Editorial Board
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Department of Social Welfare, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Interests: youth violence; youth mental health; youth development; youth well-being; youth higher education; child welfare
Interests: youth violence; youth mental health; youth development; youth well-being; youth higher education; child welfare
Child, Youth, & Family Studies, School of Social Work, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97201, USA
Interests: gender; sexuality; critical theory; post-structural theory; discourse; youth work practice; critical youth studies
Interests: gender; sexuality; critical theory; post-structural theory; discourse; youth work practice; critical youth studies
College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
Interests: advocacy; empowerment; disability; minority youth
Interests: advocacy; empowerment; disability; minority youth
Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208, USA
Interests: children and youth; HIV prevention; drug use prevention; technology for health; social network analysis
Interests: children and youth; HIV prevention; drug use prevention; technology for health; social network analysis
School of Occupational and Public Health, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada
Interests: public health; mental health; active living; nutrition; chronic disease prevention; food security; social determinants of health; environmental determinants of health; indigenous health; knowledge translation; program evaluation; health policy
Interests: public health; mental health; active living; nutrition; chronic disease prevention; food security; social determinants of health; environmental determinants of health; indigenous health; knowledge translation; program evaluation; health policy
School of Social Work, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97201, USA
Interests: youth mental health; youth peer support; youth and sustainability; transition to adulthood; cultural diversity
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Interests: youth mental health; youth peer support; youth and sustainability; transition to adulthood; cultural diversity
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Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Potsdam, 14467 Potsdam, Germany
Interests: youth athletes; youth sports; sport and exercise physiology; fitness testing; exercise prescription; martial arts; plyometric training; resistance training; training load
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Interests: youth athletes; youth sports; sport and exercise physiology; fitness testing; exercise prescription; martial arts; plyometric training; resistance training; training load
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Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
Interests: youth politics; participation and citizenship; youth digital cultures; youth health; mental health and wellbeing; youth-centred and participatory research
Interests: youth politics; participation and citizenship; youth digital cultures; youth health; mental health and wellbeing; youth-centred and participatory research
Centre for Excellence for Children’s Care and Protection (CELCIS), Department of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, Scotland, UK
Interests: care experience; residential care; education of care experienced young people and adults; young people’s health and wellbeing; history of children’s care; family history
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Interests: care experience; residential care; education of care experienced young people and adults; young people’s health and wellbeing; history of children’s care; family history
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Department of Psychological Sciences, Health and Territory, D'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
Interests: youth and deviance; well-being, bullying and victimisation in school contexts; sexual minority; teaching attitudes; addiction in adolescence; multilevel models; longitudinal design; cohort studies
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Interests: youth and deviance; well-being, bullying and victimisation in school contexts; sexual minority; teaching attitudes; addiction in adolescence; multilevel models; longitudinal design; cohort studies
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Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, 1600-189 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: generations and generationalism; lifecourse perspectives; youth cultures; transitions to adulthood; youth policies; new educational and job aspirations; body and somatic cultures; body image, body modifications and body maintenance; qualitative methods; research ethics
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Interests: generations and generationalism; lifecourse perspectives; youth cultures; transitions to adulthood; youth policies; new educational and job aspirations; body and somatic cultures; body image, body modifications and body maintenance; qualitative methods; research ethics
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Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
Interests: social and social-cognitive development; peer relationships; parent-youth relationships; the development and maintenance of aggressive behavior, harassment, and bullying
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Interests: social and social-cognitive development; peer relationships; parent-youth relationships; the development and maintenance of aggressive behavior, harassment, and bullying
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Department of Social, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Universidad de Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain
Interests: mental health; children; adolescent; lifestyles; positive development
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Interests: mental health; children; adolescent; lifestyles; positive development
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Chair of Social Research, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK
Interests: politics and youth; voting and elections; political parties
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Interests: politics and youth; voting and elections; political parties
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School of Social Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
Interests: sociology; education; alternative provision; young people; disability; social-class
Interests: sociology; education; alternative provision; young people; disability; social-class
Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
