ALL-YOUTH
All Youth Want To Rule Their World Research Project 2018–2023
ALL-YOUTH – All youth want to rule their world is a multidisciplinary research project which explores the capacities of young people (aged between 16 and 25) and the obstacles that hamper their engagement with society. We also explore the visions of youth regarding sustainable future, growth and well-being.
The main goal of the project is to create possibilities and to enable young people to participate in making their own communities and the society. Our key ideas for sustainable growth are responsive governance and rule of law, digital innovation and sustainable development interventions such as bioeconomy.
WHAT ARE WE RESEARCHING?
ALL-YOUTH – All youth want to rule their world is a multidisciplinary research project which explores the capacities of young people (aged between 16 and 25) and the obstacles that hamper their engagement with society. We also explore the visions of youth regarding sustainable future, growth and well-being.
The project consists of five subprojects:
Subproject 1: Towards Youth Equality (Consortium Director, Professor Reetta Toivanen and working group, University of Helsinki). Working group studies equality and accessibility of public spaces that are important to young people and implements student training in Harvard-style clinics.
Subproject 2: From Dreams to Reality (Professor Päivi Honkatukia and working group, University of Tampere). Working group explores young people’s perceptions of sustainable development and their visions and capacities to improve sustainable well-being in their everyday life.
Subproject 3: Digital Solutions for Digital Generation (Consortium Deputy Director, Professor Kaisa Väänänen and working group, Tampere University of Technology). Working group explores and develops, together with young people, innovative digital models and services which promote youth active citizenship, social well-being and economic growth.
Subproject 4: Resolving Legal Obstacles (Professor Jukka Viljanen and working group, University of Tampere). Working group analyses the legal obstacles which prevent youth from participating in the legislative drafting process and develops impact assessment of legislation that concerns young people.
Subproject 5: Creating Sustainable Well-Being (Professor Irmeli Mustalahti and working group, University of Eastern Finland). Working group tests the solutions created with young people and in other subprojects and study how young people can support sustainable well-being and what is their employment potential in sustainable development, for example in bioeconomy.
Interaction Partners
- Allianssi, Finnish Youth Cooperation
- Association of Remote Forest Owners
- City of Joensuu
- City of Tampere
- ENO Environment Online School
- ESRC, Centre of Climate Change, Economics and Policy, University of Leeds
- Finland University
- Finnish 4H
- Finnish Forest Centre
- Finnish League for Human Rights
- IES, Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- InFER, Institute of Forest, Environmental and Natural Resource Policy, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
- JoMoni, Joensuu District Multicultural Association
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
- Ministry of Education and Culture
- Ministry of Justice
- North Carelian Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment
- Paihola Reception Centre, Finnish Red Cross
- York College, City University of New York
WHO ARE WE?
The project is funded by the Strategic Research Council (SRC) which provides funding for long-term and programme-based research aimed at finding solutions to the major challenges facing Finnish society.
Consortium Director, professor Reetta Toivanen, University of Helsinki
Consortium Deputy Director, professor Kaisa Väänänen, University of Helsinki
Subproject 1: Towards Youth Equality
Subproject Leader, professor, Dr. Phil. Reetta Toivanen, University of Helsinki
reetta.toivanen@helsinki.fi
Research interests: ethnography, basic and human rights, minority languages and ethnicities, critical theory, the arctic
Publications in TUHAT database
Project Planner, M.Soc.Sci. Anna Suni, University of Helsinki
anna.suni@helsinki.fi
Project Coordinator, MSc Marika Hölttä, University of Helsinki
marika.holtta@helsinki.fi
Subproject 2: From Dreams to Reality
Research Leader, professor, D.Soc.Sci Päivi Honkatukia, University of Tampere
paivi.honkatukia@uta.fi
Research interests: youth, gender, ethnicity and racialization, deviate behavior, social control
Researchers
D.Soc.Sci Tiina Rättilä, University of Tampere
tiina.rattila@uta.fi
Research interests: democracy theory, participation, activism, performative politics, qualitative research methods
D.Soc.Sci Jarmo Rinne, University of Tampere
jarmo.rinne@uta.fi
Research interests: political participation, activism, digital politics, implementation of strategic thinking
M.Soc.Sci Miia Lähde, University of Tampere
miia.lahde@uta.fi
Research interests: identity, sustainable well-being, multimethod research, participatory methods
Subproject 3: Digital Solutions for Digital Generation
Research Leader, Consortium Deputy Director, professor, Dr.Tech. Kaisa Väänänen, Tampere University of Technology
kaisa.vaananen@tut.fi
Research interests: user experience, user needs, new digital solutions, participatory design, mobile and ubiquitous technologies
Researchers
Ph.D Jonna Koivisto, Tampere University of Technology
jonna.koivisto@tut.fi
Research interests: gamification, motivations, online consumer behavior
M.Sc Jari Varsaluoma, Tampere University of Technology
jari.varsaluoma@tut.fi
Research interests: user experience, user-centered design
M.Sc Iikka Pietilä, Tampere University of Technology
iikka.pietila@tut.fi
Subproject 4: Resolving Legal Obstacles
Research Leader, professor, Ph.D Jukka Viljanen, University of Tampere
jukka.viljanen@uta.fi
Research interests: human rights and constitutional law
Researchers
M.Sco.Sci. Heta Heiskanen, University of Tampere
heta.heiskanen@uta.fi
Research interests: basic and human rights
Ph.D Niina Meriläinen, University of Tampere
niina.merilainen@uta.fi
Research interests: power-relation and framing, human rights
Ph.D Ferran Davesa
https://www.ies.be/user/189
Research interests: political participation, social movements, youth politics, new technologies, new media
Suproject 5: Creating Sustainable Well-Being
Research Leader, Interaction Leader, professor, Ph.D Irmeli Mustalahti, University of Eastern Finland
irmeli.mustalahti@uef.fi
Research interests: control of natural resources, participation
Researchers
Ph.D Nina Tokola, University of Eastern Finland
nina.tokola@uef.fi
Professor, Ph.D Teppo Hujala, University of Eastern Finland
teppo.hujala@uef.fi
Ph.D Antti Erkkilä, University of Eastern Finland
antti.erkkila@uef.fi
Interaction Expert, MSc Risto Löf, University of Eastern Finland
risto.lof@uef.fi
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