Examining Contemporary Youth Transitions through Qualitative Longitudinal Research (1)

Wednesday, 9 July 2025: 13:00-14:45
Location: ASJE014 (Annex of the Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences)
RC34 Sociology of Youth (host committee)

Language: English and Spanish

In current times of rapid social change and increasing uncertainty in the lives of young people, qualitative longitudinal research enhances the opportunity of tracking youth transitions across different dimensions of individuals’ and social groups’ life. They afford a unique opportunity to contribute to research debates about the impact of these social changes on youth matters and are a relevant method for researchers to check for issues of continuity and change in young people’s lives. These methods enable researchers to walk alongside the researched and to be alert to spatial and temporal processes that bring into sharp relief critical and ordinary moments that constitute life.

In this session we invite researchers, at all stages of their careers, working in the field of youth studies and qualitative longitudinal research to contribute papers that can illuminate the critical and everyday moments in youth lives, and the multiplicity of transitions occurring in different social contexts. We are interested in papers from qualitative longitudinal studies focusing on: school-to-work transitions, processes that produce intergenerational and intragenerational inequality, youth labour market issues, social inclusion and exclusion in urban and/or rural spaces, family relationships, housing, poverty and territorial segregation, marginalization and violence, power and youth political participation, and youth transitions shaped by social class, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexuality, and place.

Session Organizers:
Hernan CUERVO, PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia and Ana MIRANDA, FLACSO, Argentina
Oral Presentations
Family, Housing, and Me: How Identity Changes Around Gender and Sexuality Reshape Family Dynamics and Experiences of Housing Stability
Brandon ROBINSON, University of California, Riverside, USA; Amy STONE, Trinity University, USA
Matching Qualitative Longitudinal Research and Aspirations in Education: Experiences from Two Case Studies
Sara GIL, Spain; Martí MANZANO, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Distributed Papers
Struggles for Recognition and Belonging for Young Adults in Rural Places
Hernan CUERVO, PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia
“I Just Wanted to Leave School and Get a Job”: Improving Transitions for Young People Leaving Education Early
Rana KHAZBAK, University of Oxford & King's College London, United Kingdom; Sharon GEWIRTZ, King's College London, United Kingdom; Meg MAGUIRE, King's College London, United Kingdom; Sait BAYRAKDAR, University of Warwick, United Kingdom; Charlotte MCPHERSON, University of Melbourne, Australia; Alice WEAVERS, United Kingdom; Christopher WINCH, King's College London, United Kingdom
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