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.
Written by more than 40 young people, Future Right Now is a captivating pictorial book which reflects the art, ideas and passion of the Australian youth climate movement.
This ground-breaking report explores the hopes and aspirations of young Australians aged 12 - 19 years old, and provides practical recommendations on how to help them get there.
In this excellent article, Y&R Youth Co-Researcher Thierry Tuyizere talks about working with children and young people in rural and urban Rwanda as part of the Decolonising Digital Design project. He says of the project; "What stayed with me most was the moment children and young people were asked to share ideas for apps they would like to create. Their ideas were stunning".
Western Sydney University academics Associate Professor Michelle Catanzaro and Alicia Ball have just been nominated as finalists in the ADGA Awards for their design of the pictorial book Future Right Now: Young people, climate action and a vibrant democracy.
In this beautiful piece of writing, the author draws on her experience as a young neurodivergent person and explores the unwritten expectations placed on young people to be "normal", independent, resilient and successful.
After being selected from more than 55,000 artists around Australia, Y&R youth co-researcher Yehansa Dahanayake has just made her first appearance on national television.
As part of the Decolonising Digital Design project, Y&R is working with our partners House of Africa in Chad where digital transformation is creating new opportunities for young people and communities. But an important question remains: Are we designing digital solutions that truly reflect the realities, cultures, languages, and identities of users around the world?
The ACT Government have just become the first government in Australia to commit to a Duty of Care to young people and future generations to protect their health and wellbeing in the face of the climate crisis.
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
