The Youth Research Collective takes a holistic approach to children’s and young peoples’ lives, seeking to understand and improve their learning, participation and wellbeing.
The Collective's research and development programs use a strength-based style and emphasise mixed-method approaches where appropriate, in international and local settings.The Collective conducts projects in partnership with a range of stakeholders, and engages in teaching and postgraduate research supervision, drawing on interdisciplinary methods that include the arts, health sciences, education and history.
Projects focus on the early years through to young adulthood and on the institutions and organisations that serve their needs.
Statement of capabilities
The Youth Research Collective (YRC) has expertise in longitudinal, qualitative and mixed-method research techniques. As well as research, the Collective has expertise in professional development and program development for professionals in the education, youth and health sectors both nationally and internationally. The YRC has the capacity to supervise postgraduate students.
Services available
- Research & Consultancies
- Postgraduate Student Supervision
- Teaching
- Publications & Resources
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Research Projects
The team at the Youth Research Collective is involved in a wide range of research projects.
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Research Publications
Read the array of publications the YRC has produced, including a series of research reports.
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Research Higher Degree Students
View a list of recent graduates as well as students currently studying a higher degree with the Youth Research Collective.
Life Patterns
Life Patterns is an Australian Research Council funded project following the lives of young Australians since the 1990s. The project has followed two cohorts of young Australians, beginning in 1991 and 2005. The project will follow a third cohort who will become members in 2021.
MASTERS PROGRAMS
The Youth Research Collective contributes to the Melbourne Graduate School of Education's world-renowned Master of Teaching program and the new Master of Education, which includes nine specialisation options.
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Master of Teaching
Discover the unique and innovative Master of Teaching curriculum, which combines theory and practice to offer powerful insights into children and young people, and how they learn.
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Master of Education
Delve into contemporary education issues, connect with the latest developments in the field, and garner the expertise to move beyond the classroom with a Master of Education.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
The Collective contributes to a range of undergraduate studies, including a suite of breadth subjects on youth, citizenship & identity. Available breadth subjects include:
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Concepts of Childhood
This subject examines the questions raised by this continuing body of research and relates them to current understandings of childhood and to recent changes in policies regarding children in diverse local and international contexts.
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Youth Leading Change
This subject explores young people as change-makers and problem-solvers against a backdrop of social transformation in Australia and globally. It provides students with thinking tools for addressing local and global problems in everyday life and skills for leadership.
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Ethics, Gender and the Family
The family continues to be regarded as a private institution that should be immune to public scrutiny, despite the increasing intervention in the family by public institutions - notably, the law, education, medicine and social services.
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Learning and the Digital Generations
Students are introduced to the complex and emerging relationships between learning and digital communications. Drawing on the idea of digital generations, it enables students to gain an understanding of the ways in which digital communication is integrated into the lives of new generations.
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Youth and Popular Culture
Explore how children and young people construct and reconstruct their sense of selves against the backdrop of pervasive contemporary popular cultures.
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Annual reports
Please find the latest Annual Reports available for download in PDF format
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Research Reports
View a full list of research publications that the Youth Research Collective has been involved in.
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Podcasts
Listen to some podcasts that the Youth Research Collective has been involved in.
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Youth Participation Model
The Youth Participation Model framework is designed to assist those planning for child and youth participation
Contact us
Tel: (03) 8344 9633
Fax: (03) 8344 9632
Email: yrc-info@unimelb.edu.au
Postal address
Youth Research Collective
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Location
Level 5, 100 Leicester Street, Carlton