Nuorisotyön ja nuorisotutkimuksen teemallisia opintojaksoja, Youth participation in an era of environmental crisis and pandemic

SCHEDULE AND THEMES:

The course is organized as an online course in the Teams environment.

First webinar: 19 March, at 10-15 Finnish time
Theme: Youth work, youth policy and youth research in Finland and Catalonia/Spain
Including:
- Lecture: Overview in Finland (Juha Nieminen, TUNI)
- Lecture: Overview in Catalonia (Rafael Merino Pareja, UAB)
- Introduction of course participants

Second webinar: 16 April, 9-14 Spanish time, 10-15 Finnish time

Youth participation, climate change and pandemic

I Theoretical part

9.00 – 9.30 Lecture: What is participation – Catalonian context, Carles Vila, associated lecturer at the University of Barcelona.

9.30 – 10.00 Lecture: What is participation – Finnish context, Päivi Honkatukia, professor of youth research, TUNI.

10.00 – 10.30 Discussion

Short Break

II Examples

10.30 – 11.00 Presentation: Youth Climate Activism in Social Networks: the case of Fridays for Future Barcelona, Roger Soler, University of Pompeu Fabra.

11.00 – 11.30 Presentation: The project NYT!, Mari Pienimäki, researcher in charge, TUNI.

11.30 – 12.00 Break

The Triangle: Youth work, Youth Policy, Youth Research

12.00 – 13.30 Round table discussion on "Youth and the pandemic", involving:
- Eriikka Oinonen, University Lecturer, TUNI
- Anna Sanmartín, Centro Reina Sofía sobre Adolescencia y Juventud
- Lana Pasic , CoE & EU, Youth partnership
- Saleta Fabra/Mireia Sala, Catalan Youth Observatory

13.30 – 14.00 Summary, final words, info of next webinars

Third and fourth webinars:
3 May, at 10-15 Finnish time
4 May, at 10-15 Finnish time
Themes:
The impact of pandemic on young people
The new forms of participation

Including lectures and talks and presentations of the students.