B-YOUTH DEMOCRACY, PARTICIPATION, INCLUSION

B-YOUTH

DEMOCRACY, PARTICIPATION, INCLUSION

Description

The B-YOUth Summer School aims to critically explore young people’s participation in decision-making processes, considering the multiple ways in which they develop their own sense of agency in everyday life. Investigating the ways and the contexts in which possibilities to be “active agents” within society are shaped is – we believe – a key to understanding how young people can act in order to make the changes we need to create more just and inclusive societies.

Undeniably, fostering the active involvement of young people in decisions about the future of our societies represents a fundamental cornerstone when we are committed to reimagining a more sustainable and inclusive world, where inclusion and participation become real and everyone has the freedom to act on the basis of what they truly value.

The B-YOUth Summer School will be an exciting opportunity for young researchers to reflect on the emerging theoretical perspectives on the debates concerning democracy, participation, and inclusion.

It will offer an international and interdisciplinary training programme for PhD students and early-career academics, with the goal to enhance knowledge on themes related to these topics through lectures, seminars and group-work sessions led by scholars of national and international standing. It aims also to create an environment conducive to critical thinking and methodological discussion and to support exchange opportunities as well as the creation of new research networks.

Location:

MONTE BARRO REGIONAL PARK (COMO LAKE) - All lectures and activities will take place at the Hostel Parco del Monte Barro. From here you can enjoy the beauties of this Regional Natural Park, with breathtaking views over Lake Como and the surrounding mountains and lakes of the Brianza.

Lectures and seminars topics

• THEORIES OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
• YOUTH, DEMOCRACY AND AGENCY
• THEORIES OF INCLUSION AND PARTICIPATION
• INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES

Group work

• DESIGNING A RESEARCH PROPOSAL ON DEMOCRACY, PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSION

Application Deadline

Deadline extended 15^th May 2023

Prerequisites

PhD students and early career researchers. People from different research fields are welcome. Gender balance will be taken into account.

Scientific committee

• Elisabetta Biffi - University of Milano-Bicocca
• Stefano Malatesta - University of Milano-Bicocca
• Alessandro Pepe - University of Milano-Bicocca
• Stefano Pippa - University of Milano-Bicocca
• Andrea Galimberti - University of Milano-Bicocca

INVITED SPEAKERS

• G. Biesta, Maynooth University, Ireland - University of Edinburgh, UK;
• C. Giubilaro, University of Palermo, Italy;

Requested documents to be uploaded in the application form:

CV, ID card or passport.

For further information, contact:

[email protected]

Covid-19 restrictions

All the activities will be held in accordance with the Covid-19 pandemic containment measures and requirements in force on the Italian territory.

Multilayered Urban Sustainability Action

Event realised within the MUSA – Multilayered Urban Sustainability Action – project, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU, under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) Mission 4 Component 2 Investment Line 1.5: Strenghtening of research structures and creation of R&D “innovation ecosystems”, set up of “territorial leaders in R&D”