Interests: child and youth research; eHealth; digital epidemiology; digital health; health policy; mHealth
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Interests: child and youth research; eHealth; digital epidemiology; digital health; health policy; mHealth
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Department of Family Science and Human Development, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA
Interests: adolescent development; emerging adulthood; stress; depression; suicide prevention; substance use; cross-cultural research on family dynamics
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Interests: adolescent development; emerging adulthood; stress; depression; suicide prevention; substance use; cross-cultural research on family dynamics
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Department of Family Science and Human Development, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA
Interests: positive youth development; bioecological contexts of adolescent development, including family, peers, neighborhoods, schools, and culture
Interests: positive youth development; bioecological contexts of adolescent development, including family, peers, neighborhoods, schools, and culture
1. Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
2. Education Academy, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
Interests: sport and exercise psychology; meta-analysis; achievement goals
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2. Education Academy, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
Interests: sport and exercise psychology; meta-analysis; achievement goals
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1. School of International Policy & Governance and the Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5, Canada
2. Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, ON N2L 6C2, Canada
Interests: international public policies on education and youth issues; youth mental health; youth identity in multicultural contexts; quality education; gender equality; psychology
2. Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, ON N2L 6C2, Canada
Interests: international public policies on education and youth issues; youth mental health; youth identity in multicultural contexts; quality education; gender equality; psychology
Department of Psychology, The Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
Interests: psychology of climate change; children’s and youth’s rights; active listening, climate action; pro-environmental engagement; education for sustainable development; nature connectedness; youth mental health; coping; socio-emotional learning; green guidance; technoludobiophilia; mixed-methods research; participatory and community-based research
Interests: psychology of climate change; children’s and youth’s rights; active listening, climate action; pro-environmental engagement; education for sustainable development; nature connectedness; youth mental health; coping; socio-emotional learning; green guidance; technoludobiophilia; mixed-methods research; participatory and community-based research
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Interests: youth welfare; youth socio-behavioral outcomes; social welfare; youth developmental and well being outcomes in the context of socio-behavioral
Interests: youth welfare; youth socio-behavioral outcomes; social welfare; youth developmental and well being outcomes in the context of socio-behavioral
School of Humanities and Social Science (Sociology and Anthropology), University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia
Interests: youth studies; youth sociology; youth cultures; youth, gender, formation of identity; Muslim youth
Interests: youth studies; youth sociology; youth cultures; youth, gender, formation of identity; Muslim youth
Evelyn Reid Syphax School of Education and School of Arts & Sciences, Virginia Union University, Richmond, VA 23220, USA
Interests: issues of identity-based inequities in education; learning spaces; business; workplaces especially for racial/ethnic minorities, GLBTQIA+, and other vulnerable populations including foster youth, restored citizens, and veterans
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Interests: issues of identity-based inequities in education; learning spaces; business; workplaces especially for racial/ethnic minorities, GLBTQIA+, and other vulnerable populations including foster youth, restored citizens, and veterans
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College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK
Interests: youth higher education; youth identities; young people's community engagement; education, young people and the role of schools; gender equality; social justice with a focus on gender and intersecting inequalities of sexuality, class, religion and ethnicity in education and work; school related gender-based violence; gender, neo-liberalism and higher education in Europe; women in STEMM careers; gender and international student/teacher/medical professional identities; academic motherhood; widening participation; gender equality and gender equality certification in schools and universities (GECM, gender action, Athena Swan); medical education; ethnographic research approaches, narrative research; feminist autobiography; feminist theory (post-structuralist perspectives)
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Interests: youth higher education; youth identities; young people's community engagement; education, young people and the role of schools; gender equality; social justice with a focus on gender and intersecting inequalities of sexuality, class, religion and ethnicity in education and work; school related gender-based violence; gender, neo-liberalism and higher education in Europe; women in STEMM careers; gender and international student/teacher/medical professional identities; academic motherhood; widening participation; gender equality and gender equality certification in schools and universities (GECM, gender action, Athena Swan); medical education; ethnographic research approaches, narrative research; feminist autobiography; feminist theory (post-structuralist perspectives)
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Department of Educational Studies, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), Suzhou, China
Interests: psychological well-being; self-systems; parent-child relations; cross-cultural differences; online activities; multivariate longitudinal data analysis
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Interests: psychological well-being; self-systems; parent-child relations; cross-cultural differences; online activities; multivariate longitudinal data analysis
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