Young people consistently described online spaces as providing opportunities for self-expression and self-discovery.
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By the time an Australian student is 15, they will have already spent as many as 11,000 hours at school. What happens here matters for their wellbeing.
Trauma informed care shifts approaches from ‘what is wrong with this person’ to ‘what does this person need?’
Young people described an inaccessible job market.
From George Orwell to Alastair Campbell, our experts recommend books that will inspire youth into thinking politically.
Mentors are trained adults who can offer emotional, practical and developmental support to young people.
Loneliness and isolation may shape a young person’s life chances.
Al tools are now the second most common way young people proactively seek out news.
Concerns about the effect of social media on young minds mirror fears in ancient times around the way heightened drama affected audiences of public theatre.
Having larger in-person networks appeared to protect young people against developing severe depression symptoms. But large online networks had the opposite effect.
In this study, interviewees saw clear connections between the psychological, economic, social and political aspects of their lives.
Children have a right to leisure.
The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.
Young people are telling us their mental health is suffering. A new study shows why we should believe them.
Research reveals young people aged 16 to 24 don’t always recognise what stalking is, particularly when it involves someone they might know.
Research over a generation found almost half of young people moved repeatedly between renting, home ownership and even back to the family home.
Conversely, older Australians report less interest in Indigenous histories but know more about them.
Until now, there has been little evidence of how young people in middle- and low-income countries use and feel about AI.
While the government strengthens its social media ban, a broader, more robust piece of legislation is waiting in the wings.
Young poets wrestled with loneliness, fractured families, violence and other challenges – but also showed an unwillingness to surrender to despair.
Top contributors
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Professor of Education Policy and Practice, Youth Studies, Monash University
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Professor of IT Ethics and Digital Rights, Bournemouth University
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Lecturer in Government, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University
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Professor of Political Sociology, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, University of Surrey
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Law, Australian National University
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Rosalind Hollis Professor of Education for Social Justice, University of Hull
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Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Research Officer at Medical School, Swansea University
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Professor in Digital Media, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Newcastle
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Research Fellow – Quantitative Data/Statistics, Monash University