The Youth Research Collective includes a focus on research in formal and informal settings and investigates a broad range of interconnected issues relating to education, youth transitions, wellbeing, employment, justice, home, digital technologies, citizenship, and rurality.
The Collective continues the tradition in youth research established three decades ago by members of the Youth Research Centre at the University of Melbourne. It seeks to position young people as active contributors within research endeavours, using strengths-based approaches to engage with young people’s views and experiences. Members of the Youth Research Collective uses innovative research methodologies and, where possible, incorporates both qualitative and quantitative methods to explore and understand young people’s lives. The Collective has expertise in longitudinal, qualitative and quantitative research techniques.