THE 2021 FESTIVAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
RUNNING 1-30 NOVEMBER 2021
RUNNING 1-30 NOVEMBER 2021
This is a launch event for policy briefs on improving youth employment outcomes. The event consists of PechaKucha presentations (20 slides*20 seconds each = 6 minutes and 40 seconds per presentation) from eight researchers on improving youth employment outcomes, followed by Q&A from the audience. The event will take place virtually on Zoom.
The event is an output of the ESRC/EAWOP Small Group Meeting (June 2020) we organised and ran on Young People’s Work, Employment and Careers. Eight researchers from the meeting have agreed to create policy briefs based on their research findings. Presentations will be thematically organised: career guidance, good youth work, and COVID-19 impact and recovery. Considering the disproportionately negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth employment opportunities and the heightened importance of career guidance for securing work in such uncertain labour market conditions, the event is timely in contributing to the evidence-base on COVID-19 sustainable recovery.
Event organisers are Dr Belgin Okay-Somerville and Prof Ros Searle (University of Glasgow)
Prof Dora Scholarios (University of Strathclyde).
Contributors include: •
Dr Eva Selenko (University of Loughborough)
Dr Beth Suttill (University of Lancaster)
Maja Gustaffsson (Resolution Foundation)
Michelle Trottier (University of Glasgow)
Dr Magdalena Gilek (Edinburgh Napier University)
Jose Ramos (IDOCAL, University of Valencia)
Ilke Grosemans & Nele De Cuyper (KU Leuven)
The event is open to all who are interested in improving youth employment outcomes.
It will be of particular interest to careers practitioners, education/training providers, employers and policy makers involved in youth employment, as well as young people and their families.
