Contemporary societies pose major challenges for adolescents and it is essential to conduct
research with them to understand their experiences, identify their needs, and discover …

Officeholders in contemporary parliaments and cabinets are more likely than not to be male,
wealthy, middle-aged or older, and from the dominant ethnicity, whereas young adults have …

The intention of this article is to contribute to the debate about whether the voting age should
be lowered to the age of 16, by examining quantitative and qualitative data collected in a …

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 …

Research into the possible consequences of lowering the voting age to 16 used to be rather
speculative in nature, as there were few countries that had implemented earlier …

The point of departure for this article is the failed attempt in Australia in 2018 to lower the
voting age below 18. The focus is on citizenship and how particular representations of …

How does losing one's right to vote again after having been eligible to vote before affect
political fundamentals such as political efficacy? We draw attention to the hitherto neglected …

Neuroscientific evidence documenting continued neural development throughout
adolescence has been leveraged in advocacy for more lenient treatment of adolescents in …

Within the UK, Scotland offers a unique case study of 'Votes-at-16'in practice. Research
provided evidence on the immediate effects of voting age reform on young people's …

What are the strategies of political parties in multi-level government systems and how do
voters respond to these strategies? At the national and state level, many researchers have …