The Young and Resilient Research Centre works with children and young people around the world to generate evidence and channel their insights into policy and practice.
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Latest Publications

Young and Resilient 2025 Annual Report

See all the key highlights, publications, events & achievements of Y&R in our 2025 annual report.

African children's rights in relation to the digital environment report

This report documents the key concerns, insights and aspirations of 599 diverse African children, aged 9-18, from 14 countries.

Hope and Resilience report

This ground-breaking report explores the hopes and aspirations of young Australians aged 12 - 19 y.o, and provides practical recommendations on how to help them get there.

Right to Food Report

Led by children and youth researchers in the Asia-Pacific, this report provides first-hand evidence and an action agenda challenging governments to end malnutrition.

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Through the Decolonising Digital Design project we have had the opportunity to collaborate with an incredible group of youth co-researchers in countries as diverse as Rwanda, Poland, Lebanon, Chad, Brazil, Australia, India and Venezuela. Meet these young people and hear their visions for what an inclusive, just and safe internet could look like.
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News & Views

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Y&R publishes its 2025 Annual Report

16 April, 2026: Last year marked another outstanding year for the Young and Resilient Research Centre. See all of the year's events, highlights and achievements in our annual report.

Young people take the lead in online safety research

15 April, 2026: Young Parliamentarians in Liverpool were invited to step into the role of researchers and advocates as part of this year’s 2168 Children’s Parliament program, tackling issues like online safety and cyberbullying.

Interview with Dr Benjamin Hanckel on his new book

March 31, 2026: Y&R Member Dr Ben Hanckel talks about his new book "Researching with young people" and how to put youth-centred project ideas into practice.

National Children's Commissioner Deb Tsobaris launches Hope and Resilience report

February 25, 2026: Members of the Young & Resilient Research Centre (Y&R) gathered recently with a broad range of academics, researchers, students, youth advocates, and professionals working in the youth space to celebrate the launch of the "Hope and Resilience: Young Australians' reflections on hope in a complex world" research report.

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Study With Us

Interested in undertaking higher degree research in an innovative and exciting research environment? Young and Resilient fosters excellence in engaged research and scholarship, and offers unique opportunities to think, design and develop solutions to social challenges.. Read more

Co-Research Toolkit

Our digital co-research toolkit allows us, and our partners, to generate evidence on phenomena shaping the resilience of young people and their communities to impact policy and practice. These bespoke data-gathering tools are youth-centred and offer creative new ways to undertake co-researches.. Read more

Our Partners

At Young and Resilient Research Centre, we pool the strengths of different stakeholders ranging from academic institutions, government bodies, international and local policymakers, private industries, social entrepreneurs, to young community.. Read more

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