From now on, all YELS-related information can be read directly on the UU website. For general information, please visit the YELS section on the Dynamics of Youth page; for information about projects and activities, we would like to redirect you to the News & Agenda section.

Are you a researcher connected to YELS who is interested in projects in the Global South? We call on you to work together with us by creating a ‘forum’ for fostering connections and to promote the spread of ideas and best practices.

The fifth round of applications for our funding and support has ended. We are very happy to announce that we are able to grant financial support to two new projects that both focus on how education empowers young people. In this post, you will learn more about their outline and the researchers behind them.

On 6 May 2025 several communities within Dynamics of Youth officially launched their new learning network: Youth Participation in Research. With this learning network, DoY hopes to bring together researchers, students, professionals and youth who are passionate about involving youth in research. 

On the 30th of January 2025 a range of researchers from different universities, disciplines and levels, alongside founders of Islamic educational and pedagogical institutes, mosque representatives, and students joined the research symposium “Dynamics of Family Life in Muslim Families with Migrant Background: Mapping Parenting Support Needs and Available Resources”.

A new round of financial support is offered by the community Youth Education & Life Skills to promote and support research activities that fit our scope. We look forward to receiving your proposals up to and including 13 June 2025.

Developed by Prof Jacqueline Goldin under the YELS 2025 Grant entitled ‘Diamonds on the Soles of our Feet’ – Pedagogy with a Heartbeat Learning is a change in knowledge, skills or attitudes, that may affect the behavior of individuals and the institutions within which they operate. Socio-ecological learning is learning for the purpose of being…

The Youth Education & Life Skills community is proud to present this symposium initiated by community members Semiha Bekir, Ouissam Abattouy, and Asma Mataich.

Back during YELS’ very first round of funding, a project by Eugène Loos, Marcel Boumans, Maryse Chappin, Bruce Mutsvairo, Rianne van Lambalgen, Marie-Louise Goudeau, student-assistant Anke de Groot and societal partner Wout Haakman from Sourcer started up to research the use of Sourcer amongst UU students; a tool used to inform the user of the online news sources they read, aiming to help…

Jaarlijks wordt tijdens het InScience Film Festival de Klokhuis Wetenschapsprijs uitgereikt. Deze prijs is bedoeld om een jong en breed publiek bekend te maken met Nederlands wetenschappelijk onderzoek. Alle universiteiten, hogescholen en UMC’s van Nederland kunnen onderzoek insturen. Over het onderwerp van het winnende onderzoek wordt door Het Klokhuis een aflevering gemaakt en uitgezonden. Een leuke manier…