice, while also ensuring that practice informs research. The centre is a hub through which the Community Youth Work team disseminate research findings within academic audiences but importantly, for us, with the wider voluntary, youth and community sectors.
Our goal is to stimulate critical conversations on contemporary youth research, policy and practice.
We aim to:
- Conduct research that enhances knowledge, practice, and policy in Community Youth Work through academic writing and collaborative sectoral partnership working;
- Collaborate across the disciplines of social sciences, education, and health to share multi-disciplinary interests and research expertise;
- Disseminate research findings beyond academic circles into the wider community and voluntary sector, civic society, and government;
- Share our work to local, regional, and the international community of scholars and practitioners through seminars, conference and the publication of our research.
Our research interests falls into the following themes:
- Youth Work Policy and Practice
- Politics, Social Justice and Social Action
- Formal and Informal Education
- Anti-Oppressive Practice
- Gender and Sexualities
- Health and Wellbeing
- Peace and Peace-building
- Faith based youth work and youth ministry
