Young people, activism, social movements, and social justice online talk

Following World Social Justice Day (20^th February) this talk will look at young people and their approach to social justice nowadays. Far from being disaffected from politics and politically disengaged, recent research suggests that young people now engage in political activities that are biographically meaningful to them and focused on issues most important to young people's lives. Drawing upon extensive learning from ongoing research, this talk will explore young women's and young refugees' engagement with activism and social movements on their own terms in order to pursue social justice and rights relevant to their needs, as members of subjugated and oppressed groups that have, historically, been excluded from formal political spaces and change-making activities. The talk will also explore how sociologists are best placed to research, and then teach, about social movements and social justice work as active, participatory, and changing social phenomena in which young people hold centre-stage.