The PSA Young People’s Politics specialist group addresses various questions within contemporary and historical contexts related to young people’s political participation, such as:
- What does ‘politics’ and political participation mean to young people?
- How and why do young people choose to participate (or not) in politics and democracy?
- How can young people be encouraged to participate more widely (and deeply) in various forms of civic and political engagement, including electoral and non-electoral forms of political participation?
- How is the landscape of young people’s citizenship and political participation evolving?
- Why is young people’s political participation important?
Members of the YPP specialist group engage with key issues, such as:
citizenship, citizenship education, political socialisation, Votes at 16, electoral participation, political generations, non-electoral participation, Do-It-Ourselves politics, protest, social movements, engagement, generational replacement, representation, precarity and politics, intergenerational inequalities.
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PSA 2026 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 30 MARCH-1 APRIL 2026 IN OXFORD
Hi – the Political Studies Association (PSA) Young People’s Politics specialist group 💙 have loooots of events at the #PSA26 conference in Oxford, Monday 31 March – Wednesday 1 April 2026, including panels, roundtables, AGM, as well as socials and YPP buddies for newcomers to the YPP specialist gp and/or the PSA conference.
Here is the provisional programme:
(1) Monday 30 March 2026 9:30-11:00, Examination Halls – Room 9.
Panel — Young People’s Politics: Political parties, youth wings, youth parties & youth associations
- Speakers: Joel LOW, Catrine SUNDORF KRISTENSEN, Innocent KASIYANO
- Chair: Sarah PICKARD
(2) Monday 30 March 2026 11:30-12:30, Examination Halls – Room 9.
Young People’s Politics specialist group AGM
(3) Monday 30 March 2026 1:30-3:00, Examination Halls – Room 9.
- Panel — Young People’s Politics: Research methodologies
- Speakers: Benjamin BOWMAN, Joe GREENWOOD-HAU, Elizabeth LOOSE, Eddie BARNES, Loz HENNESSY
- Chair: Ana Isabel NUNES
(4) Monday 30 March 2026 3:30-5:00, Examination Halls – Room 9.
- Panel — Young People’s Politics: The media & digital participation
- Speakers: Yihan WANG, Ajda HEDZET, Aena NOONARI, James DENNIS
- Chair: Chika HOSODA
(5) Tuesday 31 March 2026 9:30-11:00, Examination Halls – Room 9.
- Panel — Young People’s Politics: Political socialisation & inclusivity
- Speakers: Katharine THROSSELL, Carole PUGH, Roger SOLER‑i‑MARTI, Olga SKAREDINA
- Chair: Chika HOSODA
6) Tuesday 31 March 2026 11:30-12:30, Examination Halls – Room 6. Young People’s Politics Roundtable The Global Youth Participation Index (GYPI)
- Speakers: Nic CHEESEMAN, Ana MOSIASHVILI, Mikhail NYAMWEYA, Sarah PICKARD
(7) Tuesday 31 March 2026 1:30-3:00, Examination Halls – Room 9.
- Panel — Young People’s Politics and Citizenship
- Speakers: Ceri HOLMAN, Pen WILLIAMS, Chika HOSODA, Christine HUEBNER, Anna SOSSDORF
- Chair: Dena ARYA
(8) Tuesday 31 March 2026 3:30-5:00, Examination Halls – Room 9.
- Panel — Young People’s Politics: Votes at 16, voting age and the elections
- Speakers: Irene ARAHAL MORENO, James SLOAM, Alistair ROSS, Sarah MOULDS
- Chair: Christine HUEBNER
(9) Wednesday 1 April 2026 9:30-11:00, Examination Halls – Room 9.
- Young People’s Politics Roundtable: Lowering the Voting Age to 16: Policy, Practice and Research Roundtable
- Speakers: Thomas LOUGHRAN
(10) Wednesday 1 April 2026 1:30-3:00, Examination Halls – Room 9.
- Panel — Young People’s Politics & Environmental Politics – Young People’s Politics & Environmental Politics (joint session)
- Speakers: Jonathan JOSEFSSON, Holly INGLEDEW, Frida BUHRE
- Chair: Sarah PICKARD
(11/11) Wednesday 1 April 2026 3:30-5:00, Examination Halls – Room 9.
Young People’s Politics Roundtable – Youth, Democracy and Public Policy: The UK Government’s Programme for Young People
PSA 2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 14-16 APRIL 2025 IN BIRMINGHAM
FINAL PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG PEOPLES POLITICS PANELS (there have been some changes…):
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 11:30-12:30, Annual General Meeting YPP
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 3:30-5:00, Panel 1. Chair Ana Isabel NUNES.
1) Young Peoples Politics – Political Socialisation & Digital Engagement:
- Youth activism and the reinvention of politics. An Italian case study: Luisa TARIMO
- Navigating Political Complexity: Youth Engagement with Environmental Discourses through Deliberative Pedagogy. Ceri HOLMAN.
- ‘Compact’ Photovoice as Method and Pedagogy for Post-16 Citizenship Education Research. Pen WILLIAMS
Wednesday, 15 April 2025, 1:30-3:00, Panel 2. Chair Ana Isabel NUNES.
2) Young Peoples Politics – Elections & Voting
- Being ‘Socialist’ or ‘Liberal’: On the Open-Ended Use of Ideological Identifiers in Danish Youth Parties. Catrine SUNDORF KRISTENSEN.
- Who supports votes-at-16 now? Jonathan TONGE, Andy MYCOCK.
- Young Peoples Futures and Democratic Life – Understanding the 16 and 17 Year Old Voice. Thomas LOUGHRAN, Alistair ROSS.
Wednesday, 15 April 2025, 3:30-5:00, Panel 3.
3) Young Peoples Politics – Activism & Participation
- Affecting change: youth politics in an age of despair. Ana Isabel NUNES, Kevin LOVE