Young

Impact Factor: 1.3

Editor In Chief: Malin Fransberg

Society Affiliation: YOUNG Editorial Group

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Discipline: Sociology

Description:

YOUNG – Nordic Journal of Youth Research is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality interdisciplinary scholarship on youth and young people. Founded in 1993 within the Nordic research community, it has become a leading forum for global youth studies. We are particularly interested in publishing theoretical and empirical work that places young people’s experiences, cultural practices, and social positions at the centre of analysis. We are open to diverse methodologies—qualitative, quantitative, comparative, ethnographic, or mixed-methods settings—but expect that in all research designs youth is treated as having intrinsic value instead of considering them merely as an instrumental sample, as a risk group or as a phase of incompleteness. By placing young people’s perspectives and conditions at the centre, YOUNG advances critical debates and fosters dialogue across the field of youth research worldwide.    We welcome manuscripts between 5000 and 8000 words (including references, tables, figures and notes). All submissions are subject to peer review through a double-blind reviewing process.   YOUNG is a fully Gold Open Access journal. The journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).    Endorsements  “As the former managing editor, I wholeheartedly endorse YOUNG as a vital platform for advancing youth research globally. The journal provides a space for ethically grounded scholarship that centers young people’s perspectives in all their diversity. It encourages scholars to reflect deeply on their ethical responsibility to produce knowledge about youth in ways that valorise their agency and lived realities. Crucially, YOUNG recognises the value of youth-centred knowledge as a vital resource for shaping inclusive and sustainable societies.” – Prof. Päivi Honkatukia, Faculty of Social Sciences (Youth Work and Youth Research), Tampere University   “YOUNG has earned its reputation as a journal at the forefront of the field of youth studies. Truly international, the journal is devoted to advancing thinking about contemporary youth and the issues that impact on young people’s lives. Its interdisciplinary nature ensures that it features articles that advance thinking about youth studies, challenge orthodoxies and open up understanding of diverse young lives.” – Prof. Johanna Wyn, Youth Research Centre, The University of Melbourne    “YOUNG is the main academic forum for truly interdisciplinary youth research, covering among other areas sociological, anthropological, educational and media studies perspectives on youth, youth cultures and questions related to young people more generally. An indispensable read for anyone interested in the research area.” — Prof. Göran Bolin, Culture and Education, Södertörn University   “Already its first volume back in 1993 empowered youth studies by making innovative interdisciplinary and transnational moves that remain vital to the contemporary research agenda.” — Prof. Johan Fornäs,  Professor Emeritus in Media and Communication Studies, Södertörn University   “Sub-titled the ‘Nordic Journal of Youth Research’, YOUNG does much more than give space to the very well-established expertise in youth research found in the Nordic countries. To me, YOUNG is one of only a very few journals that can be relied upon so consistently to publish new, critical research and theory about youth and young people that is important internationally.” — Prof. Robert MacDonald, Honorary Professor, Department of Sociology, Durham University and Emeritus Professor, School of Education, University of Huddersfield