This chapter discusses specificities of youth environmental activism in the twenty-first
century. It addresses why and how young people are involved in environmental movements …

The dichotomy between mobility and migration became a disputed conceptual distinction
during the expansion of European Free Movement between the 1990s and early 2000s …

A myriad of factors influence young people's vulnerability and the likelihood of becoming
NEET. Moreover, the share of young NEETs in European countries is very high. Institutional …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore how intercultural competencies impact the
employment of young people, and to showcase virtuous examples of practices by the …

This paper looks at the national and international geographic mobility paths of young
graduates in Italy and their educational and professional trajectories. By departing from the …

The focus on geographical mobility is consolidating within youth studies. Mobility now
increasingly characterises contemporary youth, and seems to play a crucial role in marking …

In this article we engage critically with how metaphors have been used in sociological youth
studies, including a turn to new metaphors that capture the foreclosure of futures and …

Education and work are two essential parts of young people's lives. Currently, the
relationship between education and work in the youth policy field is predominantly …

Currently, substantial attention is being paid to flexibility in the working life of young people.
Stability is a conceptual companion of flexibility; however, its role has been vastly …

This paper presents insight into how rural young adults in the rural areas of Oost-Groningen,
The Netherlands, and Südharz, Germany, deal with their rural identity with regard to different …