Life on the Urban Fringe

In preparation for our first focus group discussion, we’ve printed notebooks!

Great article about urban space for children!

Why do young parents move away? Our cities aren’t designed for kids Families need right-sized housing, accessible parks, and affordable childcare

Thank you to Barangay Graceville for the warm welcome!

How America's Upper-Middle Class Is Harming Economic Mobility "If we are serious about narrowing the gap between 'the rich' and everybody else, we need a broader conception of what it means to be rich."

Today we kicked off the project! Thanks to for hosting and for support!

Call for papers is still open! Check out the Sustainable Development Conference held this year in Bangkok, Thailand!

http://www.sdconference.org/

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This is a great point for international research, but especially for youth studies. Can a research team apply "western" thinking to problems in a non-western context? What do you think?

Disentangled, decentred and democratised: Youth Studies for the global South (2018). Disentangled, decentred and democratised: Youth Studies for the global South. Journal of Youth Studies. Ahead of Print.

Woot!

France's Plan to Reverse Sprawl in 200 Small Cities Despite the country’s justified reputation for urban charm, many French city cores are in a bad state.

From our friends over at CityLab...

How to Design Cities for Children A billion kids are now growing up in urban areas. But not all cities are planned with their needs in mind.

Thank you to everyone that applied for a research assistant position! We’ve received over 30 formal applications!!

We will contact you early next week to let you know the next step. We are hiring between 3-4 assistants and look forward to introducing the new team!

Join us!
Applications are accepted until Friday (5/27) at midnight. Send your CV and a cover letter via FB Messenger to apply.

Apply now! We have job openings for three research assistants. Must be a university or college student, fluent in English and Filipino. FB message us if you are interested and we will provide additional information.