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 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
Institute for Sport and Sustainable Development, University of Applied Sciences Kufstein, 6330 Kufstein, Austria
Interests: sport for development; sport policy; social cohesion; youth employability; youth entrepreneurship; safeguarding and discrimination in sport
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: sport for development; sport policy; social cohesion; youth employability; youth entrepreneurship; safeguarding and discrimination in sport
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Institute of Applied Social Research, University of Bedfordshire, Luton LU1 3JU, UK
Interests: child welfare; children’s rights; care experience; youth transitions; participatory methods
Interests: child welfare; children’s rights; care experience; youth transitions; participatory methods
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
School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
Interests: youth power; critical race theory; abolition; mixed-methods; geospatial; community-engaged research
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: youth power; critical race theory; abolition; mixed-methods; geospatial; community-engaged research
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Division of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, University West, 46131 Trollhättan, Sweden
Interests: LBTQI; sexuality; parenting; youth-parent relationship; COVID
Interests: LBTQI; sexuality; parenting; youth-parent relationship; COVID
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
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Department of Family Science and Human Development, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA
Interests: applied developmental science; character development; relational systems evaluation; character-minded program design, evaluation, and strategic planning; evaluation capacity building; positive youth development; social emotional development; developmental systems theories; out-of-school activity involvement and the impact on positive and negative indicators of development; ecological factors as context for development; effective means of integrating research and practice; evaluation and program planning particularly for youth development programs, STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) programs, and public health programs
Interests: applied developmental science; character development; relational systems evaluation; character-minded program design, evaluation, and strategic planning; evaluation capacity building; positive youth development; social emotional development; developmental systems theories; out-of-school activity involvement and the impact on positive and negative indicators of development; ecological factors as context for development; effective means of integrating research and practice; evaluation and program planning particularly for youth development programs, STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) programs, and public health programs
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
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: psychological well-being; self-systems; parent-child relations; cross-cultural differences; online activities; multivariate longitudinal data analysis
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
