Article
Education and its impact on young people’s opportunities
Lígia Ferro, Universidade de Porto; Pedro Abrantes, Universidade Aberta e ISCTE– Instituto Universitário de Lisboa;
What impact does education have on access to the labour market for young people? And on opportunities for social, cultural and sporting participation? We analyse the evolution of educational paths in Portugal and Spain.
Article
Have the labour reforms reduced the temporary employment rate among young workers?
Alejandro Godino and Oscar Molina, Sociological Research Centre on Everyday Life and Work (QUIT), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB); Fátima Suleman, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Dinâmia’CET;
The reduction in the casualisation of young people since the labour reforms is very evident in Spain and almost imperceptible in Portugal. Why?
Article
Personal relationships of young adults in Spain and Portugal: sociability, isolation, and social inequality
Joan M. Verd, Mireia Bolíbar and Joan Rodríguez-Soler, Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball, Institut d’Estudis del Treball, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona;
What factors contribute most to the social isolation of young people? We analyse the influence of the family network in countries in the south of Europe.
Interview
“For the first time, we are living in a culture in which young people educate their grandparents in many aspects”
Robert Pogue Harrison examines the concept of youth from the perspective of philosophy and cultural studies. How do we define it?
Review
Nature as a mirror and a teacher in a young activist’s diary
Cecilia Duran, Development analyst, graduate in Political Science and History of Art from the University of Michigan;
How does a young person with autism connect with the natural environment? This review presents the work 'Diary of a Young Naturalist', the testimony of a fourteen-year-old boy incredibly committed to conservation and nature.
Best practices
Work4Progress by the ”la Caixa” Foundation
The ”la Caixa” Foundation’s Work4Progress programme aims to go beyond supporting isolated projects, by promoting social innovation platforms for experimentation and systemic change.
Infodata
Indicators on youth
This section presents a series of key indicators on the young population in Spain and Portugal. These indicators come from European and international databases (Eurostat and OECD).