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The UK’s homophobic law was repealed in 2003, but its impact on LGBTQ+ students and teachers has lingered.
The objects buried with people provide important clues about their lives.
Young Muslim activists in Indonesia turn to faith to undertake the sacred task of protecting the natural world. This echoes the growing popularity of ‘green Islam’ as an important global youth agenda.
Oral sex is common among young people. Protection from STIs is not.
Pursuing perfection is unnecessary and unrealistic.
Research from around the world showed how much children’s activity levels dropped during lockdowns.
I spoke to women about their experience of extended breastfeeding.
Addressing urgent and complex problems such as climate change involves research across the full spectrum of society – and that includes Australia’s young people.
They called for time to play and mental health support.
Many secondary school pupils regularly skip breakfast.
The routine of holding nativity plays and other Christian practices has led them to be viewed as part of British culture.
Some studies, but not all, suggest a deterioration in youth mental health.
Rates of full-time employment and pay relative to other workers have fallen for the latest generation of new workers. Yet the HILDA Survey shows their reported job satisfaction has risen.
Learning outdoors has benefits for children’s health, mood and social skills.
Children have been widely referred to as “vectors” of COVID-19.
These two groups bounced back more quickly in the jobs market than certain other groups, although they may still experience lasting consequences.
Instead of blaming young people for eating too many avocado toast breakfasts, we need a better understanding of the economy and society they are growing up in.
Interviewees spoke of an expectation, starting in childhood, that when you grow up, you need to go to “the big smoke”.
It seems things have shifted slightly since earlier in the pandemic. A growing proportion of people hospitalised with the Delta strain are aged in their 30s or 40s.
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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Professor of Political Sociology, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer in Government, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, University of Surrey
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Lecturer, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Law, Australian National University
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Research Officer at Medical School, Swansea 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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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Newcastle
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Chief Policy Fellow, University of Leeds
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Professor of Adolescent Health, Co-Head of the General Practice Clinical School, University of Sydney